Savings Month Media Roundtable
“If you’re not already saving, then today might be the time to consider changing this mind-set and making a turning point in your savings plan.”
On the 2nd of July 2014 I was in a media roundtable at Standard bank Rosebank. The aim of the media roundtable was to equip financial journalists about the plans of Standard Bank with regards to July Savings month. There were eight financial journalists who attended the media roundtable and we also had three spokespeople from Standard Bank who came to address the queries of the journalists.
My role was to meet and greet the journalists while giving them press packs, name tags, food packs and also ticking their attendance. I got an opportunity to form relationships with the journalists such as Njabulo Ngcobo from Daily Sun, moreover the experience of being in a media roundtable for the first time. I also saw the importance of networking as an aspiring Public Relations Practitioner.
The spokespeople of Standard Bank emphasised the importance of saving. We need to dispel the myth that you need to have a lot of money on hand if you want to save. Every little bit, no matter how much, can make a difference,” says Michael Daniels, Head of Deposits and Payments at Standard Bank.
