Wednesday 18 January 2012

Hello Everyone!

Szabo, M. (2011). Jet and Nicole Briggs [Photograph].

My name is Nicole Briggs. I come from the small town of Gibbons, Alberta. Agriculture has always been a large part of my life. I spent the first 14 years of my life living on and helping out with the family dairy farm. Currently, I live on a ranch where our family raises Quarter Horses, Paints and longhorn cattle. I spent 9 years in the equine project of the 4-H program. Throughout my years in 4-H I found a love for speaking.  In 2010, I was the Provincial 4-H Presentations Champion. I now travel around the area giving workshops to clubs about both public speaking and presentations.
Rodeo has also been a large part of my life and by large part; I mean practically my entire life! I was a member of the Alberta High School Rodeo Association for 4 years. My passion for speaking gave me the opportunity to compete for the Alberta High School Rodeo Queen title in 2008. I represented Alberta at the world’s largest rodeo, the National High School Finals Rodeo, in Farmington, New Mexico. I competed against 45 other rodeo queens from throughout the United States, Canada and Australia, where I placed in the top ten. This competition consisted of speeches, personal interviews and impromptu questions.  I then travelled throughout North America representing Alberta and the sport of rodeo, giving workshops and speaking to people throughout my travels. 

I am currently in my second year at the University of Alberta taking a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture. I hope to attend Veterinary School at the University of Calgary or the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. Communication will play an extremely important role in this profession.  Having the ability to communicate to different types of people will be one the most important aspects. Also, the use of social media and the internet is needed in order to research new scientific articles and journals in order to stay up-to-date with the current medical procedures and discoveries. It can also be used to easily communicate ideas with other people within the profession.
I hope to be able to use what I learn in the ALES 204 course in my profession and also apply it to what I am currently involved in. At the moment, I am the Canadian Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Finals Coordinator. This job involves helping organize the Canadian National College Finals Rodeo in Edmonton, Alberta at the end of March. As an association, we are trying to use social media (Facebook and Twitter) to get information out to the public and the members about upcoming events. The association uses a website but we are finding that information can be accessed quicker by the members using social media sites. By frequently using Twitter and Blogger in this class, I am excited to learn more and help the association by using social media and the internet. I look forward to what I will learn this semester during the ALES 204 (Communication Theory and Practice) class.

Copeman, M. (2011). Canadian National College Finals Rodeo Breakaway N. Briggs [Photograph].  
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