Interns@AutoCom

Next week will be my last week at AutoCom Associates, and what an adventure it has been.   Throughout the course of my three-month summer internship I have learned a lot about the public relations field, along with event planning.   In my first month at AutoCom we had our annual Tech Crawl, which was a four venue event that took place in downtown Detroit.   This weekend we have a couple of our interns along with other AutoCom employees going up to Traverse City for the annual C.A.R. management briefing seminar.   We have been planning for months and now we are down to the wire getting last minute printing and supplies ready for the trip next week. Since we have so much to bring up north, I'll take my big yellow truck and I'll be on my way... Thanks for a fun time! Stay in touch! Andrea

Just one more week to go till Tech Crawl 2012: FORTECH's CEO will discuss growth and expansion plans  in Detroit June 19.   Alcantara SpA , Kenworth , Behr America ,   EB Elektrobit Automotive GmbH , GKN Driveline , KEMET and Saphran Solutions also will be making news at the day-long event .

Communicating is difficult. Not only do you have to mind what you say and how you say it - it is also what you do NOT say and how you do that. I just realized that when I got somebody mad at me for not replying to his text message. The problem was I didn’t think he wanted me to reply because if I was in his shoes, I would not have expected it. However, I was taught better: Equating your own communication standards with those of others is not a good idea. Even more so if you originate from different cultures – which was the case in that story. I could have used that as an excuse, actually… why didn’t I think of it earlier?! In order for you to avoid inter-cultural communication clashes, I came up with the idea to list a few things that made me wonder about the American way of communicating. Not only that, I will also explain shortly why Germans would do it differently. So to say, I’ll try to improve the German-American communication so it gets more efficient… which is very German ...

The thermometers have settled beyond the 70 ° mark, the air conditioning systems are running full force, the sun is a permanent part of the day and sounds of people mowing their lawns are ruling the area. Brace yourselves people, because Michigan Summer is on the way!  This does not only mean that you might encounter slightly red faces or spend a great part of your free time in back yards or at lakes, but it’s also time again for AutoCom’s annual Tech Crawl.  On June 19, 2012 the day has come for the 10 th time to get together with a couple of our clients and automotive journalists for a fun day of technology presentations, vehicle displays and social activities. This year, Tech Crawl will be held in Detroit and will include several venues that we will travel to by taking the Detroit People Mover. As a conclusion to the informative day, we will watch the baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals at Comerica Park. The 10 th anniversary of Te...