**===Speeches Intern Expectations===**

>>**Public Statement Links**
[[SpeechesGuide Speeches Guide]]
[[FieldBoxes Field Boxes]]
[[GettingPS Types]]
[[Text Do Take/Do Not Take]]
[[Finishing Helpful Hints/FAQ]]>>1. Check every entry for formatting for the first three weeks - //thoroughness and accuracy//.
2. Check every aspect of source websites that could contain public statements - //thoroughness//.
3. By the end of the third week very few formatting errors should be made - //accuracy//.
4. Be able to collect 80 statements in a day, on average. 
5. It is expected there will be questions concerning the work - ask your supervisor.

**These are your priorities - you will always have work to do:**
1. The schedule currently assigned to you.
~- Only work on one schedule at a time, if you have several assigned in the "upcoming" column, do the one at the top first, unless told otherwise by your supervisor. 
2. Checking work
~- Open up the votesmart.org website.  Go to the public statements section. In separate tabs and at random, open two dozen public statements. Check:
~~- titles (proper formatting, capitalization, and spacing)
~~- types (proper formatting)
~~- date (make sure it's not from the future)
~~- speech text (proper spacing, no ads, no page or time breaks, no "click here" text)
~~- shared with the correct officials
3. Content for DevComm
~- If you find a statement you think will make for a good blog post, or is on a topic you know DevComm is writing a post for, email it to a Devcomm staff member. 
4. Content for Key Speeches - after your 2nd week.
~- KeySpeeches
5. SQL for research and speech error queries - after your 5th week (Full time interns only)
~- ResearchSQLTutorial
~- QueriesForSpeeches - Discover something interesting.
~- [[BreakTranscript Speech Error Queries]] - You know the formatting rules. Pick one from this list or write your own, and make our database better.
~- UsefulResearchQueries