The main Event!

The day didn’t start the best way we hoped. The weather was quit worrying as it looked like it was about to rain non-stop and all the activities we had planned were for outdoors. As well as walking to and from rooms. Myself and Rich were the first to arrive so we prepared everything for the day ahead including balloons and chocolates etc. When the group first arrived the group was smaller than expected which came as a good surprise as a smaller group is always easier to manage. We then split into two groups of around 7 and after a couple introductions the day began. My group were first to arrive in the presentation room which was basically the room we all met up in, the problem was because I brought the group in 15 minutes early the whole day started earlier than planned, Therefore giving us some extra time during the break. To make the extra time I decided to take my group out on a tour of the university. This included the main sites and specific lecture rooms. Fortunately we caught up with the other group and we could go on and head into the green screen room. Something else that didn’t go quite to plan was the amount of time that the green screen presentation took up, this also arrive us some extra Q and A time however it was clear that everyone knew what they wanted to know.

Media event. Two weeks to go!

The second and third meetings have taken place and Mean has more or less decided who will suite what job best. After a lot of thought I decided to put myself up as an all round runner. Someone to basically make sure everything is running according to time and if anyone needs anything or anyone, they come to me. Obviously if everything is running smoothly I won’t be needed. Chris and Hannah have assigned themselves to be deputies therefore I will also join Rich as meet and greet and an ambassador for the day. We have decided to split the group up evenly and myself and Rich will be in charge of a group each. To plan for this we will need to do the following;

• Find out how many students are coming
• Explore all venues and plan to accommodate the specific numbers an make sure everyone has a seat
• Work out timings between walking to each building
• Look at blue prints and see what can be held where and why
• Look into ice breaker games and one game which will split the group into two separate groups (A+B)

Obviously more tasks will follow, so far so good. Planning an ice breaker to cater to everyone is quite hard at the moment. But we have a lot of ideas to follow up on.

It's Media Event time!

Day one.

Right, so first things first! As a group we have to plan and organise a media event which will be held on the 30th of April at Bath Spa University. There are 15 of us and at the moment we’re not sure how many students specifically there will be at this shindig so we have guessed around about 20. Megan has decided to assign herself to being chief organiser and co-ordinator, so it will be down to her to decide what everyone’s job will eventually include. The first meeting has already been adjourned and so far everyone has had the chance to say what role they would like to play within the planning and at the actual event. I have already expressed my passion for event management therefore I would like a role that entities me to a good chunk of responsibility, possibly a deputy organiser or something along that route.