Today was a somewhat busy day. Right when I got in today the party rentals truck was getting here and Amanda and I had to take inventory of all of the items we ordered to redo the showroom tables. We then had to rearrange everything and decide what themed tables would be going where. I created my nautical themed hightop today and it looks pretty good! I am not fully finished with it yet; it still needs a centerpiece, the menu, and a few fun accent pieces to be added on. I plan to get those in the next couple days so I can hopefully put the finishing touches on it on thursday!
Today we also got the contract from Damon Scott in so he is officially the MC for the Bachelor and Bachelorette Auction! Thursday I need to print off flyers and distribute them around town.
Theres alot of work left to do so thursday should be busy!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Showroom table and catching up
Today I worked on different assignments from our intern manual. I was behind in my case studies because I've been so focused on the auction so I did 4 of them today and got myself all caught up! After that I remade my resume and gave it to Elissa to review which was another assignment. I'm glad that our intern manual has us doing the case studies and having our resume reviewed. I think the case studies are great review and practice for me to learn more about the business. With the resume, I thinkt it is great that Elissa cares so much about our future careers that she would make it an assignment so that she can go over my resume with me and make it the best it can be to get myself a job after I am done with my internship here.
After working on these, Elissa and Amanda met with Jillian and I to go over how to make a showroom table and what should be included in one. After that Jillian and I were each assigned to create a table to be displayed. I thought it was alot of fun. I like when we get to be creative and design things. I decided to do a nautical themed high boy table. After designing the table and picking all of the linens, china, glasses, and flatware, I starting thinking about how I want to display the menu and name cards. I think that I am going to have alot of fun working on this. I can't wait until next week with I can work on it more!
After working on these, Elissa and Amanda met with Jillian and I to go over how to make a showroom table and what should be included in one. After that Jillian and I were each assigned to create a table to be displayed. I thought it was alot of fun. I like when we get to be creative and design things. I decided to do a nautical themed high boy table. After designing the table and picking all of the linens, china, glasses, and flatware, I starting thinking about how I want to display the menu and name cards. I think that I am going to have alot of fun working on this. I can't wait until next week with I can work on it more!
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Back From Break
I was out for the last week because I was on spring break, so today I had a lot of things to catch up on. I've spent most of my time so far going on different news sites in Connecticut- radio stations, news channels, newspapers- and adding the Bachelor and Bachelorette Auction into their community calendars and submitting the press release for the event to the different places. Hopefully this will help in spreading the word about the event across the state.
I also made a few phone calls to try to get contracts set up. We have confirmation for both the band, Covington Circle, and the MC, Damon Scott, but it is best to always have contracts so that just in case something happens, you know for sure that they will be there and everyone is clear on what was agreed upon.
I also went through the applicants that we've received so far and notified them of their selection to be in the auction as a bachelor or bachelorette. We still need to recruit more participants, especially women.
I can't believe we have just a little over a month left! I look forwarding to seeing how everything pulls together. The dates that we've received so far seem great and I think everyone is going to have a lot of fun!
I also made a few phone calls to try to get contracts set up. We have confirmation for both the band, Covington Circle, and the MC, Damon Scott, but it is best to always have contracts so that just in case something happens, you know for sure that they will be there and everyone is clear on what was agreed upon.
I also went through the applicants that we've received so far and notified them of their selection to be in the auction as a bachelor or bachelorette. We still need to recruit more participants, especially women.
I can't believe we have just a little over a month left! I look forwarding to seeing how everything pulls together. The dates that we've received so far seem great and I think everyone is going to have a lot of fun!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Update
Since my last post we have figured out some more things for the auction. Last week we finalized a few more things within the budget so that we could determine the final ticket price. For an advance ticket the price of the event will be $25 and at the door it will be $30. We were able to update all of the flyers with this information so that we can start posting them around town and distribute them. Having flyers circulating is definitely going to help to get the word out about the event. Also, to help with getting the word out, today I wrote a press release about the auction. Since Elissa is in Las Vegas for the week, I emailed it to her and am waiting for her approval.
Donations and participant applications are starting to roll in! Once more come in, we will be able to set up the date packages. Today I need to make some follow up calls to make sure that donors and participants don't forget to send in everything! I also want to send out donor commitment forms to ensure that everything we've been told we will be getting, we actually receive.
The past couple weeks Jillian has not been here and I will be out for the next week so I also need to make a list of everything that Jillian will need to know when she gets back. I think that it is important that she knows what I've been up to so that she isn't lost when she comes in on Tuesday and I am not here. With her gone I realized how important proper notes and communication is. There have been a few instances where I wasn't sure where something was, or what a person was calling in reference to because I didn't have her notes from before she left.
Next Thursday when Jillian and I are both back in the office hopefully we can finalize some more details on the auction. For the most part all of the hard work is done and now we mainly need to focus on packaging the dates and selling tickets!
Donations and participant applications are starting to roll in! Once more come in, we will be able to set up the date packages. Today I need to make some follow up calls to make sure that donors and participants don't forget to send in everything! I also want to send out donor commitment forms to ensure that everything we've been told we will be getting, we actually receive.
The past couple weeks Jillian has not been here and I will be out for the next week so I also need to make a list of everything that Jillian will need to know when she gets back. I think that it is important that she knows what I've been up to so that she isn't lost when she comes in on Tuesday and I am not here. With her gone I realized how important proper notes and communication is. There have been a few instances where I wasn't sure where something was, or what a person was calling in reference to because I didn't have her notes from before she left.
Next Thursday when Jillian and I are both back in the office hopefully we can finalize some more details on the auction. For the most part all of the hard work is done and now we mainly need to focus on packaging the dates and selling tickets!
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