Planning an event can be both stressful and difficult! This is especially so if you have a problem properly managing your time. If you are not careful, you might find yourself stuck in a time rut and unable to extricate yourself from it. Here are five tricks to help you manage your time more efficiently.
Posts filed under Student Activities
What Would You Do?
I just watched the movie The Founder. It's the story of Ray Kroc and how he took one great hamburger stand and turned it into a billion dollar empire. The movie left me feeling inspired and disgust at the same time. Ray screwed over the McDonald brothers, broke a contract and didn’t treat them with honesty. How far are we willing to go to get what we want?
People are People
After a college show this past semester one of the students on the activities board asked me, “What did you think of the audience? Most performers say we have a rough crowd.” I didn’t really think they were different than any other audience so I replied, “They were great.” Which they were. “People are people, once you give them a smile and let them know you are just a person like them, they smile back and put down their guard.”
Later driving to my hotel this interaction got me to thinking about a larger question. Are people really that different from one another? I think most people think so, but I have to disagree.
8 Apps I Can't Live Without
I’m busy doing magic shows, you’re busy doing your job, everybody is busy. That’s why we have technology to help us do everything we need to in less time. Here are 6 apps that I can’t live without, hopefully you’ll use your saved time for something more worthwhile than work…. like studying the curve of a wave while sitting on a beach.
6 Effective Ways to Promote Your Student Activities Event
Getting people to your event is probably one of the hardest parts of putting on an event. Without people your event can shrivel and die a horrible death. I do a lot of magic shows for colleges and I’ve picked up a few great ways to help get the word out about the show. Here are 6 ideas for you to use to get people to your next event.
Sound Systems 101
Good quality sound can make or break your event! Don’t be scared away thinking it’s complex, or there are too many buttons and knobs. Learn everything you need to know and nothing you don’t to make your events sound great!