Got some perks...
May. 28th, 2008 06:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
phynckeSo today I had the first of my training sessions in my Event Planning Certificate Program at the Uni. Day one in a four day series that will give me a qual as an event planner on campus.
Well hoo de doo. We got all sorts of treats today and you know, event planners never get treated well. We get stomped on, yelled at and are generally stressed out individuals who never get to enjoy the events they put together. Honestly...do you think I eat the food at any event I put together? Hell no. I might analyze it and move a platter to the right position on the banquet but I would never EAT THE FOOD. I am too busy running around the room making sure everything is just right.
Well I got to sit there and enjoy the following:
-Unlimited coffee for the duration of the morning session. Vats and vats of it. All the cream and sugar I wanted and it was hot the whole time.
Yes, I got loads of coffee and no I did not spaz out. Well maybe a little. I did partcipate vigorously in the break out exercises and the Q&A part. Too much coffee? How much is too much really?
-Buffet breakfast left out the whole time: fruit, cereal, bagels, pastries.
Yummmmy. I had pastry, fruit and cereal. A few helpings of the fruit as it was PERFECT.
-Promotional gift items: Portfolio with Uni Logo.
Cha. I just bought this as a Dean's gift for someone and SOOOO wanted one of my own. Score.
-I won the RAFFLE.
I never win shit. I won this calculator thing which takes square feet and tells you how many tables and people will fit into a room. So what? I WON IT. :P
-Tour of the wonderful facilities.
The sales pitch. I had been there before so I knew it. I went for the walk.
-More free stuff. Teddy bear and coffee mug!
Score again.
-Lunch is served. Asian-Thai style food. Gorgeously done and SO much of it.
The winner was seared beef in delicate seasonings and coconut pound cake. Two or three noodle dishes and a rice tofu peanut noodle thing. SO GOOD. Leafy-cabbagy salad thing too. Unlimited refills on tea and lemonade. We made Arnold Palmers.
Now...we were living. We got to sit in a room and compare notes. Do simulations of how we would plan events and meet other staff from all over campus. A total win day. Anti-climax was going back to the office to sit like a zombie for the rest of the day.
But it was awesome. I have 3 more sessions at three different venues and I get a certificate of qualification out of this for resume building.
A WIN.
Post script on content: All this aside, I did find the content very applicable to my work and it was very well presented. It is about giving us resources and tools to better put together events. I think this will do that very well. So it was a win as far as content goes too.
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miss_anya
Well hoo de doo. We got all sorts of treats today and you know, event planners never get treated well. We get stomped on, yelled at and are generally stressed out individuals who never get to enjoy the events they put together. Honestly...do you think I eat the food at any event I put together? Hell no. I might analyze it and move a platter to the right position on the banquet but I would never EAT THE FOOD. I am too busy running around the room making sure everything is just right.
Well I got to sit there and enjoy the following:
-Unlimited coffee for the duration of the morning session. Vats and vats of it. All the cream and sugar I wanted and it was hot the whole time.
Yes, I got loads of coffee and no I did not spaz out. Well maybe a little. I did partcipate vigorously in the break out exercises and the Q&A part. Too much coffee? How much is too much really?
-Buffet breakfast left out the whole time: fruit, cereal, bagels, pastries.
Yummmmy. I had pastry, fruit and cereal. A few helpings of the fruit as it was PERFECT.
-Promotional gift items: Portfolio with Uni Logo.
Cha. I just bought this as a Dean's gift for someone and SOOOO wanted one of my own. Score.
-I won the RAFFLE.
I never win shit. I won this calculator thing which takes square feet and tells you how many tables and people will fit into a room. So what? I WON IT. :P
-Tour of the wonderful facilities.
The sales pitch. I had been there before so I knew it. I went for the walk.
-More free stuff. Teddy bear and coffee mug!
Score again.
-Lunch is served. Asian-Thai style food. Gorgeously done and SO much of it.
The winner was seared beef in delicate seasonings and coconut pound cake. Two or three noodle dishes and a rice tofu peanut noodle thing. SO GOOD. Leafy-cabbagy salad thing too. Unlimited refills on tea and lemonade. We made Arnold Palmers.
Now...we were living. We got to sit in a room and compare notes. Do simulations of how we would plan events and meet other staff from all over campus. A total win day. Anti-climax was going back to the office to sit like a zombie for the rest of the day.
But it was awesome. I have 3 more sessions at three different venues and I get a certificate of qualification out of this for resume building.
A WIN.
Post script on content: All this aside, I did find the content very applicable to my work and it was very well presented. It is about giving us resources and tools to better put together events. I think this will do that very well. So it was a win as far as content goes too.
by the lovely
miss_anya
