Week 7: Another week, Another week of Visions!

This week has been a bit light on my plate. I have done mostly what my department needs me to do to help. I had started to figure out what I wanted to do for the next bake sale but I knew that it was mostly planned out due to the fact that it is going to function as advertising for the club overall. I know that most of my job is done for me and it does make it a bit easier to plan for. I know that I have finalized the date to the 11th of April and the locations are definitely going to have to be Cameron Hall and in front of Randall. Aside from that, there isn't much that I can do to schedule for the sale before it gets closer to the event. Again, the rest of my work comes from helping with the department I'm in and just doing whatever course load I have for Visions overall. The semester is coming to the halfway point much sooner than I thought. I wasn't sure that it was going to happen this fast but I know that the event is looming ever closer still. Only time will tell.

Week 6: The Aftermath

Most of this week was spent reflecting on how well the bake sale and party did the previous week. It is also the week in which we try to relax a bit knowing that we did a good job. I was thoroughly glad to see just how well we all did within the department and was astonished by how well we killed it in relation to the goals that we had set. Most of the week was just helping with figuring out programming in class and outside of class most of my work was continuing in figuring out things needed to be done for the department. I again have been trying to do what I can to help no matter what for my department when reflecting on whether or not I have enough to do. In reality, I am not sure whether my load may be a bit too light but if it ever does feel that way I know I can turn to my department here in development to find a way to help. Outside of that it is just one more week closer to the event and I can only imagine how much harder it is going to get.

Week 5: Valentine's Week is Upon Us

This week was the week for development. Not only was it the end to the Indiegogo (which was successful) but it was also time for the bake sale as well as the party. This week was mostly spent working on baking for the Valentine's bake sale which was a big success. The day of the event was spent in front of Randall and walking over to the Fisher Commons to keep track of attendance. Everyone in the class did well selling and everything that was meant to be brought was. I was astonished to see some of the salesmanship that I saw come out of people (Anthony) and how helpful they were at bringing people in. I was even surprised to see that Tyler showed up and brought baked goods (ironically he made brownies). It was great to see that the total came out to $422 which helped to get even past our extended goal that I was hoping to hit. Outside of that I helped with the party which was a success as well considering that we went over double the intended goal for the party as well. So overall the goal now is to help within the department considering the next bake sale isn't until April. That is pretty much where I stand for this part of the semester where it tends to be 5 weeks in. Visions is looming ever closer....

Week 4: The Sale is Upon Us!

This is the week of hell for development. Everything is down to the wire for making sure that everything comes together for not only my bake sale but the Valentine's Party as well. This week most of my time was spent planning on what I was going to bake for the sale. I was more preoccupied with what everyone else was doing that I forgot what I was going to do for myself. So I finalized my own list and went through to ensure that I had everything I needed for baking as well as my own decorations. I spent time going through my sign up sheets trying to make sure that I also had everything needed for scheduling people so that there weren't any lapses at either table. For the most part everything has been running smoothly this time around and I have also come up with the date for the next sale as well. Aside from that I spent time trying to help within the department and keep up with everything that I could considering the week ahead of me.

Week 3: The Fun Has Begun

This week has mostly been spent working on trying to finalize everything for the bake sale. I mostly intended to spend the week trying to relay information to Campus Life in order to make sure that our reservations were guaranteed because I didn't want to have a lapse in anything or get in trouble this time around. I have been constantly looking at the weather to ensure that our final date for the sale was going to be on a sunny day this time around considering all the anxiety that I had with it the last time around that was one of my biggest surprises. Outside of that I attended the weekly meeting for the Development Department and made sure to update the rest of my group on what my progress was with the bake sale as well. Everything is essentially coming down to the wire so I want to ensure that I stayed on top of everything. I also sent out the email for Aramark to ensure that we got our approval through there for the bake sale as well. Aside from that I just helped out within my department with anything that I could to make sure that I didn't have too few things to do.