Norman Music Festival preperation week was crazy. Considering how busy we were, I am just now getting around to blogging about everything that has been going on. Last week (April 12-16) most of my dusties consisted of band sheets and tweets. I probably made a band sheet that was about 4-5 pages long while having to make preperation for tweets during the music festival. Oh, which ended up being around 5 pages! We had to get every bands performing time and where they performed into a tweet, then set up the tweet to where it would automatically show up when it was time to play. It's a good idea, but just really time consuming.
Amanda and I pretty much all week posted signs and posters on main street stores. It was nice to meet people who were going to be affected by the festival. Most were nice, others didn't want to put stuff on their windows. We also went back on Friday and posted maps of the stages so people would be able to find where they were going at all times. I couldn't believe how many people were excited about the festival. I knew it was a big event, just not this big.
I got to meet a lot of the bands before the festival because some would stop by the office to drop off checks and what not. It was nice to put a face on a band. I also got to deposit a $10,000 check to OEC for a band, that was a little scary.
Overall, last week was a good learning experience because I learned so many social networking skills. I got to make over 50 tweets about the festival. I also got to see how important it was to research bands/clients. I know in PR we are to research and find out more about the client through background checks and all so that we know what we are getting ourselves into, but this was very crucial in the real world. I found out what was going on and when bands were playing, learning more about the music festival than ever when it came around. We also had a meeting with the Mainsite crew to discuss our duties for the festival...this will be more in detail with my next blog. The meeting let me get to know the people I was going to be working with, making me mroe comfortable with who I was going to be aroung.
Hours Mon:12-4, Wed: 12-4, Fri: 10:30-5
Until next time...
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
What's been going at NAC this week (April12-16)
This weeks been pretty chill considering we are just finishing up on some stuff for the music festival. I have just been finishing up on the band list, cutting out newspaper clips about NAC and shredding paper. Fun, fun, fun!
Shagah was out of the office last Friday, so I've been working with Amanda a lot since we pretty much have the same job right now. It's pretty exciting how close the festival is. Shagah's wanting us to put as much effort as we can into the preperation because she says it'll all be worth it in the end. Next Friday I am off all weekend to get all the tables together Friday, set up on Saturday and Kid's Stage on Sunday. It's going to be a crazy week, but I'm ready to put all this hard toward something. Amanda has the bigger car, so Friday will be another bonding experience to get all the supplies together.
Friday (today) Shagah, Anna, Josh and Rick had a board meeting. I couldn't go, but I'm sure it's about NMF. So I've been in the office by myself just cutting some newspapers up and shredding paper. Hah, just trying to kill time, considering we're pretty much done with everything. Next week's going to be the crunch time, picking up everything. I'll need to make calls to all the places where picking up tents and tables. It's been a good two weeks since we made the final dicisions to get all these supplies. I'll probably to the follow-up Monday.
Rick and I had a good talk on Monday about "what I want to do with my life." He told me he wants me to start helping me write grants, since I'm not a "dog-eat-dog" kind of person for PR. I thought it was interesting. He was a little right. I don't like to compete, if it's suppose to be my position it'll come to me- to an extent. I don't know, since I've been thinking about next semester and graduation, really should be thinking about what I "really want." I probably won't be doing this internship this summer or next semester. Rick said that we don't really do anything over the summer. I'm taking summer classes so it's probably for the best. Then, next semester I don't need this for any credit so I'll probably just be sticking to classes and graduation.
So we've got NMF, updating concert list, newspapers, shredding paper to be keeping me busy. My hours this week were Mon: 12-3, Thurs: 3-6:30, Fri: 10:30-3:30.
Until next time....
Shagah was out of the office last Friday, so I've been working with Amanda a lot since we pretty much have the same job right now. It's pretty exciting how close the festival is. Shagah's wanting us to put as much effort as we can into the preperation because she says it'll all be worth it in the end. Next Friday I am off all weekend to get all the tables together Friday, set up on Saturday and Kid's Stage on Sunday. It's going to be a crazy week, but I'm ready to put all this hard toward something. Amanda has the bigger car, so Friday will be another bonding experience to get all the supplies together.
Friday (today) Shagah, Anna, Josh and Rick had a board meeting. I couldn't go, but I'm sure it's about NMF. So I've been in the office by myself just cutting some newspapers up and shredding paper. Hah, just trying to kill time, considering we're pretty much done with everything. Next week's going to be the crunch time, picking up everything. I'll need to make calls to all the places where picking up tents and tables. It's been a good two weeks since we made the final dicisions to get all these supplies. I'll probably to the follow-up Monday.
Rick and I had a good talk on Monday about "what I want to do with my life." He told me he wants me to start helping me write grants, since I'm not a "dog-eat-dog" kind of person for PR. I thought it was interesting. He was a little right. I don't like to compete, if it's suppose to be my position it'll come to me- to an extent. I don't know, since I've been thinking about next semester and graduation, really should be thinking about what I "really want." I probably won't be doing this internship this summer or next semester. Rick said that we don't really do anything over the summer. I'm taking summer classes so it's probably for the best. Then, next semester I don't need this for any credit so I'll probably just be sticking to classes and graduation.
So we've got NMF, updating concert list, newspapers, shredding paper to be keeping me busy. My hours this week were Mon: 12-3, Thurs: 3-6:30, Fri: 10:30-3:30.
Until next time....
Friday, April 9, 2010
Norman Music Festival is just around the corner!
For the week of April 5-9, things have been picking up around here. We have all the tables and tents we need for the Kid's Stage so that's a huge burden off my shoulders. I am still returning/answering phone calls for the messages I have been making for these last two weeks. It's a lot of responsiblity, considering who I am representing. NAC has such a great reputation. Anytime I have called anywhere, places are so honored to have us asking about using supplies, such as tables and tents.
We called the Republic Bank for two tents and NCBB for two tents. Both called us back this week and both are letting us use and advertise their logo for the Kid's Stage. As for the tables we called Wildwood Church for 6 tables, the Performing Arts Center 2 tables and NAC is letting us use some of their tables as well. Really, we could just use Wildwood Church for the tables because they have more than enough, but we decided to use other places as well. The only person who might be a burden the day of the festival is the Performing Arts because we're going to have to pick them up the day of, at 8...when we're suppose to already be setting up. It shouldn't be too bad but it's definitely going to have to be quick and fast. Rick's church is Wildwood, so they've been nothing but nice about the whole thing. We have to know a code to get into the storage unit, but luckily Rick has connections to places like this church. So this is all taken care of! In fact, the Performing Arts just called me back to today as I was typing this....it's all done!
I also had to make the final draft for the band spreadsheet. I probably know all the bands by heart, considering I retyped the sheet about three times. We just had to add more contact information and assign the bands officially to a stage. There will be three stages for the Norman Music Festival so it should be running nice and smooth.
I have been starting to come in at 12-3:30/4 on Mondays and Wednesdays because Amanda and I are needing to work together from here on out. We are assigned almost the exact same duties just because we're working together for the festival, so it just makes everything that much easier. I've actually been getting a lot more hours in as well.
There are about six bags of shredded paper now, and the newspaper stack is almost gone. I've been shredding more and Amanda has been cutting out a lot of the newspaper. We've been getting pretty close these last couple of weeks. It's weird because we use to be so shy around each other, but now we text and talk on the phone. We've just been updating each other on what is the latest stuff to work on at NAC.
My hours for the week: Mon 12-4, Tues 12-3, Fri 12-3
Until next time...
We called the Republic Bank for two tents and NCBB for two tents. Both called us back this week and both are letting us use and advertise their logo for the Kid's Stage. As for the tables we called Wildwood Church for 6 tables, the Performing Arts Center 2 tables and NAC is letting us use some of their tables as well. Really, we could just use Wildwood Church for the tables because they have more than enough, but we decided to use other places as well. The only person who might be a burden the day of the festival is the Performing Arts because we're going to have to pick them up the day of, at 8...when we're suppose to already be setting up. It shouldn't be too bad but it's definitely going to have to be quick and fast. Rick's church is Wildwood, so they've been nothing but nice about the whole thing. We have to know a code to get into the storage unit, but luckily Rick has connections to places like this church. So this is all taken care of! In fact, the Performing Arts just called me back to today as I was typing this....it's all done!
I also had to make the final draft for the band spreadsheet. I probably know all the bands by heart, considering I retyped the sheet about three times. We just had to add more contact information and assign the bands officially to a stage. There will be three stages for the Norman Music Festival so it should be running nice and smooth.
I have been starting to come in at 12-3:30/4 on Mondays and Wednesdays because Amanda and I are needing to work together from here on out. We are assigned almost the exact same duties just because we're working together for the festival, so it just makes everything that much easier. I've actually been getting a lot more hours in as well.
There are about six bags of shredded paper now, and the newspaper stack is almost gone. I've been shredding more and Amanda has been cutting out a lot of the newspaper. We've been getting pretty close these last couple of weeks. It's weird because we use to be so shy around each other, but now we text and talk on the phone. We've just been updating each other on what is the latest stuff to work on at NAC.
My hours for the week: Mon 12-4, Tues 12-3, Fri 12-3
Until next time...
Friday, April 2, 2010
NAC
This week was fast! Monday was just a catch up with the band spreadsheet and getting more stuff organized for the festival. We have about 24 bands now signed up so it should be exciting! Also, Shagah has me cutting out Norman Arts Council articles and pictures in recent newspaper.
My main goal right now for the Norman Music Festival is to contact studios around here for tables and tents for the Kid's Stage. We are suppose to have 6-8 rectangular tables, 2 round tables and 7 booths for the stage. This is probably the most important job I have been assigned this entire semester. I have to call so many places and act so professional...and represent Rick from NAC. So I cannot mess up! It's pretty neat having so many connections to places in Norman for stuff like tables and chairs. Rick is definitely helping us with the numbers to places here. We are mostly getting our tables from churches and mostly getting the tents from banks. People have been very friendly and flexible with the whole experience. We have to pick them up on Friday at 3 and get everything set up for Saturday. Our shifts from 8-8. We'll be taking them back on Sunday so that we can all enjoy the festival after our shifts.
I have literally been shredding paper for about two weeks now from the extra paper of the grant statements. Obviously this is valuable information so putting it in the trash not shredded is definitely dangerous. Therefore, Amanda and I have been shredding, shredding, shredding! Pretty hard, let me tell you. Also we've gone through about half of the newspapers we were assigned to cut out.
My hours for the week March 28-April 2: Mon 9-10, Tues 9-10, Wednesday 8-10, Friday 10-4:30.
Until next time...
Katie
My main goal right now for the Norman Music Festival is to contact studios around here for tables and tents for the Kid's Stage. We are suppose to have 6-8 rectangular tables, 2 round tables and 7 booths for the stage. This is probably the most important job I have been assigned this entire semester. I have to call so many places and act so professional...and represent Rick from NAC. So I cannot mess up! It's pretty neat having so many connections to places in Norman for stuff like tables and chairs. Rick is definitely helping us with the numbers to places here. We are mostly getting our tables from churches and mostly getting the tents from banks. People have been very friendly and flexible with the whole experience. We have to pick them up on Friday at 3 and get everything set up for Saturday. Our shifts from 8-8. We'll be taking them back on Sunday so that we can all enjoy the festival after our shifts.
I have literally been shredding paper for about two weeks now from the extra paper of the grant statements. Obviously this is valuable information so putting it in the trash not shredded is definitely dangerous. Therefore, Amanda and I have been shredding, shredding, shredding! Pretty hard, let me tell you. Also we've gone through about half of the newspapers we were assigned to cut out.
My hours for the week March 28-April 2: Mon 9-10, Tues 9-10, Wednesday 8-10, Friday 10-4:30.
Until next time...
Katie
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