When: Monday October 3, 2011
Where: Bob's Valumart, Bridgeport Sobeys, Columbia Sobeys
Who: Conestoga College's Recreation and Leisure Services Students
Why: Kick-off Waterloo Region Food Bank's Fall Food Drive
Although the Recreation and Leisure Services students only had 2 weeks to prepare a Flash Mob, it was pulled off just as they wanted! Through their efforts, they were able to successfully promote the Food Bank of the Waterloo Region and the Fall Food Drive.
A lot of work went into creating a successful event. Planning, marketing, multi-media, research and of course choreography were all important aspects of creating the event. Yet with just more than 40 students, it is hard for everyone to feel that they make an equal contribution towards the event.
However, even the little things such as pressing play for the music or organizing the transportation from store to store are necessary pieces that contribute to a great event.
But perhaps an event that only has 2 weeks of planning is better off with a smaller group of people so that everyone is happy with their amount of contribution. Also, with such a small timeframe, less people in the planning process may be better because concrete decisions would be made easier. For a larger event that has more planning time, a larger amount of people planning would be beneficial because their would be many more tasks to delegate.
Regardless of how many people were in the planning stages, the event was a success, although there is always room for improvement. A brief How-To-Flash-Mob is below.
The ABC's of Flash Mobs
Awesome participants
Big ideas
Choreographers
Delegated tasks
Enthusiastic planners
Frequent choreography practice
Great cause (eg. Kick-off Food Drive)
Helping hands
Inconspicuous marketing
Journalists/interviews (for media releases afterwards)
Kids (so its more spontaneous!)
Locations that are happy to host your flash mob
Media Releases
Network of people
Organization
Photography
Quick-witted leaders
Research
Spontaneous
Teamwork
Upbeat music
Videography (professional and amateur)
Wandering standbys
X-treme passion
Youtube
Zany amounts of fun
enjoy life and be happy
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