Operations
some changes since last time which need to be
addressed.
Step six: After the event debrief with the team.
Talk about what went right and identify challenges. Take notes on how to improve for next
time. The easy thing here is to save your notes
on all the steps so when the event is put on
next year or time you are even more prepared.
“Plan to live and then live your plan!”
When a month is over during 2015, it is important that you go to your calendar and put in the
dates for that month for 2016 and start filling
in your events. By doing this you are creating
a system for you and your school. You can also
now see if that event is going to happen again
and with what changes.
Remember making the calendar is easy. The
hard part which you need your black belt discipline for is the follow through and to keep your
calendar up to 12 months in advance.
3 months out but just think of summer marketing if you start to think of it when summer hits, Kyoshi F. DePalma
it’s too late.
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Step three: Write out your action plan and
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will be involved so everyone has it on their
schedule. Who will be in charge, who will be
purchasing, who will be promoting, and who
will be scheduling and so on. Everything that
needs to get done or has to be gotten all goes
on a sheet with the responsible person’s name.
Step four: Is to date when things need to be
done. This can be purchases, marketing, posting, Facebook, handouts etc….
Step five: Schedule a meeting for team member running event to review and make sure all is
ready to go. Some events might be done each
month or your team has it down. However
even a short meeting makes sure everyone is
on the same page. Plus you may have decided
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