So the Halloween party overall was a success, we raised $1,300 in 2 hours and lots of people showed up.
Working with the rest of SSS went super well, I did a good job delegating, I had nothing to do with the Haunted House and was mostly taking care of the food sale and a little bit of the gym. But I didn't have to do everyone's job and I super happy for that. There's a really reliable, committed crew in SSS now and it makes being able to plan bigger event more possibly and easier. And the cleaning up, too, although many people left as usual we had a strong group of 15 maybe, that stayed and helped clean the whole campus up. So clean to the point where we got e-mails saying the campus was cleaner than before.
Working with the rest of SSS went super well, I did a good job delegating, I had nothing to do with the Haunted House and was mostly taking care of the food sale and a little bit of the gym. But I didn't have to do everyone's job and I super happy for that. There's a really reliable, committed crew in SSS now and it makes being able to plan bigger event more possibly and easier. And the cleaning up, too, although many people left as usual we had a strong group of 15 maybe, that stayed and helped clean the whole campus up. So clean to the point where we got e-mails saying the campus was cleaner than before.
During our SSS meetings we were super diligent, we got everything done to the point where we didn't have much to talk about near the end and we were just waiting for the night of. We had divided the work and created the spreadsheet for the adults to sign up on, which was super practical. I'd definitely use Google Docs again.
To improve the event I'd say we could have made a Facebook event to see how many people were supposed to come to measure the amount of food needed, but again this is something that you never really know to till the event. We had lots of left overs for food, but re-used it at an event the following week so nothing went to waste.
As for leadership skills, it comes naturally. But I've noticed I'm making an effort to have others stand up and be leaders-- leading the meetings, making decisions. I'm doing this because I know I have to pass the project on eventually. Also, I realized I'm very self-conscious of being too bossy, I think this is because of my personality. I'm a natural leader but I'm also naturally very caring for others and so I get worried that I bother another, or make them do too much work, which is probably why I used to do all the work. (UGH, that's a lot of talking about me, definitely stepping outside my comfort zone right now, Miss Amy…This is making me self-conscious too…)
As usual, I don't give myself much credit, so at the beginning I wasn't completely satisfied, because in my head I could've done this and this and this better, but then I realized that was dumb and it was successful. I received lots of compliments on the event and SSS, and even two personal thank you e-mails which were very sweet but I didn't think I deserved them.
So, there's my super, extra personal reflection. Took a while to get it out of me…I still feel weird about it. Okay...
