Ingredients to Running a Successful Recreation Event

Ingredients to Running a Successful Recreation Event

    Presenter(s)

    Marisa Musso

    Comments

    3:40-4:00, Kennedy Union 311

    Description

    Planning and evaluation are the keys to running a successful event. The first thing is to make a supervisor feel prepared. The only way to ensure this takes place is in the preparation stage of an event that will be conducted. When reviewing the events before adding them to the schedule, ensuring they meet a set of requirements provided by the on-site supervisors. All pertinent information needs to be included in event paperwork this will ensure that events can be conducted without incident. However, life happens and the supervisor will adjust to make sure the event can come to completion. This is a teaching moment for supervisors, staff and Operation Managers. What can be done to prevent the same mistake happening the next time the event takes place. This evaluation is so important to conducting a successful event. After speaking with three Midwest universities with student populations over 30,000. This resulted in five best practices that have been identified that Operation Managers can integrate into their event planning. These practices will aim to mitigate problems during the event before they escalate into bigger issues afterward.

    Publication Date

    4-23-2025

    Project Designation

    Independent Research

    Primary Advisor

    Mark Hoying, Peter J. Titlebaum

    Primary Advisor's Department

    Health and Sport Science

    Keywords

    Stander Symposium, School of Education and Health Sciences

    Institutional Learning Goals

    Community; Practical Wisdom; Scholarship

    Ingredients to Running a Successful Recreation Event

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