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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