Social Networking Is Such A Useful Tool

Over the last few weeks I have been organising a project at one of the venues I manage entertainment for, the project involved getting some old heavy disco lights down from the ceiling but as this particular venue was a bowling centre this turned out to be a bit more of a challenge.

Basically the main challenge was working out a way to safely get up over two and a half meters in the air and lower down a heavy piece of equipment. Luckily I was friends with a manager at Yeovil's local night club on Facebook so started a conversation with him about my project and asking how the service the heavy equipment they have in their venue (knowing they had some heavy lighting from my heavy nights on the town helped me out) he proceeded to tell me that they owned a scaffolding tower which they erected when they needed the work at height, so the cheeky side of me decided to ask to borrow it which to my surprise he agreed.

The only issue now was that he informed me the scaffold was too big to fit in my Ford Fiesta and that I would need a van to transport it, (the annoying thing being the venue I manage is only 100 yards down the street) not knowing any van drivers I took to social media once again and posted in a group called "Yeovil Real News" which has over fourteen thousand members and is dedicated to keeping local residents up to date with news and events and help out local business's. (see my post below) 

Thanks to this group many people reached out and offered help so now the project is all ready to go. The only downside being that there was a few posts tagging people that were just not replying or giving useless information that I had to wade through, but at least my project is all ready to go.

First Post Nerves

So I am writing my first blog post which if I'm completely honest has probably been down to me being a bit nervous and not knowing what to expect from the course. I have blogged in the past but it has been a while since I have last posted something up which probably contributed to the nerves.

My initial thoughts when reading the tasks for module one was that they seemed overall quite simple, but on discussion with some of my peers I realised they are more designed to get you thinking and reflecting about how you work.

So overall, although I was a bit nervous regarding the course and felt like I was falling behind I think I am going to be okay as long as I network with my fellow students and try to separate some time from my hectic work schedule.