Prioritize your planning and make your FFA banquet a memorable event at the end of the school year.
1. Organize your event, your time and your workspace. Proper planning prevents poor performance. Be sure you set timelines, budgets and team responsibilities as early as possible and follow up often.
2. Prepare a backup plan. Whether it’s a change in the weather, broken technology or a missing tie, things will go wrong. Write a contingency plan and brief your team, so your FFA banquet is ready for the unexpected.
3. Make a list of “five-minute tasks.” Need to print name tags, wash vases for centerpieces or write a thank-you note? Add it to the “five-minute tasks” list so you can get little things done whenever you have a free moment.
4. Develop mad flip-chart skills. Create a minute-by-minute chart for event-day logistics. Everything from vendor arrival to post-event cleanup should be included to reduce stress and last-minute changes.
5. Ask for feedback. When is the next time you will have all your stakeholders in one room? Don’t miss this opportunity to ask for feedback to make your next FFA banquet even better.
6. Keep on planning. If planning your banquet was fun, work with your officer team to try planning other activities for your chapter and include them in your chapter’s Program of Activities.
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