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Reminder: ZIN Jam Session Cost It has come to our attention that some ZJs are passing on administrative costs to the participants. We understand that costs and fees can affect your net profit but the price for all ZIN Jam sessions must be standard at $30USD or local currency exchange equivalent. There are going to be costs of doing business or overhead expenses related to ZIN Jam sessions including copies, travel and PayPal fees but these costs should not be passed along to the participant in this program. We realize that this could affect your bottom line but we also hope that some of the recent improvements, i.e., emailing (which should save you some time), the advance copy of the Mega Mix volumes to help your preparation, continued promotion of the JAM program to bring awareness to your individual jams and the ability/option of registering online help to balance out any new fees. We are always working to help you! Consistent Payments for Sessions In an effort to be consistent, all ZJs using currency other than USD, please keep the $30USD equivalent the same for all participants of the same ZIN Jam session. For example, if the currency exchange rate is 19.36 GBP upon receiving your first payment, round up to the next whole number (20GBP) and charge every subsequent participant 20 GBP, even if at a later date prior to your session the exchange rate is higher. This does not include payment received automatically through PayPal – because the currency exchange rate is already defined by PayPal. This might be a little more work in the beginning, mostly because it is different than what you might be doing now but this should actually help make registration easier! Stand Alone Choreography Notes and “Bonus” Songs We discovered something that we want to share with you. Based on regular feedback about Jam sessions through surveys, on the ZIN Forum and direct mail to the ZJC, we found that extra is not always better. Because of numerous comments we have decided to make a new rule that probably won’t affect most of you. Remember, rules are not created to limit or control the creative nature of your position but to standardize a process. Please take note that the distribution of choreography notes if there was no breakdown of that routine in your ZIN Jam Session is not permitted. “Bonus” routines/songs that are not explained (taught) are not useful and even can cause confusion with participants and are irrelevant. Remember ZIN Jam sessions must consist of only 4-5 routines. The only time “bonus” songs can be accommodated in a session is if you are teaching 4 songs and have sufficient time to break it down a fifth song. Additionally, you must provide choreography notes for the fifth “bonus” routine. Again, this rule is not to stop you from being amazing, it is to stop creating mixed expectations by participants who attend a lot of Jam Sessions. Jamming in Newly Opened Territories As you know, 2012 brought new changes to previously closed countries, which is awesome, but please hold off on holding ZIN Jam sessions in Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia until May 2012. However, you may lead Zumba Master Classes in these countries if you wish. If you are going to be in these areas a few times in the coming months it would be a great idea to host a Master Class. Holding a killer master class is a great way to get the local ZIN members interested in a ZIN JAM Session!
Participant Goal for 2012 Thanks to each and every one of you amazing ZJs and your successful sessions, we all continue to grow and expand the ZIN Jam Program to reach more and more ZIN members around the world. In 2011, our average participant goal for sessions was 19. In 2012, we have set a goal to have an average of 22 participants per ZIN Jam session and to accomplish this goal we are asking for not only your help, because we know you are all giving 110% of your time, but also your suggestions to help boost this minimum average goal. We think that the program has gained recognition over the past year and that alone should help! Also, we continue to add new ZIN members to the community every month. Where do you think the best area for marketing the Jam sessions might be? The Zumba Jammer Committee has been working on the 2012 ZIN Jam Program Strategy to continue to improve the overall program, including the quality of Zumba Jammers (you are going to love what we have in store for you!) and ZIN Jam sessions. You will receive more updates as to what our goals and plans are for the program in future Updates or Emails. ZJ Coaches and their Title We don’t know about you, but we love the ZJ Coaches! This position was uncharted territory and these ladies have really brought value to the ZJ team by defining teamwork, professionalism and passion with their actions and support. Please remember that the Zumba Jammer “Coach” title is meant ONLY to be used for internal purposes – the Coaches are just for us and not to serve any purpose outside our ZJ group. Therefore, please do not advertise or publish that Dede McGaritty, Bianca Ayala, Anna Marchenko and Alena Groopman are ZJ Coaches. Our coaches to the outside world are just ZJs. We ask that you be aware that sharing with ZIN members that they are Zumba Jammer Coaches might constitute a breach in your and their contractual agreement with regards to confidentiality. ZJ and ZES Relationship The recent Zumba Jammer Training in Mexico set a high bar for an excellent working relationship between ZES and new ZJs. All three ZES from Mexico City attended the Training and subsequent ZIN Jam sessions in Mexico City to show their support for the ZIN Jam Program and the new Zumba Jammers. This kind of cohesion is what we need to not only grow the Program but help make new instructors successful and fill sessions! We hope that this is the beginning of a new standard for all ZES and ZJs! We suggest that all ZJs reach out and work on building a relationship with your local ZES by offering assistant in their trainings or master classes even if a chance for you to promote the ZIN Jam program cannot be given. Essentially, the networking opportunity alone is worth your time! Be sure that any promotion you do for the Program at trainings is approved by the ZES! Here are a few points to remember: Always maintain a professional demeanor in your ZJ activities. (We know you do but we always like to reiterate this one!) Please do not ask ZES to use their email database to promote any session or activity. Even the ZES wants to help; this kind or assistance could be inconsistent with the ZES contract.
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