GIS Newsletter February 2018

IB Diploma
TOP 5 THINGS THAT MAKE YOUR ONE MONTH PROJECT SUCCESSFUL
Each month, we take a look at what our IB students have been doing for their Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS)
work. This month, Srishti and Narisa give us their top 5 tips for running a successful event.
Diwali 2016
1. Principled
Check the progress of the event during your free time. For instance, we
scheduled meetings at least every two weeks with organisers and
performers. We also scheduled practices during lunch to keep track of
the progress. Help others to help yourself — create the best event, e.g.
making sure performers practise in front of you so that all the performances
are at their best on the day.
2. Balanced
Balance academics with organising the event. Think about the time needed. For example, we scheduled
auditions after school and practices during lunch time. Also, delegate work because we cannot do everything
by ourselves. In Diwali, we divided into 4 teams: performance, stalls, decoration and food. Srishti took performances
and Narisa took decorations, but we also made sure to help out throughout. Furthermore, teachers’
and parents’ representative were asked to help with auditions in order to make the selection fair.
3. Communicator
This is VERY important. This includes communication with parents, teachers, the students in school and
amongst each other in the organising team. For example, we reminded all performers, parents and organisers
by emailing them, visiting them during registration, and making WhatsApp groups. We had 3 WhatsApp groups
for each organising team that were stalls, games and food.
4. Open minded
You should be flexible about other people's opinions and need to be welcoming to
their ideas. For example in our first meeting with the organising committee, we
learnt that most of our ideas were not possible thus we had to be more supportive
of other ideas that came from experienced people.
5. Risk-taker
Don’t be scared of being in charge, take the challenge and take the risk. In the end,
it is what you learn from the event is what matters the most. During Diwali, we took
responsibility, we decided to MC one day before the event, when everyone was
busy, we did the decorations in the hall by ourselves. AND learn to say no when
you cannot manage things.
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