Instruction
Final Paper Instructions
Each student is required to report on a sports event held at a public assembly facility, THAT YOU HAVE WATCHED. This event must be a "ticketed event" that requires payment from attendees. You don't have to pay, but paying tickets must be made available to the public. You are to take on the posture of the Event Manager for this event. You are to be keenly aware of everything taking place at this event from the moment people arrive to the moment they have left your premises. Your goal is to ensure that people leaving this event have gotten more than their money's worth -and will want to return in the future. Thus, you are to observe and analyze the event using this overarching question as your filter: What made this event a memorable experience, and what can be done to improve the overall experience for those in attendance?
Overarching Question: What made this event a memorable experience, and what can be done to improve the overall experience for those in attendance?
Sub-Questions:
1.What was the service like from entry to exit (based on observations and personal requests for service)?
2.What was done at this event to engage the audience?
3.Were there any factors that appealed to any or all of the five senses (touch, smell, taste, hearing, sight)?
4.Was anything done at the event that contributed to both the overall experience and the functioning of the event? (ex: pre-event activity that encouraged participants to arrive early to relieve traffic congestion)
5.Were there certain parts of the event that appealed more to certain segments of the audience, and not others?
6.What could be done to improve the overall experience of this event?
7.Optional: What was the pre-event atmosphere like for this event? (organized, chaotic, nervous, calm, etc. -describe with examples)
Reminders: As you finish your event analysis, I want to remind you of a few important things you can do to maximize your grade.
1.Be sure your paper is organized. Use subheads throughout your paper. The subheads should guide me through the paper. Most often the subheads will be the questions identified on the guidelines listed above –but feel free to use sub-subheads whenever necessary. It needs to be obvious you answered each question–so use subheads.
2.Make sure your introduction paragraph takes me there –time, place, date, ticket price, etc.
3.Use multiple examples. Any time you can use an example to illustrate your point or observation, do so.
4.Be sure to ask event staff or service to assess their "customer service."
Prepare the final paper using the following guidelines:
2,500 words minimum
APA-compliant formatting,including title and reference pages
Include Biblical Foundations application section(500 wordsminimum)
Minimum of eight scholarly references