Week 12: Final Prize Giving

We were awarded a prize by the third year student teachers for our collaboration! This is a really great and positive way to end our experience as Check-in.

SH

Week Eleven: Our Team Evaluation

TEAM 32- “Check-In”

Renee Landers, Sophie Scott, Emma Belcher, Tapiwa Mutagwede, Samantha Hodgins

Blog: http://team32creative.blogspot.co.nz

Professionalism of your facilitation OR Performativity and Popularity of your stall / experience: how did your team perform on the day? We presented ourselves really cohesively and played the part really clearly. We carefully planned how we were going to act and look in the flight attendant character to ensure that we kept a consistent manner throughout the market. For example we pitched our idea using flight attendant language and being fully in character to really make the experience authentic for everybody involved. We also did not stand behind our desk to hand out the passports, we actively went out in front of our table and greeted people as they came into the market so that from the start they felt comfortable and at ease as they didn’t have to do the approaching themselves.

Effort v's Return: was this equal? Did your idea and it's execution live up to your expectations? Was it validated on the day? We were a bit disappointed by the number of people who brought back passports. The level of excitement that people showed for our activity at the beginning when we handed out the passport to them seemed to decrease when it was time to hand the passport back to us. Perhaps the clues were too hard, or people were overwhelmed by the sheer size and busyness of the market and didn’t feel that they needed the passport as a prompt to go to all of the stalls. We feel like our effort that we put into peoples experience on the day was not really matched by the participants of the activity as they all seemed super eager to get into the market and did not really want to stop on the way in.

Group Functioning: what worked and what didn’t? Think both about the process in the lead-up to PACKED and the day itself. What worked was our consistency, always meeting the same day at the same time so that there was never any confusion and we always knew when we were getting together. Every meeting we made a to-do list so that everybody knew what was expected of them and get it done. Sometimes peoples schedules were out of sync so some of the members couldn’t make it to the meetings all of the time, but we got through it using social media conversations to keep everyone in the loop. There were different work ethics so there was friction at times when some members wanted to do things straight away and others wanted to take more time to do the tasks. On the day, the scheduling of the team members manning the Check-In desk could have been improved, as we didn’t realise how long an hour would feel when you are constantly greeting everybody. Switching over of the team members every half an hour would have been better as the people on the desk wouldn’t have got so tired.

What have your learnt from working in a team? What worked and what didn't? What would you do the same and what would you do differently? People like to do things in different ways. We have learnt that you cannot force people to work in your way and you must compromise in order to be successful as a team. Establishing a relationship between the team members was really important because you have more empathy for the other peoples ideas and can understand them better which led to improved team morale and dynamics. You have to step back and trust that other team members will get their tasks done rather than doing it all yourself like you do in an individual project. We also learned that communication is key! We have kept in contact really effectively in the second half of the semester through Facebook messenger. One aspect of communication that failed with or group was over the holidays we ceased contact entirely when everybody went home. This meant that we had a mad rush to get the proposal plan in just before it was due.

What was the audience response to your stall OR facilitation? Explain — Include an image of the day? Video? Drawing?

Some of the younger people seemed a little hesitant, but the third years and teachers seemed to be really excited to participate. Dressing up and having the stall decorated so cohesively made people often think that we were in the events stream and even in charge of the market at times! One third year teacher aid who finished the passport said “I didn’t think that I was going to enjoy some of the stalls that were in the market, but I did them because they were in the passport and really enjoyed them.”  

Week Ten: Market Day

The day of the market went great! Emma brought in the suitcase from home and met Sam and Renee outside the hall at 8am and Sophie arrived shortly after. We finished getting dressed up in our flight attendant costumes and set up the table. 

The night before, Emma had come in to the venue while the events team was setting up to bring in our table and figure out where it was going to be placed. Instead of having it back in the little alcove area assigned to us we decided to bring it forward and meet the tape that marked the main entrance 'run way'. This way, people coming to the market had to walk past us in order to enter the main part of the market place. 

We had the majority of our passports in the blue bucket and the rest were on display at the front of the table. We also had our snapchat poster, instructions and the prize draw box ready to go. (EB)

We passed the health and safety check and after answering a few questions we received an A for our certificate of sustainability.

Tapiwa arrived a little late but that was fine as we were all able to prepare our pitch together before we had to present it. Emma brought in a few extra points to add to the pitch and some ideas for utilising snapchat during the market. (EB)
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The market began bang on 11am and we had our first customers!

We gave a quick talk on how to use the market passport and reminded them to add us on snapchat.

 passports on display facing the entrance.

Walking around the market Emma noticed people using their passports and asking stalls if they had the right symbol that matched the stall they were at to be rewarded with a stamp. (EB)

Passports slowly began to come back completed!

At the end of the market we had 28 passports left over. There were 18 names entered into the box for a chance to win a prize. We gave away 6 prizes and used the Massey Market News to help get the word out for the prize winners. As we had their cellphone numbers, Sophie also texted the winners after the market to organiz a time and place to collect the prize (EB)

Week Ten: Snapchat On The Day

Snapchat was a great visual tool to use on the day of the market to advertise our offering, different stalls and a market as a whole. We also has some bonus prizes to give away to people who checked our snaps and followed the clues. Tapiwa roamed around the market palace with his phone and snapped different stalls and people to show off what everyone was offering. We tried to encourage people to check out the snapchats to see what was available and check them out for stamps. During the course of the market we also began to play a little game using the social media app by posting clues to find bonus prizes such as a zoo pass or even a tussock voucher. It was a fun way to try and get more people participating with our snapchat account.

EB

Week Ten: Final Preparations

Below are some photos from the final preparations we undertook for the the market day. 

Sewing the perforations for the boarding passes:

Cutting the boarding passes out:

Sticking the boarding passes into the passports ready to go:

Testing out the stamps and the ink pads:

Testing the final layout for our table and making sure that all of our props look cohesive:

Fitting everything into the suitcase:

All of the props and things that we needed to bring fitted into the suitcase:

SH

Week Nine: To-bring list

Below is a list of everything everyone needs to bring on the day:

Emma:
-stamps
-folded passports
-landyards

Sophie:
-table cloth
-envelopes
-folded passports

Renee:
-laptop case
-cue cards

Sam:
-props
-costumes
-folded passports
-boarding passes

Tapiwa:
-Burger King vouchers

EVERYONE:
-double-sided tape, blue tak, tape (if you have any)
-pens!!!
-student id's for the landyards
-costume (black or white button up top, black skirt or pants, black tights, black shoes)

Week Nine: Pitch

Today at our team meeting we discussed the idea for our pitch, where we came up with the following:

Tapiwa: Flight attendants, please prepare for take off. Welcome to Gate 32, how about we check you in.

Renee: Local time is market time and temperature is 32'C. Front and centre is your passport *gesture to passports*

Sam: For a smooth ride with no turbulence follow the instructions *gesture to instruction sign*

Sophie: Once you hit cruising altitude, our snapchat will be available on your electronic device *gesture to snapchat poster*

Emma: At the end of your journey complementary entry into the prize draw will be available.

Renee: Thank you for flying with check-in, we hope you enjoyed your time with us.

Sam: Check-in airlines is dedicated to creating an experience where you try new things, meet new people and test your limits.

Sophie: Enjoy the adeventure


Team 32