Roxannes Placment

This week i would be involved with my first event with the nightclub.
The manager said he would like me in 12-4pm and 8-12am thursday.
Thursday afternoon i was required to go around the club and replace tonights events leaflets with easter week leaflets so tonights guests would be able to get this information. I was also required to go through the fax tickets requests for tonights event and the easter week event and collate this information into a spreadsheet and this was required for the managers. This is done with the more important events the clubs run as they found if they regualary sent out fax promotion people get annoyed and barred the number.
Thursday night i was sent out with two other girls promoting tonights event and try to get punters into the club. This was very tricky and would not like this as my full time job but this has to be done to get the capacity numbers up. We were required to do this around the city centre but we fount this hard as town was quiet that night.
Friday day i was sent round the shop and replacing last nights event leaflets with the easter ones.
This week i have learnt that lots of promotion needs to be done leading up and on the actual day of the event, but event this does not gurantee that your night will be successfull, also there is alot of competition close round doing simillar promotions.
I have also learnt that you need to plan far ahead for your events and get the word out as soon as possible.

Well, ive just finished week one of my work placement, and so far its going good. Im so lucky to find a work placement that really interests me and gives me background information on the sector i wish to go in after completing my degree.
This week we have had to promote the dj we have playing at the club next thursday, we planned for the leaftlets to arrive thursday a.m, this planned failed as they did not arrive till thursday p.m. So thursday was spent puting posters up around the club, sending out tickets, and me doing some background reading of 'Night' magazine, a industruial magazine aimed at the nightclub/bar sector, it includes future technology, lighting, drinks, djs, decors and new clubs/bars in the sector.

Friday, the leaflets finally arrived! So at 12pm me and 5 others were sent around leeds city to distrubute as many as possible, we we were told to hit shops, cafes, fast food joints, anywhere where we thought that these leaflets would be seen, but we were also told we were not aloud to give them people in the street and also to ask the company first if we could display them.
Friday afternoon me and the manager filled out the health and saftey sheets for my portfolio and contract. He also sets aside half an hour/hour aside on a friday afternoon for me to ask questions. We went through how the club promotes i.e. facebook/myspace/podcasts/sms and whats going on over the next few weeks in club land.

My first week at my work placement has been very usefull, i met the team i would be liasing with over the next two months. I also was shown what events were planned over the next two months and at what stage they were at being organised. Everyone at the club are friendly and always let me know whats going on at the moment.