JUNE BUG SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT

FIRST WEEKEND TOURNAMENT (17 hours)

This weekend our office a long with the recreation and civic center hosted a USSSA Qualifying tournament called the June Bug tournament. There were two locations and I was placed at the main complex as an assistant to the site director. That weekend we worked hard on field maintenance, customer service with teams to keep them happy when there was an initial problem with one of the fields, had to take scores and properly seed them. The seeding is actually quite an intricate process especially for the USSSA organization. It was a great experience but the best was the next day when the rain came and cut our tournament short. With that we had to make decisions on playing time, when to stop playing and how to keep everyone happy considering it was a tournament where the top teams of each age bracket receive births to the World Series tournament we are hosting in July.

FIRST TWO WEEKS (41 hours)
This is where I have been working. It is actually our "rest stop" area but hosts offices for the county's tourism and sport marketing departments. I work 20-25 hours a week. During the past two weeks I taken on several tasks that not only include office "to dos" but also more in depth projects as dealing with several companies for advertising opportunities for this year's Softball World Series B tournament that is coming to town in July. So far I have done business with local companies as well as make contracts with bigger companies such as Pepsi, Domino's and Potomac Food Groups (burger king and golden corral). Working with my boss, I have learned quite a bit about sales. Not only do I feel like i know how to see a product much better but I feel more comfortable doing it. We have done phone calls and made stops to discuss all the possibilities this tournament could bring to the business we are talking with. During this advertisement process I also make several organizational update spreadsheets to keep my boss and his boss up to speed as to where we are exactly. In addition to that spread sheet compiling. I've also learned how to draw up invoices for the contracts (paid and unpaid).
The office has been really great to me just as my boss as they have me sit in on staff meetings and really embrace what I have to say as well as show me how to be really prepared for such meetings. I have also sat in meetings with our Recreation department and with Pepsi Co.
As advertising is dwindling although never ending our next project of Opening day ceremonies is starting.. The next couple of posts will continue to show the advertisement improvements and learnings as well as the new stuff with the opening ceremonies.

First Week

.... to be posted at the end of the week