{"id":386,"date":"2013-09-30T10:40:23","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T17:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imho.kileozier.com\/?p=386"},"modified":"2013-09-30T11:27:52","modified_gmt":"2013-09-30T18:27:52","slug":"before-i-go-some-pertinent-miscellany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imho.kileozier.com\/?p=386","title":{"rendered":"Before I Go…Some Pertinent Miscellany"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SATE<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019m about to board a flight to Savannah for SATE \u201913; \u00a0this year’s, (r)evolutionary iteration of this Professionally Intimate gathering of creative thought leaders; Creators of Compelling Experience from across the spectrum of themed and theatrical entertainment, worldwide.<\/p>\n

SATE<\/strong> – an acronym standing for the four foci of the two, intense days, standing for Story + Architecture + Technology = Experience – is the brainchild of TEA (Themed Entertainment Association) Leadership; a fantastic conference, just coming up on its 10th Annual gathering of minds.<\/p>\n

In previous years, SATE has gathered in Los Angeles, Orlando and – in 2012 – at Disneyland Paris. This year, in recognition and support of one of our most rapidly-growing and valuable facets of the organization, we are meeting at SCAD, the Savannah College of Art & Design. With a focus on what is to come in our collective industries, alongside the priority of welcoming and mentoring New Blood from other generations and other industries; we gather, this week, at this heady, academic hotbed of creativity and futurism to share ideas, vision, pathways and lessons both learned and taught.<\/p>\n

And talk with some amazing students.<\/p>\n

Before I shut down the iMac, grab the MacBook and head for the airport; I want to gather up all the virtual post-it notes that have been generated from the past few posts on IMHO and share with y\u2019all the feedback and contribution that has been engendered by these, most recent, missives.<\/p>\n

So, in no order of Priority, here are extrapolations on what was previously posited, feedback and suggestions inspired by earlier posts, the filling-in of gaps and the clarification of an opinion or two\u2026 Irrespective of one\u2019s position or experience in these industries, I\u2019ll just bet that there will be one or two of these to resonate with you.<\/p>\n

With that; to this Cornucopia of Counsel\u2026<\/p>\n

Ensuring Integrity of a Meeting Schedule<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

At the beginning of a project or extended period of affiliation with an institution, theatre or non-profit, lay out the meeting schedule for the entire duration of the project at the first meeting. No kidding. If your regular production meetings are to take place every two weeks on a Tuesday morning, or every month or week or whatever; agree to that in the meeting, then ask everyone to put these dates into their calendars, immediately.<\/p>\n

In this way, your regularly-scheduled meeting takes actual priority over most anything else that can arise, and when other clients or individuals seek to place demand on the time of a committee \/ team member, this booking already precedes that request…blocking the time, thus protecting your meeting.<\/p>\n

IMHO, people not showing up for meetings (as well as showing up late or leaving early) undermines both the quality of the meeting and of the work done in that meeting as well as jeopardizes the efficiency and final delivery of the product or show on which y\u2019all are working.<\/p>\n

At bottom: catching people up slows everyone down. See if you might build that risk out of the structure of your operation from the outset.<\/p>\n

Voicemail versus call waiting<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve discussed this, before, yet here it is, again.<\/p>\n