Recently I have a great team who take charge of their
responsibilities; I love it when I get a crew that takes initiative and are
really passionate about what it is they want to do within the arts. These types
of volunteers is what Colosoul is looking for and is about; the atmosphere
around the place is a buzz.
I have an
amazing editor - Brooke, who works full time and comes in on Fridays to oversee
our Colosoul team. What a champ! Brook knows how to listen, take advice and get
the ball rolling. The unfortunate thing when volunteers leave in an
unprecedented way without passing over their roles properly it does cause a bit
of mayhem at the Colosoul Group, mainly because people are trained as they
enter the mentorship program.
During handover and the only person who knows how
to hand over properly is the person who just had their role. Due to a high
number of volunteers coming through the program this has seemingly always been
the most effective way until past few months. With a bit of stress roaming
around the place due to a couple of volunteers who decided not to hand over
properly we have had to implement a different structure for our system to work
more effectively. I always ask my volunteers how we can do things to better
improve our quality of work ethics and professional standards, quite often they
come up with some great ideas! Below is a weekly update I get from one of my
team leaders, some insight in to what is taking place behind the scenes..
Updates from the past week are:
Claire (Art Editor)
has been doing a stellar job so far
- building up the art team. She has recruited a few interested team members to get involved with art and such
- I look forward to her next article. I am meeting with her this Friday to discuss the Books Editor position. She is a self proclaimed book geek, so I think if she's able to take on that role that would be great.
- Has also been great at submitting some wonderful stories to boost up the website submissions. She's more focused on the social issues side of things and is happy to contribute where possible.
- Music so far is doing fine - Tom Munday has a real grip on things I believe and is posting on FB and getting a good gig list together.
- Samuel (Theatre Editor): Going really well with Fringe and hopes to continue things after the festival has finished.
- Movies Editor :Still on the lookout for a new Movies Editor, Social Issues Editor and some more editorial assistants. I have put in a request to HR.
- Ezine: Going to try hard to build up the ezine in house along with the design team.
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