Organization Strengths

There are many strengths that my organization posses. They are very well run and organized. I have always felt that we were on top of projects that needed to be done and were always prepared for event day. The event coordinator in our office had a checklist that we would go over the week of the event to accomplish different tasks on different days. This helped us to not feel so overwhelmed, and to help spread the work out over the course of a few days. Loading and unloading equipment came become very tiresome! There were several times when we finished ahead of schedule on event set up days which allowed us more time for other projects, and made the whole process less stressful.
When it came to event days she always had a checklist of what needed to be done to set up/run/and clean up an event. This made it very easy to help direct staff and volunteers on what to do and help with, especially for someone like me who was new to the whole process. I felt that everyone had a place and job to do and everyone's time and energy was maximized and used to their full ability.

Other strengths of my office was in the way that communication was handled and how organized my boss was. They had a very specific timeline once a special event application was received, and a great organization system to make sure that nothing fell through the cracks. They were extremely timely in their responses to the public and I think that is very important when are you in a public service position. Every question from someone simply calling in to ask about a special event to someone wanting information on their application was treated equally.  If I were in charge of a similar organization I would probably do things the same way, but more catered to how I like to do things. This department is a great foundation for me to base my actions off of in the future. Having no previous experience running a department of any kind I can think back to my time here as a strong basis.