Some lingo that I want to make sure I reiterate here (because it makes typing these posts a little easier) is that full-time, permanent employees at Red Frog are called Frogs. We, little intern babies, are called Tadpoles. I wasn't sure if I mentioned that before but it's pretty important moving forward.
This past week, (Tuesday-Thursday) all of the Frogs were on a retreat that was a complete surprise to them, they knew they were going somewhere, they just didn't know where or what they would be doing. It turns out they went to Memphis, Tennessee to head to St. Jude (the charity all Red Frog events contribute to) and make a huge announcement. You can read about it here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/01/17/5122446/red-frog-events-commits-25-million.html but essentially Red Frog committed to raising $25 million for St. Jude and a new Proton Therapy Center for children. So basically, I work for a really cool company in a lot of different ways.
While the Frogs were away, the Tadpoles did play. We only had one day (Monday) to have meetings with our group leaders and a lot of us found that we didn't have much to do for the rest of the week, myself included. So basically, besides my actual work, we did this: I organized a foosball tournament for everyone to play in, one girl put together a flash mob dance for us to do at Family Lunch on Monday to surprise all the Frogs, made a music video and we all made "Missing" posters to put on each Frog's door for them when they came back.
Other than that, things have been pretty slow. I put together the first morning bulletin and people seemed to like it. I'll be sure to post pictures soon, but I don't have too many good ones yet. I'll be in touch soon! Enjoy your weekend!
Friday, January 18, 2013
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Work and such things
Here goes my first ever Red Frog Events update! Hold on to your seats because there's a lot of stuff I've got to say about it!
So it's my second week at RFE and things have been going so, so well. I can't believe this is my job! We've only been in orientation so far, but we've learned so much about the events we run and everything. And yes, Poppy, I finally know what I'm actually doing besides just drinking from the keg and eating Skittles.
Basically, we're put on different teams for the duration of our internship. Everyone has about seven or eight teams, spread throughout all the different events as well as some of the office stuff. We were given a survey on Friday that listed just about every possible team (43 in all) and we had to rank them 1-43, based on how much we were interested in them. I elected to do a lot of different writing teams because I definitely enjoy that and I figured it would be fun to make participants, as well as my fellow Tadpoles (the name given to us interns, as opposed to the full-time Frogs), laugh through text, as often as possible. My teams are CoffeeTalk (the daily work update/info newsletter), Warrior Dash (www.warriordash.com) Monthly Newsletter, Email communications, Great Urban Race (www.greaturbanrace.com) Masterminds team (tracking times for the events, setting up packet pick-up, etc.), planning team for Great Urban Race Los Angeles, and the planning team for Warrior Dash Maryland. I don't know if that makes a lot of sense, but it's kind of a lot to take in all at one time. Most of those will be throughout the internship but some are only until the event actually happens and then you're done planning it obviously. Every Tadpole also has phone and tour shifts every week. Phone shifts consist of sitting in the Phone Pods and answering customer service calls. Tour shifts are when we give tours to the interviewers as soon as they arrive, prior to their actual interview. Anyone who comes to visit me can get a tour for sure, so book your tickets now!
That brings me to travel… I get to travel 4 (and maybe 5) times throughout the internship, which is really exciting! My first trip is for the very first Urban Warrior Dash (www.urbanwarriordash.com) and is set in the very center of San Diego. I'm so excited to go to this one because it is the first of it's kind, plus the fact that usual Warrior Dash is set in the middle of nowhere (Mechanicsville, Maryland? Smithsville, TX?) but this one is right in the center of the city and actually starts in PetCo Park! That's probably the one I'm most excited for. It's March 3rd, and I think I go the Thursday before and leave on Sunday because set up is generally one day since it is in such a large city. My second trip is to Warrior Dash Georgia, which is April 13, so I get a pretty large break from traveling. Warrior Dash crews go on Tuesday before the event and don't leave until Sunday, so it's a pretty long week. We basically have to set up the whole race and festival area, and apparently it's a lot of work but also a lot of fun. My third trip takes me back to California! Great Urban Race Los Angeles is the very next weekend after I go to Georgia, but it's a much shorter trip. The only real work happens on the day of the race (Saturday) but we arrive on Friday and leave on Sunday. I'm also really excited for this one because only two of us Tadpoles go along with the Frogs assigned to it. My last trip is May 18th, to Maryland. Another Warrior Dash, so another long trip. I'm excited because I think my four are pretty widespread and send me to some really cool places I've never been to. I think this travel is one of the best parts!
As for the people, it's a blast working with them. Everyone is generally in the 21-25 age range, and I'm surprised that probably 75% of the people moved to Chicago just because of this job! I guess I kinda did the same but without the job part, but still, I know it takes a lot of guts! There are 45 of us Tadpoles and since most everyone is new here we all hang out together after work too. Everyone came to my house one night to party, and that was really fun. The 5th floor of our office has a bar with two kegs so we also like to hang out up there some nights. Everyone is fun and outgoing and I honestly feel like I have 45 new friends!
Okay, I think that's all I have for right now, but there will certainly be more updates as I get into my actual work. Hope everyone is doing well, I'll talk to you all soon!
So it's my second week at RFE and things have been going so, so well. I can't believe this is my job! We've only been in orientation so far, but we've learned so much about the events we run and everything. And yes, Poppy, I finally know what I'm actually doing besides just drinking from the keg and eating Skittles.
Basically, we're put on different teams for the duration of our internship. Everyone has about seven or eight teams, spread throughout all the different events as well as some of the office stuff. We were given a survey on Friday that listed just about every possible team (43 in all) and we had to rank them 1-43, based on how much we were interested in them. I elected to do a lot of different writing teams because I definitely enjoy that and I figured it would be fun to make participants, as well as my fellow Tadpoles (the name given to us interns, as opposed to the full-time Frogs), laugh through text, as often as possible. My teams are CoffeeTalk (the daily work update/info newsletter), Warrior Dash (www.warriordash.com) Monthly Newsletter, Email communications, Great Urban Race (www.greaturbanrace.com) Masterminds team (tracking times for the events, setting up packet pick-up, etc.), planning team for Great Urban Race Los Angeles, and the planning team for Warrior Dash Maryland. I don't know if that makes a lot of sense, but it's kind of a lot to take in all at one time. Most of those will be throughout the internship but some are only until the event actually happens and then you're done planning it obviously. Every Tadpole also has phone and tour shifts every week. Phone shifts consist of sitting in the Phone Pods and answering customer service calls. Tour shifts are when we give tours to the interviewers as soon as they arrive, prior to their actual interview. Anyone who comes to visit me can get a tour for sure, so book your tickets now!
That brings me to travel… I get to travel 4 (and maybe 5) times throughout the internship, which is really exciting! My first trip is for the very first Urban Warrior Dash (www.urbanwarriordash.com) and is set in the very center of San Diego. I'm so excited to go to this one because it is the first of it's kind, plus the fact that usual Warrior Dash is set in the middle of nowhere (Mechanicsville, Maryland? Smithsville, TX?) but this one is right in the center of the city and actually starts in PetCo Park! That's probably the one I'm most excited for. It's March 3rd, and I think I go the Thursday before and leave on Sunday because set up is generally one day since it is in such a large city. My second trip is to Warrior Dash Georgia, which is April 13, so I get a pretty large break from traveling. Warrior Dash crews go on Tuesday before the event and don't leave until Sunday, so it's a pretty long week. We basically have to set up the whole race and festival area, and apparently it's a lot of work but also a lot of fun. My third trip takes me back to California! Great Urban Race Los Angeles is the very next weekend after I go to Georgia, but it's a much shorter trip. The only real work happens on the day of the race (Saturday) but we arrive on Friday and leave on Sunday. I'm also really excited for this one because only two of us Tadpoles go along with the Frogs assigned to it. My last trip is May 18th, to Maryland. Another Warrior Dash, so another long trip. I'm excited because I think my four are pretty widespread and send me to some really cool places I've never been to. I think this travel is one of the best parts!
As for the people, it's a blast working with them. Everyone is generally in the 21-25 age range, and I'm surprised that probably 75% of the people moved to Chicago just because of this job! I guess I kinda did the same but without the job part, but still, I know it takes a lot of guts! There are 45 of us Tadpoles and since most everyone is new here we all hang out together after work too. Everyone came to my house one night to party, and that was really fun. The 5th floor of our office has a bar with two kegs so we also like to hang out up there some nights. Everyone is fun and outgoing and I honestly feel like I have 45 new friends!
Okay, I think that's all I have for right now, but there will certainly be more updates as I get into my actual work. Hope everyone is doing well, I'll talk to you all soon!
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