Title: 15 - Describe a time when you organized a happy event successfully
Cue Points
- - What the event was
- - How you prepared for it
- - Who helped you to organize it
- - And explain why you think it was a successful event
Answer
- I love to organise events.
- On July 16th last year it was my mother’s 50th birthday and I wanted to do something special for her.
- However due to the pandemic most celebrations were forbidden.
- We were all cooped up inside our houses.
- I decided to give her a surprise online party.
- I asked my sister for advice on how we can make it special.
- We have a large family and we asked everyone in the family all our cousins, uncles, and aunts to record something for my mother.
- It could be anything there were no restrictions.
- One of my cousins recorded a dance performance, an uncle wrote a beautiful poem, my grandpa sang a beautiful song in Gujrati.
- After receiving all the videos we combined them into one big video.
- It was not easy though we had to send reminders and message some of my aunts and uncles again and again.
- Some even sent it one day before the birthday but they all finally did it.
- Moreover, It was all hard to remind them to keep it a secret.
- We were sure one of our aunts or uncles would spill the beans.
- Thankfully no one did.
- Then we organised a special get together on zoom for the family.
- This was also hard because some of our relatives live in a different time zone.
- We wanted to choose a time everyone could be available.
- Here we failed to some extent but some of our relatives couldn’t be online at that time.
- The birthday fell on a weekday so it was just not possible.
- On her birthday I ordered her favourite- truffle cake.
- And then when everyone joined the zoom meeting I handed my mom the phone and told her someone wants to wish her a happy birthday.
- She was shocked to see all the family on the meeting.
- Then she cut the cake while I held the phone and everyone wished her happy birthday.
- Finally for the big reveal we played the video on the TV and recorded her reactions while watching the video and we telecast it on the meeting on a split-screen.
- One screen showing her reactions and the other showing the video.
- My mother had happy tears in her eyes by the end of it all and I think that alone made it a successful event.
- However others told me it was such wonderfully organised and it was so nice meeting everyone online. Even after the video was over everyone stayed on the meeting and we kept on talking and discussing everyday life.
Follow Up Questions
- How can parents help children to be organized?Answer: Parents should have a daily schedule for their children, allotting each task a fixed amount of time. Writing tasks on the calendar with expected timeframes and implementing rewards and punishments for task completion can also help.
- On what occasions do people need to be organized?Answer: People should strive to be organized all the time, as it saves time, speeds up tasks, and creates a good impression on others.
- Does everything need to be well prepared?Answer: Important things should be well prepared, but minor details can be left flexible. Like a speech, prepare main ideas but allow for changes in minor details.
- Do people need others' help when organizing things?Answer: The need for help depends on the task. Big events like weddings require a team, but smaller events like a family get-together can be organized by an individual.