What is this blog?

The RutgersZone is a revolutionary new space located in the Livingston Student Center on the Livingston Campus of Rutgers University. The space includes games like Skee-Ball and Pool, an array of HD Satellite televisions and a full-service ice cream/soda shop.

In addition to creating a unique experience on campus for Rutgers students, the RutgersZone also aims to develop life and leadership skills of the staff members working in the space.

This blog, the RutgersZone Experiment, is a chronicle of this ground-breaking experience being shared by seven undergraduate student managers and one professional staff general manager. These students are being tasked with working as a team to create an unmatched on-campus experience for our guests, learning to become effective managers and constantly "pushing the envelope" for what is expected on a college campus. As a part of their employment experience, each student manager is asked to blog at least once per week about the processes associated with opening this space or developing as a manger.

Welcome to the RutgersZone Experiment!





Thursday, August 19, 2010

Training Day Two: 8/19 (Dave & Busters)

For the second day of manager training we went to New York City to visit Dave & Busters. Fortunately we were able to meet with both Benjamin, the Sales & Marketing Manager, and Sean, the assistant general manager. Benjamin gave us some great ideas about ways to market the RutgersZone including promotions, rewards for frequent guests, street team and others to get the word out. I really liked his ideas, especially one about making door hangers and putting them on all the dorm room doors.



As a manager, I found that speaking with Sean was very beneficial because he has a lot of experience and offered different ideas about how to keep employee morale high and make them feel special. I really liked how he suggested we have different incentives and rewards for the best employees as well as employee appreciation activities.

In addition, he had helpful advice about how to make customers feel special which I think is really important to our "TOKEN" philosophy. I am excited to apply these ideas in the RutgersZone because I want my staff to really enjoy working here and to build relationships with the customers so they always feel welcome and want to keep coming back.

Thanks!
-Joelle "Jamilly" Bacino

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