Reflective Essay on Coventry University Graduates Reunion 2019

Running head: REFLECTIVE ESSAY
The event of Coventry University graduates reunion 2019 was an outstanding event. It was
really great to see the excitement and energy among each and every one who attended the reunion.
We, being the senior students of the University were given the task of arranging the event. The
tremendous efforts of ours have resulted in such an outstanding event. The parent volunteers of our
university have also demonstrated their very best efforts of theirs to make the event memorable and
successful.
Planning a good and successful reunion in college requires a large scale coordination and
communication (Zackriso, Seibol and Rice 2015). Our team (my classmates) was allocated with the
task of initiating the whole event. It required a good range of creativity for creating a well-balanced
program which everyone would enjoy. We had organised a very passionate a committed group of
volunteers. Being, the leader of my group, I decided to delegate the work of organising and planning
the reunion in advance. Hence, I was very well-planned about the entire thing. Hence, I was thinking
that everything would be planned in my way. I instructed by team members what to do. Everything
was going well. I contacted the Alumni associated of the college by assessing the information from
the college website. They provided us with helpful resources for the planning process including the
online archives, the assistance required for the on-campus as well as the class lists. I divided the work
within my class mates. I also appointed a director for overseeing the logistics for the big-picture.
I decided to form a committee by meeting them in person and conference calling. However,
there were some members who were against this idea of mine. Hence, I got disappointed for some
time. Actually, when I was organising the entire event, I wanted it to be in my way. But, there were
times when my team members were going against me and they proposed their ideas to execute the
work (Katz, Lazarsfeld and Roper 2017). For example, one of them suggested to add some dished into
the menu which I thought of eliminating as they were expensive and also have the possibility to cause
serious allergies. I had already set a budget that include the costs of the venue reservations, the
cleaning services as well as the catering and decorations. But including those dishes in the menu made
the budget exceed. Hence, it was very difficult for me to manage everything within that cost. At that
time, I could not communicate with them in proper manner. I spoke rudely as things were not