On Wednesday, 30th of October ‘24 (the Halloween week), some Leadership students organized a Scavenger Hunt during lunch, which was free for all students. Students participating had to find Halloween-themed pictures hidden around the school.

There were different roles to choose from for the Scavenger Hunt day, but, previously, I volunteered to create the posters for the event marketing, with Jayden and Sophie. First of all, talking about my part, I think I did a good job in creating the posters; all the necessary information was creatively written to catch more attention. I believe the marketing was good enough, as many students participated in this Halloween event. A picture of my poster is attached in this same post. Secondly, I helped hide the Halloween-themed pictures around the lower A wing at ESS. I decided to supervise this same area during the event. This was one of the main roles you had to carry out on the event day. Actually, there were two roles: supervising different school areas (where all the Halloween-themed pictures were hidden) or being at the foyer, receiving the pictures that were found and giving out the prizes. During lunchtime, no questions were asked by the participants. Nevertheless, not many minutes after the activity started, most of the pictures were already gone (this, indeed, means that the students’ interest in this event was quite high). This is a brief description of all my participation in this event.

While organizing this event, I was focused on how to apply different leadership styles to complete my tasks, which, in my opinion, is one of the most important competencies, as you demonstrate your leadership skills during the process, and the result is the visual evidence of the efforts you’ve put in. There are some points I would like to highlight about my course goals and how I applied them to this competency:

• First of all, one of my goals was to improve my responsibility when doing a task that has been entrusted to me. This requires innovative ideas and organizational skills, which involve different leadership styles, as you need to think creatively about how the final result will leave the best impression.
• Also, I would like to talk about independence when doing the task. You know you are probably going to disagree with some of your teammates’ ideas, and that’s okay. You have to know how to put the ideas together and produce good work. Contributing your ideas can lead to great improvement! Think for yourself and be creative.

Next, I would like to talk about how I applied this competency to the event. Before the event, I was entrusted with making part of the marketing materials, which definitely required management, ideation, and creation. With that said, I can say I applied these three main leadership aspects to carry out those tasks. During the event, I was mostly attentive to the students who were participating. My role was to ensure that everything was going well and to answer any questions. However, no one felt the need to come to me. I tried to maintain my role and was willing to help if needed. This was not just a task, but a role I had to perform, and other leadership styles were applied as well: responsibility, event knowledge, etc. After the event, we had to help clear the table and put everything in its place. Personally, I walked down the lower A wing to remove all the Halloween-themed pictures that had not been found (since I was the one who hid them). This is an example of a responsibility task.

There were many things happening, but now I’m going to list the ones I am most proud of:

1. The poster: I created a poster from scratch using Canva. I think I did a great job, as all the important points were clearly presented in a creative and different way. I enjoy doing this kind of work, which is why I chose the “marketing part.” Not only did I handle the ideation and creation, but I was also the first to contact my two teammates and start organizing and sharing the Canva file, which I think is an important point.
2. My duty before the event: I was a little bit lost five days before the event, so I reread everything and asked questions to ensure I knew everything and could answer any questions correctly if needed. I’m proud of this because, in my opinion, this part (rereading everything) shows a certain level of independence and responsibility toward the event.
3. Finally, my role during the event: Since I knew how to manage the situation during the event, I felt prepared to answer any questions and to promote the event to more people in the area I was in (explaining to them what the event was and how to win the prizes).

Thanks for reading! It was a fun event, and I enjoyed being part of the organization process. 🤗

Here you can see two remarkable event photos:

• The poster I created:

• Group picture: