So, I know what you're thinking. "Would you just be done with the closet already?" (goodness, the puns). Well yesterday I did finish organizing the illustrious storage closet once and for all! I won't go into detail about what I did because I would just be repeating myself from previous posts. But I will share some pictures and talk about the importance of organizing an organization's storage closet.
Here's why a new employee/intern should have to organize your closet...
You go through hundreds of documents, pictures, supplies, programs, articles, newspapers.. you get my drift. During the process you get rid of a lot, you find better ways to organize the information, you consolidate, file, and you inevitably learn much about the history and past of the organization... It's like a research. Why do we do research? To learn about a topic, more or less. How do we do research? We read through and organize data. And that's exactly what I've done at the beginning of my adventure here at Opera Roanoke.
Now I know what productions they've done previously. I know what costumes they used. I know that all data used to be stored on floppy disks. I know the past artistic directors. I know that the 80s and 90s were a regrettable time for graphic design. Just by rummaging and filing, my knowledge about Opera Roanoke is ten fold compared to learning by talking to Liz or Scott. And not because of a lack of knowledge from them, but because I've experienced the past first hand.
So, my point of the story is that you don't use interns to organize supply closets because they're interns, but because it's simply the best way for them to learn about the organization.
On that note, I'm glad to be out of that closet (although I think that ship sailed a long time ago). Oh you know I had to say it!
Look for more upcoming posts about my adventures as Administrative Apprentice for Opera Roanoke!
Here are some pics from the week!
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The Final Product
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