Singing Courses: Taunton

 
The British Association of Barbershop Singers, BABS, is a charitable organisation with music education as its goal. Registered Charity Number: 1080930

Taunton Singing Course

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A 'blow-by-blow' description of the underlying 'think-ology' and how the Rivertones planned and managed their course. Not all may be appropriate to your course ~ but they worked for us.
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A check-list to make sure your first night goes according to plan. Get it wrong and there may not be a second night!
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Register template. It is essential to maintain this. If you have a large group of men enrol, it is very easy to lose track. This template is in Excel. If you are unfamiliar with this, simply click in any square and begin to type. To change a colour, click a square, click the paint-pot - top right of the page - and choose your colour. Print out a hard copy of this each week for use on the night and then transfer the results back to the spreadsheet. This record will be especially useful if you have a grant in place and have to formulate a report later.
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Final letters. These two templates are simply to give an idea of how we closed the course. We mailed ours off a few days after the last night. Use them if appropriate.
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Index to all these documents
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Evaluation form. This proved to be an excellent method for us to obtain feedback from the students, giving us their view of our course. The forms were given out on week 11 and were gathered in at the end of week 12. The results will help us to fine tune any future course and were also an invaluable aid to our Arts Council Grant reporting. Simply print out this template and get it photocopied for distribution.
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The course also provides the opportunity for external local PR. This is a small example of the sort of item that may be used as a press release. Tip: get a quote from a course-student, if possible.
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This is a template that may be printed out and photocopied in readiness for the start of your course marketing strategy. Best viewed on-screen by clicking the 'Print Preview' button under 'File'. Note: The terms Tenor : Bass : Baritone are used intentionally, since these men are not barbershop singers . . . yet!
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A copy of the article that appeared in February 2004 issue of H.E.
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Recruitment leader board. This enables a constant updating of the recruitment position from around weeks 8-9. Things tended to get a little bit fogged around this point during our course, so this clearly laid out leader board kept our recruitment activity in focus. Click in any square, begin to type and the square will extend vertically to contain your information.
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First response letter. We sent this out with the Enrolment Form, along with a stamped and addressed return envelope. It is essential to get these three items out to the applicant and the Enrolment Form returned ASAP. Don't' let a prospect go cold on you.
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Use this from day 1 of the start of your campaign. On it you can record all the details that you have, pertaining to each student. Transfer information from the returned enrolment forms, enter information given verbally etc. This document is your recruitment/course bible. Again, click any square, enter data - and the square will extend vertically to accommodate.
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The original newspaper advert.
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Course flyer page 1
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Course flyer page 2
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Advertising poster

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