Camosun College students are holding a virtual fundraiser this weekend (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWith virtual events, the clients that students deal with as part of their program can be located anywhere.<\/p>\n
\u201cUsually our event clients are stuck right here in Victoria because that\u2019s where we are,\u201d says Boisvert. \u201cThey are able to be a little bit, I don\u2019t want to say thinking globally, but they could be.\u201d<\/p>\n
From a project-management point of view, virtual events require both clients and students to have even tighter communication skills because they can\u2019t see each other in person, says Boisvert.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe train them a lot in the days leading up to scheduling\u2014who\u2019s doing what when? When\u2019s this person coming in? That\u2019s even more critical now,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
As strange as it might sound, there are certain aspects of the students\u2019 training that have had to become even more rigorous as a result of the pandemic, but there are also aspects, like food and beverage, that are gone. This would have been Boisvert\u2019s third year doing an event revolving around food and reconciliation as part of this project.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a dinner where you\u2019re putting everybody in the same room and they\u2019re sitting there, and they\u2019re sharing very traditionally prepared Aboriginal food,\u201d says Boisvert. \u201cAn event like that we cannot do. That\u2019s the part of event management that\u2019s missing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Boisvert hopes there\u2019s something that can be done virtually in place of the dinner. But sitting down and talking face to face, for now, is gone\u2014as is face-to-face interaction with a client. For the event on Saturday, the food and beverage aspect had to be cancelled, but not without strenuous effort on everyone\u2019s part.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were trying to figure out, \u2018Can we get a caterer in Victoria? Are they going to deliver all the meals to everybody\u2019s home?\u2019 And then there has got to be one in the Cowichan Valley delivering all the meals\u2026 There\u2019s a lot of logistics, and they just got a little bit concerned, logistically, how to get everybody the same food and the same glass of wine.\u201d<\/p>\n
Boisvert was teaching this class in March when venues started shutting down. Students came to him and asked what to do.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just looked at them and said, \u2018Wow\u2026 I can\u2019t write this stuff for you. This is an absolute amazing learning time for you.’ You put the positive spin on it, you coach them through.\u201d<\/p>\n
A Day In Santa’s Workshop
\n11 am to 2 pm Saturday, December 5
\n$25 to $65, online
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