Article: As you're walking towards the dance, take pictures of you walking together. You can take pictures of couples walking while holding hands or your friends walking and laughing together. A casual walking photo is a great candid shot that will make for a great prom photo. Take many photos when capturing walking shots. One downside of candid shots is some will turn out blurry or awkward, so you will want a lot to choose from at the end of the day. While you and your friends are getting ready for prom, take some pictures. Candid shots of you buttoning up suits, fixing your hair, or applying makeup can be a great memento after prom ends. Get together with your friends before prom to get ready and snap some candid shots. Take a few posed group photos. Then, simply have everyone talk and laugh. Take a few photos of your friends relaxing, smiling, and chatting before you leave for the dance. Remember to take multiple candid photos in case any turn out awkward. It can be great to bring a camera to the dance. You can snap candid photos of people talking, dancing, and enjoying the festivities. Try to get shots earlier in the night. It will be harder to get decent shots as it gets darker. Avoid using flash indoors. Not only will this make for photographs with heavy shadows, other guests may be irritated by very bright flashes.
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Try walking shots. Take pictures while getting ready. Snap some pictures while you're relaxed. Bring a camera to prom.
Article: From time to time, check in with staff in their own office at an unscheduled time. If a staff member is frequently "clicking away" from a window when you walk in, or hanging up the phone, you may need to express some concern. Watching employees in person can also help you offer constructive criticism for their work. One simple way to keep employees accountable is to have regular conversations with them about how their work is going. Ask them what they have done since your last conversation, asking more questions and evaluating their responses as the conversation develops. Ask for details and tangible evidence of results. Have your employee record their work progress in activity logs, checklists, or progress reports. However, reports should not be overly burdensome or "busywork," but should encourage team members and management alike to keep in touch and on the same page. Don't be afraid to ask for proof of work described in a report when you speak with the employee. If you're concerned about productivity, ask for concrete proof of performance that is measurable and time-bound. If an employee is a project leader, set milestones but also ask for plans and timelines for the project. Check in with other staff to make sure all members of the project team are communicating. Personally track the progress of longer term projects and assess their accuracy and completeness. For example, you could monitor data entries for an employee who is assigned to managing a database. You could evaluate the timeliness of the entries, their accuracy, and their adherence to company guidelines. Ask suppliers, customers, and other employees about their interactions with a given employee to get a picture of how that employee has been behaving. However, you need a way to increase the objectivity of these observation so that employees are not unfairly represented. When asking for this information, ask for details about the interaction instead of impressions. Ask for descriptions of the interactions instead of evaluations. And always keep an open mind; you never know when an employee is being misrepresented.
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Check in on your employees. Ask for an explanation of what an employee has been working on. Make employees document their own work. Assess works in progress. Ask others about employee interactions.
Article: Once you have collected your data, create a chart or graph that shows the demand forecast. Do this by crossing your product demand quantity with the upcoming months. For example, if you create a line graph, put the months on the horizontal axis and product demand quantity on the vertical axis. If you forecasted that you will need 600 units in October and 800 in November, then place those points on the graph. Draw a line between the points. You can also plot past data on the graph to compare your research data with historical data. You now have your results tabulated or displayed in an easy to read form, but what do they mean? Look for trends, like growing or declining demand, and cyclicality, like busy seasons or months. Compare your data to that of previous years and see how it stacks up as far as volume and pattern. Look for evidence in the data that your marketing plans are working or have worked in the past. Additionally, go back and determine how exact you believe your forecast to be. Have you been optimistic with your forecast? How large of a margin of error do you expect? Show your forecast to the appropriate people in your company and discuss it with them. Gather input from sales and marketing, finance, production, and all other managers and then revise your forecast. When everyone agrees on the forecast, they can plan a better business strategy. As you gather new data, modify the forecast to reflect this. You want to use all information as it comes to you. If you do not constantly monitor and update your forecast, you can make costly mistakes and it will affect your financial sustainability.
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Compile your results. Analyze your results. Display and discuss your forecast. Monitor and modify your forecast.