Welcome to the royal kingdom presents production company workshop! this class will give you information on writing in pencil on your monthly calendar but hopefully you can trace over your in pencil ✏️_____ with 🖋️ ink pen, this class is focusing on filling in blank date spots on the booking calendar.
What is a booking calendar?…a booking calendar is a monthly calendar that you use for your schedule events, your future activities concerning your craft and in this case your craft is the art of ventriloquism..the calendar has your performance dates, your meetings, your appointments, your to do list, your rehearsal times, your practice time, your study time, auditions date, upcoming events, birthday party plans, reminders, paydays, the booking calendar is only for your what when and where information for your Ventriloquism only not for your personal life such as walking your dog or feeding the cat unless you have a side job as a pet sitter to use the funds for your art of ventriloquism.. a booking calendar is not a regular monthly calendar, it is not for normal use.. a booking calendar is your Ventriloquism schedule if you were a dancer then it would be your dance schedule..a booking calendar is a serious notebook for your book keeping and documentation record.. others use booking calendars so for example a talent agent pencil you in for January 1 at 9am for a audition your booking calendar on January 1 should be in pencil “audition 9am for super star talent agency”, the talent agent booking calendar and your booking calendar will say the same on January 1.. if you ever choose to cancel a booking date on your booking calendar it is very important that you do before the booking date arrival, booking calendars are planned and planning, there’s a lot of things that are going on before the booking date,so in other words your words are gold for that booking calendar date so when you cancel it, it may cause a interference with the planning so if you cancel before the booking date maybe the planning can be saved and perhaps you can be bumped up to another date.
During your Ventriloquist practice time have your Ventriloquist partner say: “I have places to go people to see and things to DO!”
Let’s start your calendar not at the beginning of the year but as soon as possible, as soon as you finished reading this sentence go take a look at your monthly calendar then return to this class… when you look at your monthly calendar you may have chores and other responsibilities already scheduled for the days of the week and this is a booking calendar and booking calendars are for HUNGRY!! individuals..the booking calendar is created for opportunities, the booking calendar give you a headstart on the competition in a competing market…but let’s get you something to put on your calendar and the easy way is birthday dates, if family and friends are having birthdays coming up mark that on your calendar so what we want to do is plan for a birthday party for self-promoting opportunities, you are going to give a birthday party show for your family member or your friend now that’s not the plan, the plan is inviting people to the birthday party, you may need to make a investment in putting the birthday party together but your return on your investment will be in self-promoting and hopefully adding to your calendar.. you’re not going to charge any money for the guest at the birthday party, the birthday party give you an opportunity and that’s what a booking calendar is, creating a opportunity.. you will provide good entertainment with your ventriloquism at the birthday party that is the gift to the birthday boy or girl.. your goal is to at least meet someone at the birthday party to pencil in on your calendar… birthdays are 365 days a year and 24 hours a day, the birthday business can be a successful business and it was a very successful business for me as a Ventriloquist.
Your booking calendar is your 🔮 crystal ball it looks at your PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE, it also gives you hope… the booking calendar tells you where you have been and where you hope to go..a booking calendar is also a growth 📈 📉 chart from month to month it keeps records of your activity, it will show you your improvements, it will show you your ❌ cancellations, it will tell you your financial funding, yes if you get a paid show mark it with red ink on your booking calendar putting the amount is up to you but anytime you received money is document in red ink just like you see on the 📈 chart red is going up the chart 📉 and green or blue is going down the chart, yes I write the amount of the payment on my booking calendar because when I look back at last year booking calendar it tells me my show business financial funding growth…this go the same for hobby Ventriloquists or nonprofit entertainer Ventriloquist because you also get paid in tips any type of payment for performing is Red ink, if you don’t want payment of any kind you may use a emoji 💖 heart or 😊 smile on the booking calendar so when you look at the booking calendar you see what you love all over your booking calendar hearts 🥰🥰🥰 and smiles! There may be donations to your Ventriloquist act and even though you don’t want to receive money or payments for your Ventriloquist act if a donation is offered or given to your performance, I deeply advise you not to reject donations, you can always say that you will like to transfer the donation to someone or a organization but don’t reject donations.. donations are not like tips, a donation is giving from the soul so remember the differences in “payments”- “tips” and “donations”, when you hear the word “donation” to you, be humble… and yes donations are written in red ink on your booking calendar.
Understand the ink colors may have different meaning in the business world for example red ink means financial loss and black meaning good financial gains and blue is the same as it is mention here for the substitute for black ink..the reason for red ink for your booking calendar is so that you see the activity directly so if you choose to use red ink the corporate business way just trace over the red ink with black ink that would be fine but In that case you will be writing in two inks black over red combined with both definition of the business world..but if you choose to only use for your booking calendar then no need to use the red ink the corporate business way, the red ink will be for you to see your booking financial funding information…but it is good to know the original meaning of writing in ink in the business world, red-black-blue ink and yellow highlights.
If you are at a meeting listen for up coming events, my showbusiness manager used to always tell me to keep my ear to the ground..
I want you to know becoming a volunteer of anything is a very wise thing because volunteers are always active and needed..as a volunteer you will be provided with situations to mark on your calendar that you can pencil in.. volunteers travel a lot also and volunteers meet many different people.. you may not understand so let me clarify the volunteer penciling in for your calendar, you are a Ventriloquist so as a Ventriloquist you are a entrepreneur entertainer this means networking is your business and the booking calendar is part of networking also part of self-promoting, let me give you a true story of when I first met real-life self promoters, when I was performing in comedy clubs the comedy clubs always had someone like a talent agent or promoters or producers or showbusiness managers or talent scouts visiting the clubs, they come to watch entertainers performing on stage and if they could use your act they would make deals and offers to you and hand you their business cards, self promoters would have a event coming up but no entertainers so they would go to the comedy clubs to pencil in entertainers for the event schedule.. some entertainers would ride the 🧥 coattails of self promoters because they provide many opportunities.. I hope that true story gives you an idea about the booking calendar.
Your school have many things that you can pencil in on your booking calendar such as school programs, your booking calendar is not only for performing it can also be for improving your skills or talent anything to do with your art of ventriloquism is written in pencil on your calendar.. such as shopping for a outfit for your showbusiness career or a appointment or pencil in to make a phone call or interviews or to practice or rehearsal time.. people places and things are what you want on your booking calendar..if your booking calendar run out of room get another calendar and pencil in more.
When you pencil in on your booking calendar.. on the date of the calendar write over the pencil in with ink if the booking was completed..if not completed leave in pencil and if you like to reset the booking for a later date if the later booking calendar date is completed then write over both dates with ink, if you choose not to complete the booking schedule for that date write a self note about the reason why. Remember the colors: pencil: upcoming, not sure, have not happened but possible…red ink: money, finance, financial, funding… black ink: guaranteed, one hundred percent..blue ink: a secondary to black ink..not first ink, some may and may not accept.. substitute..a note can be in blue ink but not red ink unless it’s a urgent note.. highlight with yellow 🟡 highlights markers is: read first… attention… important details.
Letting your phone ring, let your message box full up, even though your phone is ringing and your message box is full you MUST answer, maybe not right away if you can not but you MUST respond, because you are a business person for fun or profit, you have put in the time and now the returns are arriving.. you may receive a call from a potential customer that has been waiting all year to book you for their birthday party or a self-promoter have a event to pencil you in or a talent manager seen your Ventriloquist act but didn’t have a space for your act but now there’s a spot for your Ventriloquist act.
Always practice and rehearsal is very important for your booking calendar and always be ready to go! yes have a suitcase packed to go because you might get a unexpected opportunity to travel to another country for a big show business career deal.
So that is what a booking calendar is.. self-promoting, networking, meet and greets and keeping a eye on opportunities…they used to say in the old show business days “OPPORTUNITIES KNOCKING, open the door”
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