Thursday, September 24, 2015
Q&A Mark Shanda | New USITT President Until 2018
Business & People News content from Live Design: Stepping into the role of president of the USITT Board of Directors through 2018 is Mark Shanda, divisional dean for arts and humanities at the Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences. Live Design chats with him about his academic career, vision for the organization, and advice to students. From his first conference in 1986, to being inducted as a Fellow in 2013, he has certainly seen USITT evolve over the years.
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I really liked the emphasis Mr. Shanda placed on the importance of learning effective communication and collaboration skills. They’re skills that are incredibly important, even outside the world of theater. If you can’t communicate clearly and effectively then you’re setting yourself up to waste a lot of time clarifying what you mean. Collaboration is just as important, working together with other people is a fact of life. If you’re comfortable with it and know what strengths, you can bring to a group you can turn yourself into an invaluable member of what ever group you find yourself in. I also quite liked the advice he offered to students. I’ve worked with people that fall into the second group he described (the ones who do what ever task you assign and then just wait for new instructions) before, and no matter how well they do their work its always a little disheartening. Especially in theater, its such a big time commitment, why would you be here if your actions make it seem like you don’t want to be here.
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