I really enjoy working Side Events at a Grand Prix - there are tons of moving parts and it's a big puzzle to solve. There's usually a jam-packed schedule full of events as well as on-demand events launching whenever they fill. As such, it can sometimes be very stressful to be around the stage. I envy a number of scorekeepers in just how calm they are able to be when they have a multitude of different priorities flying in front of them. is one of those scorekeepers that I hold in high esteem. No
Author: Elliot Raff
Journey of Discovery 2: Ten Thousand Hours
Ten thousand hours is a long time. In his 2008 book “Outliers”, Malcolm Gladwell wrote that “ten thousand hours is the magic number of greatness,” meaning that, in order to achieve mastery in a field, you have to practice at it for ten thousand hours. Most of us have probably done maybe a handful of things for that long, if anything at all. Now, I’m not saying you should spend ten thousand hours writing reviews, or write ten thousand reviews, or even write one hundred reviews. I’m
Flash Feedback Cards
Greetings all! I am Rob McKenzie, Level 3 judge and Regional Coordinator of the USA-North region. I’m here today to talk about a nifty item I’ve used at a couple events, Flash Feedback Cards. If you have been at a recent show with me, you have probably run across these - I’ve given them out to judges to distribute at GP Indy, GP Milwaukee, the most recent Minnesota RPTQ, and the SCG Open in Indy. I’ve also used them to provide feedback at several different shows where I did not give them
Journey of Discovery: Part One
Hello friends! My name is Elliot Raff, and I’m a Level Two judge from Boston, MA. I’m honored to be joining the Feedback Loop as an editor and contributor. Today, I am going to start a series of articles on how to overcome a barrier that I think has gone largely overlooked in the field of feedback - sitting down and writing. The page is blank. I hate the blank page. What is it about the white space that bothers me so? If it were a person, sitting in front of me, you wouldn’t be able to shut