{"id":1314,"date":"2015-10-05T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T10:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/?p=1314"},"modified":"2015-10-05T10:00:07","modified_gmt":"2015-10-05T10:00:07","slug":"how-can-i-make-you-smile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/blog\/dance-info-news-trends\/how-can-i-make-you-smile\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can I Make You Smile?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"frame01-with-megan\"<\/a>If you\u2019ve called our studio, or stepped inside the front door, chances are good that you\u2019ve encountered Megan Snodgrass<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Our office manager with the beautiful smile and great sense of style, Megan found Fred Astaire <\/a>via a Craig\u2019s List ad for a part-time office assistant position. We hired her in March of 2013 and got right to work.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a crash course that Friday night for one of the parties and the next Monday I was opening the studio,\u201d Megan recalls.<\/p>\n

Very quickly, she ramped up to office manager, creating marketing materials, managing the website, and handling overall administration of our bustling studio.<\/p>\n

\u201cI used to dance,\u201d Megan says. \u201cI was interested in being in a dance studio environment. A lot of my friends have been in theater and arts. I\u2019ve worked other jobs in clerical positions so being in an office setting wasn\u2019t new to me, but this is not your typical cubicle desk job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Growing up in Clinton Township as a student of Fraser schools, Megan now calls Rochester Hills home. She loves coming to work every day \u2013 and we love having her here. And last year, she even got to be a dance student, taking lessons with her husband in preparation for her sister\u2019s wedding.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love the fact that I get to see our clients come in for the first introductory lesson or even from the first phone call, and anywhere from weeks to months later they\u2019re full-time dance students, enjoying this little piece of life that they\u2019ve been missing,\u201d Megan says.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeeing students transform from being nervous at the introductory lesson to being comfortable in the studio, learning a new skill or improving something they knew before, it\u2019s a wonderful transformation.\u201d<\/p>\n

A business coach once said that Fred Astaire is supposed to be like the adult Disney World<\/strong>, that it\u2019s our mission to help people forget about their lives outside of the studio and for the 45 minutes of a dance lesson or class, focus on themselves.<\/p>\n

In most businesses, you don\u2019t find that opportunity, says Megan.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the secret to the staff happiness at our studio?<\/p>\n

Megan says it\u2019s important to be happy yourself if you\u2019re in the position of helping other people find happiness. Plus, she jokes, \u201clots of coffee and chocolate\u201d in the workplace is a big help!<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a unique culture and people who can\u2019t handle being happy all the time leave,\u201d she says. \u201cA lot of it comes from Evan and Lada <\/a>– they just want us to be the best version of ourselves and constantly improve ourselves day to day.\u201d<\/p>\n

She likes the team building exercises we initiate, the team goals we set, daily training and open communication that we not only encourage but model.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe treat the business as a family; our students are part of this dance family.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dance is for everyone!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Megan says she most likes seeing how the studio \u201chas transformed over the last two years. We are an all-inclusive studio so being involved with our new Dance Mobility<\/a> program for wheelchair ballroom dancers, The Pink Fund<\/a> ladies dancing with survivors, groups for autism<\/a>, through Jack\u2019s Place, we\u2019re making sure ballroom dancing isn\u2019t just for the elite. It\u2019s for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s incredible that Evan and Lada have that vision to make ballroom dancing available for everyone, no matter your circumstances,\u201d Megan says. \u201cThe quality of students that we have right now is impressive because we are working together as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a special place that can help you with whatever circumstances you\u2019re going through, whether the loss of a loved one, or improving your relationship, or self-improvement,\u201d Megan says. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely a place that can handle all of those challenges through the power of dance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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