Stop Growing Before You're Ready
How Nixa LIVE grew from 6 students to 65 without burning out, and the two-word framework both hosts are running their programs on this season.
Watch Episode 1 of Season 2Sound Familiar?
You added a second class before you had the SOPs for the first one figured out. Your best student runs the whole broadcast in her head, and graduates in May. You're still explaining the same three things before every single game, to whichever student happens to ask first. You didn't do anything wrong. You just grew before your systems caught up. The problem isn't how fast your program is growing. It's whether the systems are growing with it.
"You can get somewhere by yourself fast, or you can get somewhere together far, and have it last longer."
— Nathan Ladehoff, Broadcast Ops Playbook, S2 E1
WHAT'S INSIDE
WHAT YOU'LL WALK AWAY WITH
- The exact two-word framework, Define Ready, both programs are running this season
- A stair-step system so new students stop waiting on you for every question
- The honest version of what growing from 6 students to 65 over ten years actually took, roadblocks included
- Why the rundown you already built might be the reason it's not getting used
How This Episode Breaks Down
Three parts. Where it started, what almost broke it, and the plan for this season.
Where It Started
Jordan Burns didn't start as the teacher running Nixa LIVE, he started as a volunteer with one camera and no announcers. Six students by 2019. Sixteen by 2020. Sixty-five now.
What Almost Broke It
Jordan's honest about pushing growth faster than he wishes he had, and the roadblocks that came with it. Growing fast and growing sustainably aren't the same thing.
This Season's Plan
Define Ready: building the SOPs and checklists now, so the crew isn't scrambling when the season actually starts. Plus a stair-step system for new students that doesn't route every question through the teacher.
Watch Episode 1
Hear Nathan and Jordan break down why a program that grows in stages outlasts one that grows all at once, and the two words they're both building this season around.
Watch on YouTube →Apple Podcasts & Spotify links coming soon
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Define Ready: The Story Behind Nixa LIVE