# myapp/managers.py
 from django.db import models

 class EventManager(models.Manager):

 def create_event(self, title, start, end, creator):
 event = self.model(title=title, start=start, end=end, creator=creator)
 event.save()
 event.notify_admins()
 return event

# myapp/models.py
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.mail import mail_admins
 from django.db import models

 from model_utils.models import TimeStampedModel
 from .managers import EventManager

 class Event(TimeStampedModel):

 STATUS_UNREVIEWED, STATUS_REVIEWED = (0, 1)
 STATUS_CHOICES = (
 (STATUS_UNREVIEWED, "Unreviewed"),
 (STATUS_REVIEWED, "Reviewed")
 )

 title = models.CharField(max_length=100)
 start = models.DateTimeField()
 end = model.dateTimeField()
 status = models.IntegerField(choices=STATUS_CHOICES, default=STATUS_UNREVIEWED)
 creator = models.ForeignField(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)
 objects = EventManager()

 def notify_admins(self):
 subject = "{user} submitted a new event!".format(user=self.creator.get_full_name())
 message = """TITLE: {title}
 START: {start}
 END: {end}""".format(title=self.title, start=self.start, end=self.end)
 mail_admins(subject=subject, message=message, fail_silently=False)