10 Tips that will help you host amazing parties:
(from "The 2-Hour Cocktail Party" by @nickgraynews)
(from "The 2-Hour Cocktail Party" by @nickgraynews)
1) Host Your Party on Mon, Tues, or Wed
People are more likely to be free on a Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday night.
Avoid hosting a party Thursday-Sunday.
Thursday-Saturday people are usually out with friends or romantic partners. Sundays are usually reserved for family time.
People are more likely to be free on a Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday night.
Avoid hosting a party Thursday-Sunday.
Thursday-Saturday people are usually out with friends or romantic partners. Sundays are usually reserved for family time.
2) Host It From 7pm-9pm
Starting at 7pm gives people time to finish their workday and eat something before attending.
And ending at 9pm helps them get home early so they don't feel guilty going out on a weekday.
Limiting the party to 2 hours keeps it short and sweet.
Starting at 7pm gives people time to finish their workday and eat something before attending.
And ending at 9pm helps them get home early so they don't feel guilty going out on a weekday.
Limiting the party to 2 hours keeps it short and sweet.
3) Create An Event Page
Have an event page & collect RSVPs so you know how much drinks/snacks to buy.
Send reminders 7 & 3 days before & also the morning of the party.
Put your number in each email so people can contact you if they have any questions or need directions.
Have an event page & collect RSVPs so you know how much drinks/snacks to buy.
Send reminders 7 & 3 days before & also the morning of the party.
Put your number in each email so people can contact you if they have any questions or need directions.
4) Sip, Snack, and Stand
Keep your party to drinks and snacks so people spend more time talking than eating.
And encourage people to stand instead of sit.
Sitting down is kryptonite to a successful eventβit traps people in conversations and kills the energy level of the room.
Keep your party to drinks and snacks so people spend more time talking than eating.
And encourage people to stand instead of sit.
Sitting down is kryptonite to a successful eventβit traps people in conversations and kills the energy level of the room.
5) Give Everyone A Name Tag
By giving every guest a name tag you:
-Reduce social anxiety
-Make introductions easier
-Place everyone on equal footing
-Reduce the embarrassment of forgetting someone's name
This simple tip will make your party 10x more enjoyable.
By giving every guest a name tag you:
-Reduce social anxiety
-Make introductions easier
-Place everyone on equal footing
-Reduce the embarrassment of forgetting someone's name
This simple tip will make your party 10x more enjoyable.
6) Start With An Easy Icebreaker
Stand in a circle together and go around answering 3 questions:
-What's your name?
-What do you do for work?
-What's your favorite breakfast food?
This is an awesome way to warm up the party and start turning strangers into new friends.
Stand in a circle together and go around answering 3 questions:
-What's your name?
-What do you do for work?
-What's your favorite breakfast food?
This is an awesome way to warm up the party and start turning strangers into new friends.
7) Allow People To Mingle
After the icebreaker is finished, there may be a moment of awkwardness.
This is where you tell guests to mingle and start a conversation with someone who piqued their interest.
Also, encourage them to talk to someone new instead of the same people.
After the icebreaker is finished, there may be a moment of awkwardness.
This is where you tell guests to mingle and start a conversation with someone who piqued their interest.
Also, encourage them to talk to someone new instead of the same people.
8) Do An Advanced Icebreaker
Once people are no longer complete strangers, do an advanced icebreaker to learn more about one another.
Pick 1 question such as:
-What's your favorite charity?
-What topic could you teach a class on?
-What's the best thing you bought this year?
Once people are no longer complete strangers, do an advanced icebreaker to learn more about one another.
Pick 1 question such as:
-What's your favorite charity?
-What topic could you teach a class on?
-What's the best thing you bought this year?
9) Take A Group Photo
After you finished the advanced icebreaker, take a group photo.
Guests will appreciate the photo and likely share it with friends or on social media.
You can also use the photo as social proof to get more guests to come to your next party.
After you finished the advanced icebreaker, take a group photo.
Guests will appreciate the photo and likely share it with friends or on social media.
You can also use the photo as social proof to get more guests to come to your next party.
10) End On A High Note
Keeping the party short & ending on a high note is much better than dragging it out & ending on a dull one.
So at 8:50 pm:
-Turn down the music
-Tell people it's almost time to leave
-Encourage everyone to say their goodbyes
-Thank your guests for coming
Keeping the party short & ending on a high note is much better than dragging it out & ending on a dull one.
So at 8:50 pm:
-Turn down the music
-Tell people it's almost time to leave
-Encourage everyone to say their goodbyes
-Thank your guests for coming
Here's a cheat sheet to having an awesome party:
10 Tips for hosting an awesome party:
-Have it on Mon, Tues, or Wed
-Run it from 7-9pm
-Create an event page
-Have people sip & stand
-Give everyone a name tag
-Start with easy icebreakers
-Allow people to mingle
-Do advanced icebreakers
-Take a group photo
-End on a high note
-Have it on Mon, Tues, or Wed
-Run it from 7-9pm
-Create an event page
-Have people sip & stand
-Give everyone a name tag
-Start with easy icebreakers
-Allow people to mingle
-Do advanced icebreakers
-Take a group photo
-End on a high note
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