chefjeanine
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If you've been on the MSN website you may have seen this idea. Sounds like a great way to make our shows more fun by increasing audience participation. . .might get some recruits too! I have not tried it but I may have to dig out my poker chips.
I've started doing this game at my shows, and it's great because it gets people talking to each other -- often I've found that guests may not all know each other, so it is a chance for them to start talking. It works every time.
I pass around a Simple Additions bowl filled with white, red, and blue poker chips. I tell the guests:
"Okay, we're going to play a little game called Pampered Poker. Now, we don't play it with cards because I don't like to lose, but this is a game anyone can win."
I then ask my host -- or a guest there who's attended one of my shows before -- to be in charge of poker chips. I explain the game as follows:
"The white chips are easy to earn. If you ask me a question about any product in the catalog, or anything you see me demonstrate, then you get a white chip which is worth 1 point.
Red chips are worth 2 points, and you can earn those by answering someone's question. For example, if Maggie says, "So, Patti, what's so great about the Food Chopper anyway?", she gets a white 1-point chip. Then when Susan says, "Well, Maggie, it's dishwasher safe, it's got a five year warranty, and it's lots of fun to pound the heck out of an onion!", then Susan gets a 2-point chip for answering Maggie's question.
The blue chips are very special, and they're worth 5 points, so I'm going to make you work a little harder for them. These are for people who ask me questions about the business aspect of being a Pampered Chef consultant. I know at least one of you is sitting there right now wondering "How much does she really make doing this?" or "Did she have to pay for all that stuff on the table?" Well, chances are if you're wondering it, someone else is too. So if you ask me questions relating to the awesome business opportunity that's available with the Pampered Chef, I'll give you a blue 5-point chip."
Then I tell them that whoever has the most points at the end of the show gets a door prize -- it's usually a small gift bag with just a few items in it, but it makes people happy because they don't have to do much to win it. I still do a door prize with my door prize slips. It's amazing how many people will start talking if they think there's a reward in it -- I had a guest at one show who earned 42 points! And yes, she might become a consultant one of these days
I've started doing this game at my shows, and it's great because it gets people talking to each other -- often I've found that guests may not all know each other, so it is a chance for them to start talking. It works every time.
I pass around a Simple Additions bowl filled with white, red, and blue poker chips. I tell the guests:
"Okay, we're going to play a little game called Pampered Poker. Now, we don't play it with cards because I don't like to lose, but this is a game anyone can win."
I then ask my host -- or a guest there who's attended one of my shows before -- to be in charge of poker chips. I explain the game as follows:
"The white chips are easy to earn. If you ask me a question about any product in the catalog, or anything you see me demonstrate, then you get a white chip which is worth 1 point.
Red chips are worth 2 points, and you can earn those by answering someone's question. For example, if Maggie says, "So, Patti, what's so great about the Food Chopper anyway?", she gets a white 1-point chip. Then when Susan says, "Well, Maggie, it's dishwasher safe, it's got a five year warranty, and it's lots of fun to pound the heck out of an onion!", then Susan gets a 2-point chip for answering Maggie's question.
The blue chips are very special, and they're worth 5 points, so I'm going to make you work a little harder for them. These are for people who ask me questions about the business aspect of being a Pampered Chef consultant. I know at least one of you is sitting there right now wondering "How much does she really make doing this?" or "Did she have to pay for all that stuff on the table?" Well, chances are if you're wondering it, someone else is too. So if you ask me questions relating to the awesome business opportunity that's available with the Pampered Chef, I'll give you a blue 5-point chip."
Then I tell them that whoever has the most points at the end of the show gets a door prize -- it's usually a small gift bag with just a few items in it, but it makes people happy because they don't have to do much to win it. I still do a door prize with my door prize slips. It's amazing how many people will start talking if they think there's a reward in it -- I had a guest at one show who earned 42 points! And yes, she might become a consultant one of these days
