Tips for a Successful Large Party with 25 Guests | Party Planning Ideas

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Discussion Overview

The thread discusses strategies and ideas for successfully hosting a large party with 25 guests, focusing on maintaining engagement and managing orders during the event.

Discussion Character

  • Anecdotal
  • Opinion-based
  • Exploratory

Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses concern about keeping guests engaged and suggests using games to maintain focus during the demo.
  • Another participant shares their experience of using a game where guests call out page numbers for a chance to win candy, which helps involve everyone in the demo.
  • One participant mentions the idea of audience participation to prevent distractions and suggests organizing guests into groups for activities.
  • Another participant advises collecting order forms in a pile to streamline the ordering process and reduce chaos.
  • One participant enjoys the "Left Right" Game and shares a humorous game involving scrambled letters that entertained guests.
  • Another participant reflects on their experience with a large group, noting that they felt rushed and unable to incorporate games due to the demand for orders.
  • One participant shares a successful experience hosting a large show that resulted in significant sales and mentions the importance of managing conversations among guests.
  • Another participant suggests keeping the demo short to accommodate the lengthy checkout process with a large group.
  • One participant expresses hope that the guests will be enthusiastic buyers, sharing their expectations for bookings and interest in consulting.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Views differ on the best ways to engage guests and manage the ordering process, with no clear consensus on a single approach to hosting a large party.

Contextual Notes

Participants share personal experiences and ideas based on their own events, reflecting a variety of strategies for handling large groups.

Who May Find This Useful

Consultants looking for insights on managing large parties and engaging guests during demonstrations may find this discussion beneficial.

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Hi Everyone,

My girlfriend has 25 people coming to her party and I feel like that is a large party. Does anyone have any advice or ideas on how to make a larger group successful? I don't want to get lost and have people forget that they want to order. Any game ideas or anything to keep them entertained and paying attention?

Thanks so much.
 
I would love to have 25 at a show!! I would pretty much do the same thing. Try to keep them focused on the demo b/c with that many they may get distracting talking among themselves. I do a game to involve everyone in the demo. The first person to call out the page number of the item I am using gets a piece of candy. Sometimes I give the person with the most candy a small prize.
 
WOW! 25... that is a GREAT group!!! Are they PC veterans or new customers? If they are familiar with products, that would be a good size to do the Amazing Race show... search files to find it. You could even do 3 groups with that size (assuming everyone shows). I would definitely do audience participation stuff to keep them from drifting off into too many other conversations. Search the files for "games" and you'll find lots of stuff you can use.
 
I have one piece of advice. When you are ready to take orders, tell everyone to please there order form in a pile face down and that you will call them when it is their turn. Do the people that have to leave first. That way you won't have a line of people waiting for you.
 
I love the "Left Right" Game. It would be fun I think with a lot of people. I also did a game I found here one time where to scramble the letter to "JUST ONE WORD" as one word, then tell them they have 2-3 minutes to figure out the word and the only hint you will give them is that it is "Just one Word." No one figured it out and it was so funny when I told them the answer!
 
My largest has been 22 people and it was a zoo it seems! I didn't feel like I was able to do any fun games or anything since people were ready to take orders as soon as I finished my demo and they ate in 2 stages. I premade 1 recipe and demoed one so by the time I was done people were coming up to ask ??? or handing me their orders already! Good luck!
 
Great SalesThe show I hosted which led to me signing on as a consultant had 25 or 26 people and my show total was $1600.00 - which I was the consultant on that one - I got the 7 piece cookware for free. People did get off into conversations but a lot of it was them selling the tools - they were recommending things they loved! It was awesome! I second the idea on placing the orders in a pile and calling people up one at a time so they can continue to eat and socialize.
 
I would keep your demo short b/c checkout is going to take FOREVER!!!
 
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Hi,

Thanks for all the advice. I actually don't know if the guests are PC veterans or newbies. Hopefully they love the stuff and want to buy, buy , buy!!!!! It is my best friend who is the hostess and she is actually doing this to help me out. I know some of the people and they are cheap but hopefully others will make up for it. I know she has almost $150 in outside orders already so I'll keep my fingers crossed. I am shooting for 2 July bookings off this show and 1 person to be really interested in consulting.(trying to set my stardards high)

That sounds like a great idea for ordering. Plus, then if I call each person up it will be less hectic for me.
 
jrstephens said:
I would love to have 25 at a show!! I would pretty much do the same thing. Try to keep them focused on the demo b/c with that many they may get distracting talking among themselves. I do a game to involve everyone in the demo. The first person to call out the page number of the item I am using gets a piece of candy. Sometimes I give the person with the most candy a small prize.
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Oh - that's a good idea! I had my sister's party and used her to look up page numbers for me! :)
 

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