Party Ideas & Logistics with Chrystina Noel

In this episodes I talk about 5 reasons why you would want to stay in touch with people in your life. This is the first of a three-part series about staying in touch with people.

In this episode I give a brief overview of what you will learn about planning conferences from my most recent blog post. I cover the 13 steps to follow if you're looking to plan a conference of your own:

1. Identify a theme
2. Plan a conference budget
3. Find speakers for your conference
4. Find a conference venue
5. Plan a conference agenda
6. Create your conference marketing materials and website
7. Build your conference event page to sell tickets
8. Reach out to sponsors
9. Hire a photographer for your conference
10. Promote your conference to potential attendees
11. Prepare for the day of the event
12. Execute the event
13. Follow up and tie up loose ends

If you're interested in reading the full post, you can check it out here on ChrystinaNoel.com. You can also find plenty of other party ideas and tips for staying in touch. Thanks so much for listening!

In today's episode I talk about some statistics from the Greeting Card Association where they talk about the highest-selling greeting cards seasonally and the top everyday cards that people send. In addition to that I give you a list of 10 no-reason reasons to send greeting cards (and really snail mail in general) to brighten someones day.

If you'd like to read the full blog post, you can do so here. For more party and staying in touch tips, visit www.chrystinanoel.com.

In today's episode I talk about how to bring different groups of friends together for a party in 7 steps. It's all about planning ahead, using your connectors, and trusting that it will all work out in the end.

To read the full post, visit the blog. You can find your party ideas and tips at www.chrystinanoel.com.

In this post, I talk about 10 tips for hosting a murder mystery party. It's super easy to buy a murder mystery kit to use that gives you character sheets, a plot line, and lays out how the event is going go, but there's still some tips to make it easier for both you AND your guests - especially if your guests have never done this before. Those tips are:

1. Read the answer first 2. Assign character roles carefully 3. Give your guests some background 4. Create a character map 5. Lay out the details on the invite 6. Introduce couples and confidants 7. Set the stage strategically 8. Make name tags 9. Run through the rules again 10. Facilitate and host the party

I'd love to hear about your experiences hosting murder mystery parties. You can comment on that, or read the full blog post, here.

If you're looking for more party tips and tricks, visit my blog, Chrystina Noel.

In this episode I talk about 5 ideas for making the most out of the space you have in your small kitchen (and by that I mean my small 12 foot x 15 foot kitchen). Those tips are:

1. Hang things where you can
2. Add additional shelves to cabinets
3. Utilize organizers in drawers
4. Buy matching Tupperware
5. Find organizers that fit your space

When the blog post is released on this topic next week, there will be a video where you can get a tour of my little space. This description will be updated when that video is released.

In the meantime, you can get more party ideas & logistical tips at www.chrystinanoel.com.

In this episode, I talk about 5 things that Brendan Francis Newnam and Rico Gagliano, the hosts of the Dinner Party Download, absolutely got right in their new book "Brunch Is Hell" (subtitle: how to save the world by throwing a dinner party).

This post is not sponsored, but I highly recommend the book if you (a) are trying to come up with a good way to save the world, or (b) you really just like dinner parties.

In this episode I talk about the 5 steps of executing the bridal shower question card game, and give a sampling of questions that you could use during execution. I throw in tips about making the cards, suggestions to make it extra special, and explain why it's my favorite of the bridal shower question games.

To see the full post and get the free bridal shower question cards download, visit the post.

For more tips and tricks about hosting parties, handmade greeting cards, and how to stay in touch, visit my blog, twitter, or instagram account.

In this episode, I talk about some tips that I have learned through the years to make attending conferences alone feel better. Even for a hardcore extrovert, walking into a room of 600 people who all appear to know each other already is pretty scary.

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In this episode, I talk about the steps to take to host a creative retreat weekend and 5 tips to save money while you're doing it.

To read the full post, visit my blog at www.chrystinanoel.com.