42 || Questions to Consider When Offering Dinner Suggestions
Party Ideas & Logistics with Chrystina Noel
In this episode I discuss questions to consider when offering dinner suggestions to someone in a new city. When helping out tourists, you're engaging in what the Emily Post Institute calls the "Host-Guest Dance" where you're trying to make sure that everyone gets what they need out of the conversation. Here we discuss a series of questions to consider you may not have considered to make sure the guest gets exactly what they're looking for.
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41 || Tips for Hosting a Movie Night
Party Ideas & Logistics with Chrystina Noel
In this episode I talk about tips for hosting one of my favorite types of parties, a movie night party. Those tips include: (1) get the date on the calendar, (2) only buy what you need to buy, only make what you need to make, (3) choose all your favorite things, (4) check the technology ahead of time, and (5) set the mood to cozy.
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40 || 11 Party Hosting Tips
Party Ideas & Logistics with Chrystina Noel
In this episode, I go through the responses from 11 friends & bloggers I interviewed on Chrystina Noel when they were asked: What’s your best tip for someone who wants to be a great party hostess?
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39 || What Information to Put on Invitations
Party Ideas & Logistics with Chrystina Noel
A look at how you can send invitations, and the questions that you should ask yourself when you're giving your guests information in order to help them show up as the best they can be.
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38 || How to Lower Your Party Costs
Party Ideas & Logistics with Chrystina Noel
In episode 38, I talk about how planning ahead can lower your party costs.
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37 || Thrift Shopping for Dinner Party Table Settings
Party Ideas & Logistics with Chrystina Noel
In Episode 37 I talk about tips that I got from Lola of the blog Found in Philadelphia about how to make your thrift shopping experience for dinner party table settings even better. For more information on party hosting and staying in touch visit www.chrystinanoel.com.
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36 || How to Host a Chocolate Tasting at Home
Party Ideas & Logistics with Chrystina Noel
In this episode I talk about six steps to take to host your own chocolate tasting party at home, including: invite your people, choose your chocolate, shop for the things you need, setup for the party, explain to your guests how to taste chocolate, and eat the chocolate. You can get more party tips and tricks at www.chrystinanoel.com.
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35 || Balancing Busy and Self Care
Party Ideas & Logistics with Chrystina Noel
In this episode I talk about five tips (plus one - probably obvious - bonus tip) to balance busy with self care and why it's important to take care of yourself when you're scheduling staying in touch time.
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34 || The Logistics of How to Stay In Touch.
Party Ideas & Logistics with Chrystina Noel
This is the third of a three-part series on how to stay in touch with people based on my book How to Stay in Touch: 27 Ways to Make it Happen. In this episode I talk about the logistics of how to stay in touch, two variables that you'll need to navigate, and three tips to get the details in order.
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33 || 5 Reasons You Might Be Telling Yourself Not to Stay in Touch
Party Ideas & Logistics with Chrystina Noel
In this episode I discuss 5 reasons that you might be telling yourself not to stay in touch, and why you shouldn't listen to them.
info_outlineIn 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:
- Identify a theme
- Plan a conference budget
- Find speakers for your conference
- Find a conference venue
- Plan a conference agenda
- Create your conference marketing materials and website
- Build your conference event page to sell tickets
- Reach out to sponsors
- Hire a photographer for your conference
- Promote your conference to potential attendees
- Prepare for the day of the event
- Execute the event
- 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!