Have you ever wanted to throw a party? Did you ever want that party to be so unique that everyone talked about it for months afterward? You can throw an incredible party! You can be remembered for the fantastic parties you throw.
Many Details Should Be Considered in Your Party Plans Throwing a party is the ultimate exercise in multi-tasking.
You must consider the day of the week the party will take place, the time of the day or night, your budget, themenu, clean-up before and after, party favors, music, guest list, theme, party location, and what you will wear.
When you consider all the details, it can be quite overwhelming for one person.
Where do you start? As a party planner for hundreds of parties in my lifetime, I believe the best place to start is with DELEGATING.
Decide who will be working on this big endeavor with you and what they can do to help.
Do not attempt to do it yourself.
Don't you have a full-time job or full-time responsibilities? It is only if you have a life of leisure can you afford the thought of throwing the party all by yourself.
And after you give it some thought, think again and start DELEGATING.
Avoid Party Problems from the Start.
Go for Party Fun! Not delegating can easily result in one thing: working yourself so hard that you will not have any fun at your own party.
You will be so stressed that it will show on your face.
You will not look refreshed, alert, and as if you want to give your guests care and consideration and that is the worst possible mistake you could make when throwing a party.
Your Primary Party Success Strategy Bypass all the negative things that can happen by doing one thing: DELEGATING.
Delegate who will be in charge of the food preparation and food clean-up.
You can maintain control of the purchase of the food to insure that the food budget is not exceeded.
Delegate who will be in charge of obtaining the music and entertainment, after you decide what that will be.
Delegate who will be in charge of sending out the invitations after you decide who will be invited.
Delegate who will purchase or create the party favors after you have decided what those party favors are.
As you can see, even though you delegate responsibilities to others for your party, you still maintain good control of the entire party.
You maintain control of the budget, the theme, the location, the menu, and the entertainment by making these decisions upfront.
Any responsibility you delegate is one that has boundaries you determined ahead of time.
This way you spread the work but maintain the control.
Here's an example of how this strategy works.
You decide on a party for St.
Patrick's Day.
The theme is everything green, including eco-friendly green products.
Your party favors are eco-friendly products.
Your music is Irish music, Celtic music.
Your location is your house and you want to set up the living room, kitchen, bathroom and outdoors in a way that it has St.
Patrick's Day decorations and everything green.
Your menu is appetizers and desserts only since the party is after work and lasts for a few hours.
Your budget is $500, not a penny more.
Your guest list is 20 and you think half of them will probably show.
Most of your preliminary work is done with these decisions.
In the delegating process, you ask your friends who would be willing to help out.
You'll need four or five to drastically cut your workload.
One friend, Mary will help out with the appetizers and desserts.
She's allotted $150.
Sam will help with decorations and music.
He has been a disc jockey before and is thrilled to accommodate you.
Sarah is interested in eco-friendly products and can get them wholesale.
She is allotted $80 for party favors.
You can decorate your house yourself and start collecting items such as streamers, centerpieces, napkins, kitchen and bathroom towels, etc.
on your budget of $85.
Mark is a graphic designer and can create the invitations.
Gayle will help as your party assistant, taking care of little tasks that no one else does, including sending out the invitations, assisting with clean-up and helping with decorations.
You can see that delegating has saved you hours of work.
The advantage is that you will have a great time at your next party because you are not frazzled and dazzled from all the work.
To have a great party, start with rule #1.
Delegate.
Do not be afraid of it.
Just do it.