June 15, 2020 • 17 mins
In this episode we discuss 7 things to think about before you start doing any planning for your party wedding or event.These things will help you create a great party experience for both you and your guests.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
Welcome to the party ecology experience with your
host Marcus printers
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Guys.
Welcome to the cardiologyexperience.
Yes, my name is Marcus and I'mhere today with Emma DeJong, the
general manager of feelgoodevents.
Hi Emma, how are you today?
Good.
How are you?
I'm good.
Are you all pumped and ready?
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Every time I can't.
You
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Got lots of good party tips.
You can, you can give
Speaker 1 (00:34):
You I've got many, many, many, many I've got hate
Shantelle.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Okay, excellent.
So in today's podcast, we'regoing to talk about all the
things that we think you shouldthink about before you actually
start planning your party.
So obviously when you'replanning a party, the first
thing is you start to think ofis venue and what dress am I
going to wear and whatentertainment I'm going to have
and what food are we going tohave and what drinks should we
have?
All those fun and excitingthings.
(00:59):
Uh, but we've come up to today,put together today a list of
seven things to think aboutbefore you start planning all
those sorts of things.
And these things may help youcreate a better party experience
for yourself and for yourguests.
And that's why we've sort ofcome up with these and we think
these are sort of reallyimportant and they're all sort
of intertwined.
Um, but it will help you in yourplanning once you start getting
(01:21):
into all those fun and excitingthings.
So the first thing, uh, numberone on the list is what type of
party are you planning for?
So by this, we mean, do you wantit to be party of the year, lots
of energy people dancing crazy.
Uh, do you want it to be morelow key?
Um, you know, just people comingin having a bit of food and
drink, maybe they might havedancing depending on how the
(01:44):
party goes.
You're not too first or is itmore just a gathering simply
just, you know, people in yourback garden, uh, having a few
beers, maybe it's at night,you've got a fire, you know,
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Very casual.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
So this is something that we think that if you think
about this before you startdoing another planning, it's
going to help you set the moodor the tone for when you do get
into your planning.
So, um, you know, it's no goodsaying you want party of the
year and then organizingeveryone to come and stand in
your back garden.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
How exciting I can't wait.
It's not really, it's not reallygoing to create party of the
year.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
And look, we get lots of, um, clients and we speak to
lots of people about theirparties and they do so say, Oh
yeah, no, I want lots of dancingand all that sort of stuff, but
then they don't really havesuitable entertainment or
there's no dance floor or it isoutside and it's cold.
Um, you know, there's sort of,they haven't really thought of
what's really poor planning.
So, um, so in part of this, wealso sort of talk about party
(02:43):
energy.
Now, um, I talk about partyenergy, a lot and party energy
for those people who don'treally understand is if you
think about if you've ever beento a concert, um, a festival,
any sort of really good partywhere there's lots of dancing
and energy from the, um, that'swhat party energy is.
And that's a good party energies.
(03:03):
If you go to say a festival oran I've to some awesome concerts
and stuff like that, where thecrowd is pumped, they are going
off, you know, there's, youknow, there's people waving
their undies in the air, youknow, all that sort of stuff
there, you know, and it doesn'teven necessarily have to be,
they've had lots to drink,although sometimes that does
help.
Um, it's the energy coming fromthe crowd is just awesome.
(03:24):
And, and to me, I think you needto create a party that has good
at party energy.
Now, sometimes if you'replanning a low key dinner or get
together, um, you know, you, itdoesn't matter.
You don't necessarily need thatsort of party energy, but if
you're aiming for party of theyear where you want it to be
exciting and fun, and you knowthat there is that, that great
(03:47):
feeling coming from the crowd,you need to plan for that
because it doesn't always justhappen.
Sometimes it does not veryoften, not very often.
So you need these key elementsthat you'll need to do to make
sure that that happens.
So party energy is reallyimportant and you don't need a
lot of people.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
No, you don't.
No people, I think always thinkyou need to have hundreds and
hundred people to make thatenergy.
And you really don't.
You can have a party of 20, itcould be the best party you've
ever been to.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
And a lot of that comes down to the size of the
venue.
If you've got to a functionspace that suits 20 people and
it's, you know, people feelconnected and together and you
know, it's a comfortable size,then it can really work.
If the music's good, thelighting is good.
All the different elements ofthe function, uh, are there, it
can still be really good.
So you don't necessarily need200 people to come to your
(04:35):
event.
It's quality over quantity,isn't it?
Yep.
So, uh, you know, that's, that'sone thing that's, that's super
important typically when itcomes to party energy, and I've
found this as a DJ, and I don'tknow if you've seen this Emma at
some functions, but youngerpeople tend to create better
party energy than older people.
And I'm sorry to say thatbecause I have done, you know,
(04:56):
DJ'ed functions forties,fifties, sixties, um, that have
been really good, but greatparty energy.
But if you've ever come to eat,you know, if you've ever been to
a school, a primary school discoor, um, you know, a wiggles
concert or something like that,the energy in those types of
atmosphere is on fire and theydon't need alcohol to, to be
(05:17):
going crazy.
That's right.
Even, um, you know, nightclubsand stuff like that, typically
that, you know, 18 to 21 yearold age group, you know, at a
bit, alcohol definitely doeshelp, but the energy levels are
a lot higher than say,
Speaker 3 (05:31):
What are you gonna say here under 25 is the good
sort of 25 is pretty good.
I'm over that now
Speaker 2 (05:37):
That, and I'm way past it, you know?
So, you know, it can make adifference the age of your
guests.
And, you know, you can say, Oh,well, let's not invite older
guests, but I think you do needto be conscious when you're
inviting your guests.
Are they going to create thehelp, create the party energy
that you want?
And sometimes you don't know.
(05:58):
I
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Think sometimes you let the mums out and they
haven't been out for years.
So you let them out having acouple of drinks.
They're like at the 25 again aswell.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
And that's right.
Yeah.
I was going to say sometimes theforties and fifties can be
better than the 20th
Speaker 3 (06:09):
Because I've never not been out for you, you know,
for a long time.
So they just, you know, they,all their kids have been
babysat.
So they're out on town, let'sgo, yeah,
Speaker 2 (06:16):
That's all right.
The first two years or somethinglike that.
Whereas sometimes it can be theopposite.
The 20, 21 year olds are soworried about what they look
like and on their phones and onsocial media the whole night
that the party disappearsbefore, you know, anything's
actually happened.
So you get a mix of them.
That's right.
So yeah.
So number two, number, numbertwo, I always say people should
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start at the end.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
It sounds weird.
Doesn't it?
It does.
People must be like, what?
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Yeah.
So what I mean by this is whatparty story or what do you want
your guests to talk about yourparty after the event?
So if you think about if you'rehaving a 21st or a wedding or a
corporate event and you want itto be something memorable, what
do you want your guests to sayin 12 months, time, five years
time, you know, is it just goingto blur into their memory and
(07:02):
just go, Oh, that was justanother function I went to or is
it going to be, you know,something that they go, Oh,
geez, that was a great night.
You know?
So that's what you want, you'redoing.
And if you're going to go to allthe fit and we were just talking
about this today at lunchtime,we always talk about events with
all the team at, at, um,feel-good events.
Um, yeah, we were talking aboutif you're going to go to the
(07:23):
effort of having a party.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Cool.
Yeah.
You might as well.
If you're spending half themoney, spend the extra half on,
you know, making sure it'sabsolutely, you know, off its
shame, make it, you know, sothose people are going to talk
about it for years to come,because what's the point of
doing it otherwise.
That's what we think anyway.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Yes.
We're a bit biased because wewant people to throw some
parties, but, um, yeah,
Speaker 3 (07:42):
No one's going to pay is boring.
Especially if people who spendlots of money and time and
effort, you wanna make sure it'sgood.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Yeah, exactly.
Right.
So yeah.
What sort of party story do youwant to be able to tell in five
years time, ah, had the best21st or the best 30th?
Um, it was crazy, you know,there was people doing silly
things, everyone got naked andjumped into the pool or whatever
it is
Speaker 3 (08:03):
You want to time in or whatever it is exactly.
You want them to remember.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
Yeah.
Grandma was drunk on the table.
I always use that one.
Cause I've seen lots of grandmason the dancing on the table.
I do some wild parties.
Um, yeah.
So yeah.
What is it that you want peopleto talk about?
So if you think about that, thatwill then help you create that
or work towards creating thattop and event.
So that sort of then leads into,um, number three, which is guest
(08:27):
experience.
And this is something that wetalk about a lot at feel-good
events and he's super, super,super important.
And is what's your guestexperience?
What do you want the guests toexperience when they come to
your party?
Now, lots of people say, I justwant them to have fun and have a
great time.
You know, what does thatactually mean?
So in the, if we talk aboutweddings and I heard this and
(08:49):
this gets thrown around a littlebit in the events industry, um,
for wedding say specifically inthe old days, back in the old,
old days, um, the wedding wasmore about the parents of the
bride and groom and everythingwas based around them and they
got all the attention then, youknow, as time went on, it moved
on.
That was the focus was on thebride and groom, which seemed
(09:10):
pretty obvious.
That's what, that's what youthink you're there for.
You're exactly right.
And then in today's modern era,it's more about the guests
experience and I'm a bigbeliever in this.
Um, I really feel that the guestexperience is the most important
because I know if I'm having aparty, if the guests are having
a great time, I'm having a goodtime.
(09:30):
And if I see everybody on thedance floor or everyone, you
know, laughing, having fun,enjoying themselves,
socializing, whatever it is, um,I feel happy because the guests
having a good time.
So if you focus on your guestsexperience, I guarantee you, you
will have a great experienceyourself.
Speaker 3 (09:46):
Yeah.
We've known that from the past,from other clients, you know,
just if it's gone really welland they all had a great time
that they're always coming backsaying how awesome it is and if
it's been the other way, thenyou know, they've not had good
experiences as well.
So it really does.
It's, it's an atmosphere youcreate.
So it just passes on to everyonethat's there.
Speaker 2 (10:02):
And I'm sorry to say that I believe the party,
although it may be yourbirthday, it's not really about
you.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
It's not really, it's a sad thing to say, but it is
true.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
If you really want to throw a great party and great
party experience, you've got tomake it more about your guests
and you, as we say, you willhave the best time.
Like you will remember it waymore than, as we say, everyone's
sitting there bored out of theirbrain or on their phones or, or
at worst, they go home.
You don't want that.
No, you don't.
So then, uh, number four, we'vegot stimulate your guests five
(10:33):
senses.
This sounds, doesn't it.
And you can stimulate yourguests five senses.
However you may like, uh, butthis is something, again, we
talk about a lot here atfeel-good events and it does
sound a bit.
Kiki does, um, depending on howyou want to take it
Speaker 3 (10:49):
Easy to, once you talk about all five of them, it
is quite easy to think of thethings you can do for them.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
Yeah.
So, I mean, you've had, we'vetalked about this a lot in
Marion.
You've had a lot of experiencewith this.
What, what do, what are some ofthe five senses?
What are the five senses that,and some ideas
Speaker 3 (11:03):
That's a really easy one sack for smell.
For example, now that come downto, you know, smell a food, it
can be, you know, making sureyou have candles.
So if you're going to havepeople walking through a space
or into the room, having candlesthroughout the whole space to
sort of, you know, it smellsnice.
It's not just, you know, peoplewalking through and that's it.
Nothing, you know, excitingtaste is, you know, of course
food, making sure you can havethings that are fun for food.
(11:26):
Like, you know, these donutwalls are a huge thing at the
moment.
Food displays, grazing tablesare a huge one as well.
Sand of course, pretty easy,making sure the sound is good.
This is a good one.
Cause you have to get thisright.
If you don't get this right.
And I don't know, you know, thisfrom experience being a DJ, if
you don't have the music, right.
And the sound right, then youmight want to even have the
party.
That's why the a and you've gotno good music and you've got to,
(11:48):
you know, your home stereo, it'sgoing to bet to blow up and it
can't go any higher.
That's the point of having itand, and sorry, even
Speaker 2 (11:54):
With, um, you know, even if you're not going for
part of the year, sand or musicis still super important.
Even if it's just a dinnerparty, it's still
Speaker 3 (12:02):
The background.
It's just, it's so flat.
It's a bit awkward if you'restill sitting there and not
everyone's chatting, you wantsomething in the background just
makes it a bit more exciting
Speaker 2 (12:11):
Or a restaurant on the weekend.
And they had no music andeverybody at the table, we
noticed it within about fiveminutes of sitting down, we
went, something's not right.
And everybody picked up on it.
There was no background musicand it just changed the
experience of it.
And it's the same for your part.
Speaker 3 (12:25):
Exactly the same.
Yep.
A hundred percent.
And then the next one is saw andthen touch.
So the five of them, there areso many things you can cover for
those touch could be a wholerange of things like you can do
green walls that have got, youknow, you can touch them and
sort of things like that.
It can be a whole inner sensorywe touched, but it can be a
whole range of things
Speaker 2 (12:44):
I've done, um, snakes and live animals.
So some events and, um, yeah,and visually is, is something
that we do.
We specialize in because we dodecor and that's it
Speaker 3 (12:54):
Look amazing.
People walk through the door andgo, wow, I've never seen this
before.
Like that is a key point for us.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Yup.
Yup.
So, you know, the more you canstimulate, you gets five senses
in as many ways as possible, thebetter.
Absolutely.
And, and uh, you know, if youthink about that, when you're
doing your planning, no matterwhat it is and go have I covered
at least something for each oneof these it's gone, you know,
gonna make a better experiencefor your guests.
So, um, number five, plan forfun from the beginning.
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Now this is always aninteresting one and I always,
um, it's, everyone'sinterpretation of this.
It's like somebody coming up tome and saying, um, can you play
something good when I'mdeejaying?
And you're like, well, what'sgood to you.
And it's the same with fun.
What's fun for you.
And what's fun for, what's funfor me.
And what's fun for as well.
Yeah, exactly right.
Can be very different.
So you need to plan for a rangeof fun.
(13:46):
Um, and you know, um, work outwhat's, you know, what's grandma
gonna like, cause she might notlike dancing on the dance floor
or she might not be able todance on the dance floor, but
what can she do?
That's gonna make it enjoyablefor her.
Or, you know, if, um, you wantit to be crazy and wild, you
know, what's going to createthat fun and crazy sort of
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atmosphere.
So, um, planning for fun fromthe beginning is really, really
important.
And everybody's, as we say,everyone's definition of fun is,
is very different.
Uh, to me, a definition of, of agreat party is a group of people
gathered together to have fun.
And you're the more you focus ona range of different things that
are fun, the better.
So, uh, number six, what's yourbiggest stress.
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Now, a lot of people stressabout parties and have major
anxiety when it comes to partythings about them as well.
Yep.
Speaker 3 (14:39):
Yeah.
Crazy.
Like not people not showing up.
I think that's a really big one.
People, people like no oneshowing up is a huge thing, not
enough food and drink, um,guests not having fun.
Like all those things are highstress for most people.
And I, a lot of people don'thave their own parties because
of these three things
Speaker 2 (14:54):
Like being the center of attention.
Um, and that's where we go backto, if you create a party,
that's all about your gueststhen necessarily won't
necessarily be exactly right.
So, um, you know, if you'rereally stressed about having a
party, get some help, that'sprobably the key thing there.
Uh, and something to think aboutfrom the very beginning before
you do anything else, if you're,um, you know, not too stressed
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about doing the planning and allthat sort of stuff, then yeah.
Do it.
You can easily do it yourself ifyou cover all the main areas,
but yeah.
Otherwise get some help.
And then number seven is what'sthe most important thing to you
now sit.
Most people usually when they'rehaving a party a will have
something that they really wantat their party.
So some things, it can be reallysimple.
Like it might be, I just want adonut wall or, you know, I want
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lots of dancing or, you know, soeverybody has something
different that they want.
Some people will spend money ona, on a cake or a light up dance
floor because that's what theywant.
Um, so work out what that is reyou know, that item or thing
that you want to me, it's alwayslots of dancing.
So I always make sure that Iplan for dancing, good music,
(16:00):
good lighting, a dance floor,obviously.
So that there's a designatedplace to dance.
Um, dancing is super importantto me for so many reasons, uh,
because to me that's a heart ofa party, but, um, to you, it
might be something different.
So, but think about what that isand make sure you plan from that
from the very beginning.
So there are seven things thatwe think that we should think
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about before starting yourgeneral planning.
Um, but we feel that the mostimportant thing is planned from
the beginning.
So make sure you do lots ofplanning.
And if you put in the effort,you'll be rewarded from it,
rewarded for it.
So those sort of, um, peoplethat sort of just wing it and
just go with the flow and don'treally think about their
(16:42):
function or their party toomuch.
Uh, typically it doesn't tend togo as well as they may want it
to you then could spend moneyand waste it because you haven't
put in a few key elements.
So planning is super, super,super, super important and will
in most cases, uh, take awayfrom some of the stress that
you've got.
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Um, but yeah, the more you putin the more you'll be rewarded,
of course.
So that's it for today'spodcast.
Thanks for listening.
And, uh, we'll hope to hear hopeto hear from us soon.
Welcome to the party ecology experience with your
host Marcus printers
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Guys.
Welcome to the cardiologyexperience.
Yes, my name is Marcus and I'mhere today with Emma DeJong, the
general manager of feelgoodevents.
Hi Emma, how are you today?
Good.
How are you?
I'm good.
Are you all pumped and ready?
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Every time I can't.
You
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Got lots of good party tips.
You can, you can give
Speaker 1 (00:34):
You I've got many, many, many, many I've got hate
Shantelle.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Okay, excellent.
So in today's podcast, we'regoing to talk about all the
things that we think you shouldthink about before you actually
start planning your party.
So obviously when you'replanning a party, the first
thing is you start to think ofis venue and what dress am I
going to wear and whatentertainment I'm going to have
and what food are we going tohave and what drinks should we
have?
All those fun and excitingthings.
(00:59):
Uh, but we've come up to today,put together today a list of
seven things to think aboutbefore you start planning all
those sorts of things.
And these things may help youcreate a better party experience
for yourself and for yourguests.
And that's why we've sort ofcome up with these and we think
these are sort of reallyimportant and they're all sort
of intertwined.
Um, but it will help you in yourplanning once you start getting
(01:21):
into all those fun and excitingthings.
So the first thing, uh, numberone on the list is what type of
party are you planning for?
So by this, we mean, do you wantit to be party of the year, lots
of energy people dancing crazy.
Uh, do you want it to be morelow key?
Um, you know, just people comingin having a bit of food and
drink, maybe they might havedancing depending on how the
(01:44):
party goes.
You're not too first or is itmore just a gathering simply
just, you know, people in yourback garden, uh, having a few
beers, maybe it's at night,you've got a fire, you know,
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Very casual.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
So this is something that we think that if you think
about this before you startdoing another planning, it's
going to help you set the moodor the tone for when you do get
into your planning.
So, um, you know, it's no goodsaying you want party of the
year and then organizingeveryone to come and stand in
your back garden.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
How exciting I can't wait.
It's not really, it's not reallygoing to create party of the
year.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
And look, we get lots of, um, clients and we speak to
lots of people about theirparties and they do so say, Oh
yeah, no, I want lots of dancingand all that sort of stuff, but
then they don't really havesuitable entertainment or
there's no dance floor or it isoutside and it's cold.
Um, you know, there's sort of,they haven't really thought of
what's really poor planning.
So, um, so in part of this, wealso sort of talk about party
(02:43):
energy.
Now, um, I talk about partyenergy, a lot and party energy
for those people who don'treally understand is if you
think about if you've ever beento a concert, um, a festival,
any sort of really good partywhere there's lots of dancing
and energy from the, um, that'swhat party energy is.
And that's a good party energies.
(03:03):
If you go to say a festival oran I've to some awesome concerts
and stuff like that, where thecrowd is pumped, they are going
off, you know, there's, youknow, there's people waving
their undies in the air, youknow, all that sort of stuff
there, you know, and it doesn'teven necessarily have to be,
they've had lots to drink,although sometimes that does
help.
Um, it's the energy coming fromthe crowd is just awesome.
(03:24):
And, and to me, I think you needto create a party that has good
at party energy.
Now, sometimes if you'replanning a low key dinner or get
together, um, you know, you, itdoesn't matter.
You don't necessarily need thatsort of party energy, but if
you're aiming for party of theyear where you want it to be
exciting and fun, and you knowthat there is that, that great
(03:47):
feeling coming from the crowd,you need to plan for that
because it doesn't always justhappen.
Sometimes it does not veryoften, not very often.
So you need these key elementsthat you'll need to do to make
sure that that happens.
So party energy is reallyimportant and you don't need a
lot of people.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
No, you don't.
No people, I think always thinkyou need to have hundreds and
hundred people to make thatenergy.
And you really don't.
You can have a party of 20, itcould be the best party you've
ever been to.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
And a lot of that comes down to the size of the
venue.
If you've got to a functionspace that suits 20 people and
it's, you know, people feelconnected and together and you
know, it's a comfortable size,then it can really work.
If the music's good, thelighting is good.
All the different elements ofthe function, uh, are there, it
can still be really good.
So you don't necessarily need200 people to come to your
(04:35):
event.
It's quality over quantity,isn't it?
Yep.
So, uh, you know, that's, that'sone thing that's, that's super
important typically when itcomes to party energy, and I've
found this as a DJ, and I don'tknow if you've seen this Emma at
some functions, but youngerpeople tend to create better
party energy than older people.
And I'm sorry to say thatbecause I have done, you know,
(04:56):
DJ'ed functions forties,fifties, sixties, um, that have
been really good, but greatparty energy.
But if you've ever come to eat,you know, if you've ever been to
a school, a primary school discoor, um, you know, a wiggles
concert or something like that,the energy in those types of
atmosphere is on fire and theydon't need alcohol to, to be
(05:17):
going crazy.
That's right.
Even, um, you know, nightclubsand stuff like that, typically
that, you know, 18 to 21 yearold age group, you know, at a
bit, alcohol definitely doeshelp, but the energy levels are
a lot higher than say,
Speaker 3 (05:31):
What are you gonna say here under 25 is the good
sort of 25 is pretty good.
I'm over that now
Speaker 2 (05:37):
That, and I'm way past it, you know?
So, you know, it can make adifference the age of your
guests.
And, you know, you can say, Oh,well, let's not invite older
guests, but I think you do needto be conscious when you're
inviting your guests.
Are they going to create thehelp, create the party energy
that you want?
And sometimes you don't know.
(05:58):
I
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Think sometimes you let the mums out and they
haven't been out for years.
So you let them out having acouple of drinks.
They're like at the 25 again aswell.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
And that's right.
Yeah.
I was going to say sometimes theforties and fifties can be
better than the 20th
Speaker 3 (06:09):
Because I've never not been out for you, you know,
for a long time.
So they just, you know, they,all their kids have been
babysat.
So they're out on town, let'sgo, yeah,
Speaker 2 (06:16):
That's all right.
The first two years or somethinglike that.
Whereas sometimes it can be theopposite.
The 20, 21 year olds are soworried about what they look
like and on their phones and onsocial media the whole night
that the party disappearsbefore, you know, anything's
actually happened.
So you get a mix of them.
That's right.
So yeah.
So number two, number, numbertwo, I always say people should
(06:37):
start at the end.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
It sounds weird.
Doesn't it?
It does.
People must be like, what?
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Yeah.
So what I mean by this is whatparty story or what do you want
your guests to talk about yourparty after the event?
So if you think about if you'rehaving a 21st or a wedding or a
corporate event and you want itto be something memorable, what
do you want your guests to sayin 12 months, time, five years
time, you know, is it just goingto blur into their memory and
(07:02):
just go, Oh, that was justanother function I went to or is
it going to be, you know,something that they go, Oh,
geez, that was a great night.
You know?
So that's what you want, you'redoing.
And if you're going to go to allthe fit and we were just talking
about this today at lunchtime,we always talk about events with
all the team at, at, um,feel-good events.
Um, yeah, we were talking aboutif you're going to go to the
(07:23):
effort of having a party.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Cool.
Yeah.
You might as well.
If you're spending half themoney, spend the extra half on,
you know, making sure it'sabsolutely, you know, off its
shame, make it, you know, sothose people are going to talk
about it for years to come,because what's the point of
doing it otherwise.
That's what we think anyway.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Yes.
We're a bit biased because wewant people to throw some
parties, but, um, yeah,
Speaker 3 (07:42):
No one's going to pay is boring.
Especially if people who spendlots of money and time and
effort, you wanna make sure it'sgood.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Yeah, exactly.
Right.
So yeah.
What sort of party story do youwant to be able to tell in five
years time, ah, had the best21st or the best 30th?
Um, it was crazy, you know,there was people doing silly
things, everyone got naked andjumped into the pool or whatever
it is
Speaker 3 (08:03):
You want to time in or whatever it is exactly.
You want them to remember.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
Yeah.
Grandma was drunk on the table.
I always use that one.
Cause I've seen lots of grandmason the dancing on the table.
I do some wild parties.
Um, yeah.
So yeah.
What is it that you want peopleto talk about?
So if you think about that, thatwill then help you create that
or work towards creating thattop and event.
So that sort of then leads into,um, number three, which is guest
(08:27):
experience.
And this is something that wetalk about a lot at feel-good
events and he's super, super,super important.
And is what's your guestexperience?
What do you want the guests toexperience when they come to
your party?
Now, lots of people say, I justwant them to have fun and have a
great time.
You know, what does thatactually mean?
So in the, if we talk aboutweddings and I heard this and
(08:49):
this gets thrown around a littlebit in the events industry, um,
for wedding say specifically inthe old days, back in the old,
old days, um, the wedding wasmore about the parents of the
bride and groom and everythingwas based around them and they
got all the attention then, youknow, as time went on, it moved
on.
That was the focus was on thebride and groom, which seemed
(09:10):
pretty obvious.
That's what, that's what youthink you're there for.
You're exactly right.
And then in today's modern era,it's more about the guests
experience and I'm a bigbeliever in this.
Um, I really feel that the guestexperience is the most important
because I know if I'm having aparty, if the guests are having
a great time, I'm having a goodtime.
(09:30):
And if I see everybody on thedance floor or everyone, you
know, laughing, having fun,enjoying themselves,
socializing, whatever it is, um,I feel happy because the guests
having a good time.
So if you focus on your guestsexperience, I guarantee you, you
will have a great experienceyourself.
Speaker 3 (09:46):
Yeah.
We've known that from the past,from other clients, you know,
just if it's gone really welland they all had a great time
that they're always coming backsaying how awesome it is and if
it's been the other way, thenyou know, they've not had good
experiences as well.
So it really does.
It's, it's an atmosphere youcreate.
So it just passes on to everyonethat's there.
Speaker 2 (10:02):
And I'm sorry to say that I believe the party,
although it may be yourbirthday, it's not really about
you.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
It's not really, it's a sad thing to say, but it is
true.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
If you really want to throw a great party and great
party experience, you've got tomake it more about your guests
and you, as we say, you willhave the best time.
Like you will remember it waymore than, as we say, everyone's
sitting there bored out of theirbrain or on their phones or, or
at worst, they go home.
You don't want that.
No, you don't.
So then, uh, number four, we'vegot stimulate your guests five
(10:33):
senses.
This sounds, doesn't it.
And you can stimulate yourguests five senses.
However you may like, uh, butthis is something, again, we
talk about a lot here atfeel-good events and it does
sound a bit.
Kiki does, um, depending on howyou want to take it
Speaker 3 (10:49):
Easy to, once you talk about all five of them, it
is quite easy to think of thethings you can do for them.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
Yeah.
So, I mean, you've had, we'vetalked about this a lot in
Marion.
You've had a lot of experiencewith this.
What, what do, what are some ofthe five senses?
What are the five senses that,and some ideas
Speaker 3 (11:03):
That's a really easy one sack for smell.
For example, now that come downto, you know, smell a food, it
can be, you know, making sureyou have candles.
So if you're going to havepeople walking through a space
or into the room, having candlesthroughout the whole space to
sort of, you know, it smellsnice.
It's not just, you know, peoplewalking through and that's it.
Nothing, you know, excitingtaste is, you know, of course
food, making sure you can havethings that are fun for food.
(11:26):
Like, you know, these donutwalls are a huge thing at the
moment.
Food displays, grazing tablesare a huge one as well.
Sand of course, pretty easy,making sure the sound is good.
This is a good one.
Cause you have to get thisright.
If you don't get this right.
And I don't know, you know, thisfrom experience being a DJ, if
you don't have the music, right.
And the sound right, then youmight want to even have the
party.
That's why the a and you've gotno good music and you've got to,
(11:48):
you know, your home stereo, it'sgoing to bet to blow up and it
can't go any higher.
That's the point of having itand, and sorry, even
Speaker 2 (11:54):
With, um, you know, even if you're not going for
part of the year, sand or musicis still super important.
Even if it's just a dinnerparty, it's still
Speaker 3 (12:02):
The background.
It's just, it's so flat.
It's a bit awkward if you'restill sitting there and not
everyone's chatting, you wantsomething in the background just
makes it a bit more exciting
Speaker 2 (12:11):
Or a restaurant on the weekend.
And they had no music andeverybody at the table, we
noticed it within about fiveminutes of sitting down, we
went, something's not right.
And everybody picked up on it.
There was no background musicand it just changed the
experience of it.
And it's the same for your part.
Speaker 3 (12:25):
Exactly the same.
Yep.
A hundred percent.
And then the next one is saw andthen touch.
So the five of them, there areso many things you can cover for
those touch could be a wholerange of things like you can do
green walls that have got, youknow, you can touch them and
sort of things like that.
It can be a whole inner sensorywe touched, but it can be a
whole range of things
Speaker 2 (12:44):
I've done, um, snakes and live animals.
So some events and, um, yeah,and visually is, is something
that we do.
We specialize in because we dodecor and that's it
Speaker 3 (12:54):
Look amazing.
People walk through the door andgo, wow, I've never seen this
before.
Like that is a key point for us.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Yup.
Yup.
So, you know, the more you canstimulate, you gets five senses
in as many ways as possible, thebetter.
Absolutely.
And, and uh, you know, if youthink about that, when you're
doing your planning, no matterwhat it is and go have I covered
at least something for each oneof these it's gone, you know,
gonna make a better experiencefor your guests.
So, um, number five, plan forfun from the beginning.
(13:23):
Now this is always aninteresting one and I always,
um, it's, everyone'sinterpretation of this.
It's like somebody coming up tome and saying, um, can you play
something good when I'mdeejaying?
And you're like, well, what'sgood to you.
And it's the same with fun.
What's fun for you.
And what's fun for, what's funfor me.
And what's fun for as well.
Yeah, exactly right.
Can be very different.
So you need to plan for a rangeof fun.
(13:46):
Um, and you know, um, work outwhat's, you know, what's grandma
gonna like, cause she might notlike dancing on the dance floor
or she might not be able todance on the dance floor, but
what can she do?
That's gonna make it enjoyablefor her.
Or, you know, if, um, you wantit to be crazy and wild, you
know, what's going to createthat fun and crazy sort of
(14:08):
atmosphere.
So, um, planning for fun fromthe beginning is really, really
important.
And everybody's, as we say,everyone's definition of fun is,
is very different.
Uh, to me, a definition of, of agreat party is a group of people
gathered together to have fun.
And you're the more you focus ona range of different things that
are fun, the better.
So, uh, number six, what's yourbiggest stress.
(14:32):
Now, a lot of people stressabout parties and have major
anxiety when it comes to partythings about them as well.
Yep.
Speaker 3 (14:39):
Yeah.
Crazy.
Like not people not showing up.
I think that's a really big one.
People, people like no oneshowing up is a huge thing, not
enough food and drink, um,guests not having fun.
Like all those things are highstress for most people.
And I, a lot of people don'thave their own parties because
of these three things
Speaker 2 (14:54):
Like being the center of attention.
Um, and that's where we go backto, if you create a party,
that's all about your gueststhen necessarily won't
necessarily be exactly right.
So, um, you know, if you'rereally stressed about having a
party, get some help, that'sprobably the key thing there.
Uh, and something to think aboutfrom the very beginning before
you do anything else, if you're,um, you know, not too stressed
(15:16):
about doing the planning and allthat sort of stuff, then yeah.
Do it.
You can easily do it yourself ifyou cover all the main areas,
but yeah.
Otherwise get some help.
And then number seven is what'sthe most important thing to you
now sit.
Most people usually when they'rehaving a party a will have
something that they really wantat their party.
So some things, it can be reallysimple.
Like it might be, I just want adonut wall or, you know, I want
(15:39):
lots of dancing or, you know, soeverybody has something
different that they want.
Some people will spend money ona, on a cake or a light up dance
floor because that's what theywant.
Um, so work out what that is reyou know, that item or thing
that you want to me, it's alwayslots of dancing.
So I always make sure that Iplan for dancing, good music,
(16:00):
good lighting, a dance floor,obviously.
So that there's a designatedplace to dance.
Um, dancing is super importantto me for so many reasons, uh,
because to me that's a heart ofa party, but, um, to you, it
might be something different.
So, but think about what that isand make sure you plan from that
from the very beginning.
So there are seven things thatwe think that we should think
(16:21):
about before starting yourgeneral planning.
Um, but we feel that the mostimportant thing is planned from
the beginning.
So make sure you do lots ofplanning.
And if you put in the effort,you'll be rewarded from it,
rewarded for it.
So those sort of, um, peoplethat sort of just wing it and
just go with the flow and don'treally think about their
(16:42):
function or their party toomuch.
Uh, typically it doesn't tend togo as well as they may want it
to you then could spend moneyand waste it because you haven't
put in a few key elements.
So planning is super, super,super, super important and will
in most cases, uh, take awayfrom some of the stress that
you've got.
(17:02):
Um, but yeah, the more you putin the more you'll be rewarded,
of course.
So that's it for today'spodcast.
Thanks for listening.
And, uh, we'll hope to hear hopeto hear from us soon.
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