If you can keep your guests engaged, interested and laughing (bonus points) your event will be a hit. Last week I attended a party hosted by Mom Central. I ate, I drank, I laughed and the night flew by. The event was a product launch and education session and it was by far one of the most entertaining events I've attended. What was the product? Something sexy? Something sleek? Something you've been dying to get your hands on? Not exactly. We came together to learn about cleaning products. The new Lysol Power and Free line of family friendly products to be exact. If you can make an evening that revolves around toilet bowl cleaner and kitchen wipes fun, in my opinion, you've won a gold medal in party planning.
The Mom Central team took a risk by hosting this event against a back drop of comedy. Monkey Toast performed improve in between casual but informative blurbs about these cleaning supplies. I actually left that night wanting to clean my house. I think somebody slipped something into my drink.
Know what Joe? Come on over and scrub my toilets any time. I'll be waiting...
Ron Tite, master of ceremonies kept the evening flowing by making us laugh. And of course, the jokes were all squeaky clean. Bah dum dum. He started the set by preying upon poor defenseless audience members who were simply trying to eat their samosas and quietly chug their pinot grigio without drawing attention to themselves. The last thing they imagined doing that night was being called up on stage to tell jokes, off-the-cuff to a crowd of their peers. "Knock-knock"... "Who's there?"...."AWKWARD!" End of joke.
FYI, when you're put on the spot and asked to tell a funny joke, chances are good that the only one you'll remember is the one popular with ten year olds. I should have told the gorilla and the chihuahua joke. Or something perhaps something in GERMan...
So to sum up, when hosting an event, think ENTERTAINMENT. If your guests are having fun, nothing else matters. The laughs and good vibes are what will stick with them and whatever you're trying to promote, sell, share, whatever, will fall upon receptive ears.
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