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November 19, 2007
Looking for a theme for a Holiday Party? Make it a Social Media Party.
In case you are looking for a theme for a holiday party, do something different and make it a “Social Media Party.” Based on the relative success of the “Real-Time Social Networking” events I have hosted during 2007 (see this blog post for an example), your guests may enjoy taking part in some “real-time social tagging” at your next holiday party.
Whether you are hosting a party of 40 people or 500 people, I recommend starting by asking each guest to fill out a label which includes their name and a “personal tag line.” From experience, it is best if you ask your guests in advance to think of what their personal tag line will be. With regard to the name labels, this is most effective when the guest fills their name labels as soon as they arrive.
I would recommend leaving plenty of small blank labels around the party area together with pens and markers so that your guests can socially tag the people they met during the course of the event. Depending upon the situation, you may need to explain the concept of tagging to your guests. The social tags should contain a word or a short phrase about the person and should be placed somewhere on the guests clothing.
To keep things interesting, ask some of your friends to bring their cameras to help capture the moment. Make sure you come up with and share the social tag your guests should use when blogging about the event and/or sharing images from it. You might want to encourage your friends to actively use twitter and Facebook during the party. Maybe record a video or two and uploaded it to YouTube and/or seesmic before the end of the party.
After two hours of real-time social tagging, you will get to see your friends with a new perspective. And you may learn something about them in the process.
If you decide to host a “Social Media Party” please send me an email and let me know how your event worked out.
Tags: Social Media, Real-time Social Networking, Facebook, twitter, seesmic, Social Media Party, Jeff Pulver
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Posted by jeff on November 19, 2007 12:13 AM | Permalink
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Comments
There are specific types of people that this appeals to, obviously.
I love the idea and would encourage it in the most lame ways possible, but most of the people I know wouldn't so much.
So what about a Facebook party? The same thing, just more universal themes. Not so much tagging, instead pirates and poking. So silly.
Posted by: Craig at November 19, 2007 07:27 AM