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Speaker 1: and the addcount Full. Good morning, This is Laura. Welcome

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Speaker 1: to the New Corner Office, the podcast where we share

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Speaker 1: strategies for thriving in the new world of work, where

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Speaker 1: location and ours are more flexible than in the past.

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Speaker 1: Today's tip is about how to throw a good virtual party.

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Speaker 1: Virtual parties are very different than in person parties, and

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Speaker 1: indeed some of the worst virtual parties are trying too

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Speaker 1: much to be like in person parties. But if you

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Speaker 1: recognize the difference, you can still have a good time

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Speaker 1: and not experienced some of the downsides of in person gatherings.

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Speaker 1: The other night, I went to a virtual book launched

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Speaker 1: toast for a friend of mine. The folks who planned

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Speaker 1: the party did it very well. We shut up wearing

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Speaker 1: hats based on my friends book theme, with everyone given

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Speaker 1: instructions beforehand. We've been told to have something sparkly ready.

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Speaker 1: The host planned a coot game based on the guest

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Speaker 1: of honor. The guest list was manageable, and we were

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Speaker 1: given a hard stop about forty five minutes after the start.

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Speaker 1: It was really a great way to capitalize on all

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Speaker 1: the lessons we've learned in the New Corner office over

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Speaker 1: the last nine months. Virtual parties cannot be left to chance.

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Speaker 1: Now truly, in person parties shouldn't be left to chance either,

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Speaker 1: but people often do, and sometimes it can work because

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Speaker 1: there's the option to eat and drink and then try

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Speaker 1: to find another small group of people to talk to.

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Speaker 1: But that doesn't work so well on Zoom. Here's what

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Speaker 1: does First have a purpose? We were celebrating my friends

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Speaker 1: book launch. It's Christmas. It's not really a reason. You

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Speaker 1: need to have a more practical purpose, like thanking people

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Speaker 1: for their hard work, or celebrating good results, or toasting

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Speaker 1: the new year or something like that. Second, limit the list.

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Speaker 1: It is almost impossible to accommodate more than a dozen

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Speaker 1: people in a virtual gathering. If yours needs to be bigger,

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Speaker 1: and I know there are many parties that do need

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Speaker 1: to be bigger, then make use of the breakout room

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Speaker 1: option to give people a chance to connect in small

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Speaker 1: groups of about half a dozen people. This is the

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Speaker 1: size group that allows for real conversation, just like you'd

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Speaker 1: see at a dinner table. Third, send out the props.

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Speaker 1: In virtual gatherings, you are your Zoom square. It can

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Speaker 1: make people feel part of something to have matching props,

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Speaker 1: be that shirts or hats or something else. You can

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Speaker 1: make the occasions special by sending people festive glasses or

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Speaker 1: foods ahead of time. Fourth, have a plan for the party.

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Speaker 1: What will all the guests be doing with all the

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Speaker 1: minutes they are there? Games or conversation starters are good.

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Speaker 1: You can do things like a performance from a music

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Speaker 1: shian who is zooming in, or someone teaching you something

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Speaker 1: like caricature drawings. But aim for something a little different

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Speaker 1: than your average meeting. We all have enough virtual meetings.

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Speaker 1: A party shouldn't feel exactly like Tuesday's status update. And finally,

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Speaker 1: keep it short. If people want to call each other

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Speaker 1: individually afterwards, they totally can, but the party itself really

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Speaker 1: shouldn't be more than an hour. I'd aim for shorter.

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Speaker 1: People's attention will drift after thirty to forty five minutes anyway.

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Speaker 1: Now to be sure, some aspects of a virtual party

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Speaker 1: will feel like a poor substitute for an in person one.

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Speaker 1: I do like seeing people in person. I'm also highly

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Speaker 1: unlikely to make my own bacon wrapped scallops or other

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Speaker 1: such party food. Sometimes it's fun to get dressed up,

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Speaker 1: and I am not likely to pull out my fancy

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Speaker 1: there are also some upsides. Parties can get boring after

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Speaker 1: stay Trying to move to different conversation groups can get

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Speaker 1: awkward and there's always somebody who drinks too much. If

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Speaker 1: people do that with virtual parties, well, at least they

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Speaker 1: are already at their own homes, and those sparkly shoes

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Speaker 1: might pinch. With a virtual party, there's no need to

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Speaker 1: keep standing around in them. I have high hopes that

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Speaker 1: come next December people will be gathering in person again.

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Speaker 1: But having virtual options means that we can gather to

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Speaker 1: toast things with far flowing friends. The group of us

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Speaker 1: probably wouldn't have all flown in for a book launch party,

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Speaker 1: so virtual gatherings open up possibilities for connection. It's just

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Speaker 1: different and worth having as a tool as the world

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