7 TIPS FOR A HOLIDAY PARTY

The holidays are near, it’s time to start planning. Entrepreneurs can host a holiday party to fortify their company culture, boost employee morale and increase brand awareness in the community.

We give "7 Tips for a Holiday Party" that everybody will love. Of course, we sure that you can afford to do it.

1. Use tech tools to plan

Scavenger Hunts and Treasure Hunt games can be a great way to make your teams develop skills in working together and how to solve problems together. There is nothing like a bit of competition between teams to win a game and simulate team problem solving situations. The games can be quick ones what only run for an hour or longer ones.

You can use Seek&Spot app to get the team involved in planning, use the app to create, assign, and comment on tasks.

 

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Last, but not least, use social media to advertise the event and invite guests. Make announcements in professional groups on LinkedIn and Facebook.

2. Theme your party

Choose a unique theme to entice invitees to attend. Brand the party with a theme from a well-known movie or a recent pop-culture phenomenon. Examples of unique themes are The Nightmare Before Christmas, Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory, or A Christmas Story.

Once a theme is chosen, be sure to go all out with it. Don’t do anything halfway. In addition, with Seek&Spot, you could customize InfoSpot pages with your colours, information and logo.

3. Cater outside the box

Most holiday parties provide the same food every year -- cookies, cakes, pigs in a blanket, chips, etc. Take a diversion from typical holiday party fare and provide exotic food from different parts of the world. Bring in Thai chicken satay skewers or Japanese gyoza dumplings to get everyone’s attention.

This is a great way for a company to show its appreciation for diversity to other industry professionals, potential candidates or potential clients who may attend.

4. Give back to the community

As an alternative to the typical holiday party, use the party budget to give back. Get the whole team involved in a fundraising project. Sponsor a needy family, host a performance at a retirement community or volunteer at an animal shelter.

Opportunities for businesses to get involved in the community are virtually endless, and it reflects well on the company culture.

5. Take the party out of the office

Businesses with small teams can take advantage of their mobility by traveling to a retreat or conference in place of hosting a traditional office party.

As we said, the scavenger hunt games can be run longer where different tasks are opened for example on a daily basis for one week.

For example, small startup teams can go snowboarding in Colorado. Tech companies can let employees geek out a tech convention, such as the 2014 Wearable Tech Conference.

6. Run holiday promotions for both customers and employees

Retail stores aren’t the only businesses that can run holiday promotions. Small businesses can offer discounted services as part of a “Black Friday” or “Cyber Monday” sale. Host a prize drawing, such as a “Twelve Days of Prizes” where clients can enter to win a free small product or service that might inspire them to purchase more.

Hyper-local ads is combined QR code scanning in Seek&Spot app to verify the location and coupons hunt games, the business will be more promoted.

Don’t forget employees! Within the office, host a drawing employees can enter to win gift cards and other goods to help make their own holidays merry and bright.

7. Turn the office into the dance floor or stage

What better way for employees to show their out-of-office talents than to give them a microphone and a stage? Host a karaoke party or turn the office into a dance floor so employees can blow off some steam.

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