Planning Your Event or Party

Planning an exciting, creative, outside-the-box event or gathering such as a gallery reading or psychic party can be a little tricky if you have never done it before. It is however quite like planning any other type of event with the only difference really being the type of experience you are intending to provide - something new, something different, something unique.

The information given here is most suitable for small gatherings/parties of consisting 5 to 25 guests. Each guest must be 18 years of age or older, or be legally emancipated or attending with a legal parent or guardian.

Inviting Your Guests by Phone

1. Make a list of all the people you would like to invite. Create a sheet with 4 columns; column one for the names of guests you intend to invite, one column for their phone numbers, a Yes column - to check-mark for "Yes" responses, a No column - to check-mark for "No" responses, and the fourth column for "Other" - this column for those are interested in such a gathering but have other commitments on the day of your planned event.

2. Schedule a few short times when you will be free from interruptions to make calls. Personally, when I do invites for anything, I set aside time in 20-minute blocks. This keeps me from getting caught up in conversations that have no relevance to my reason for calling, and also keeps me from catching "phone call burn out". [I would not make a good secretary. lol]
Do, however, what works for you. If you can stand being on the phone and making call after call for an hour, by all means, go ahead.
3. The most important thing is to keep it simple and the conversation light.

4. Important points to mention -
Cost to participate. All fees are the responsibility of the host/hostess. How you choose to divvy up the cost among participants is completely up to you.

What to bring: pen and paper for taking notes, if not provided by the host/hostess.

Let them know that I am an experienced professional psychic / after-death communicator with over 20 years of experience.

For those who have young children, a friendly reminder that the gathering is "adults only" may be necessary.

Some people might want to know how we met, how you know me, or how you found me - tell them.

Mention that this is not a form of entertainment, but rather an educational, and possibly a life-changing, experience.

Invite more people than you expect to attend. Sometimes people have urgent matters or emergencies that arise last minute: babysitters fall through, cars act up, etc. You just never know what might happen. Others might decide at last minute that they simply do not want to attend. Yet others may have changes in their schedules or prior commitments and be able to attend after all. Expect the unexpected. Over-invite! If everyone shows up, and we have more than the expected number of participants, we will work with it!

Inviting Your Guests by Email or E-Flyer

A very creative Gallery Group Reading host created a fun, friendly, and educational e-flyer that she then sent out through email in an attachment. I thought this an excellent idea, which also added an extra element of professionalism to my services - I am a professional and present all my work as such.

Feel free to create an e-flyer to send to your guest list through email. Before sending it out, I must have a chance to review it for approval. This is required so I can be sure the information contained in the e-flyer is accurate.

If you would like to do an e-flyer but do not have the inclination or time to do it yourself, I will create an e-flyer for you -- for a small fee of $25 -- which you can then send to your personal guests. If you would like me to create the e-flyer for you, please let me know very early on during the initial planning and scheduling process. I am unable to honor requests received later on in the process.

When a Guest Just CAN'T Attend, But Really Wants To

If someone you invite to your gathering very much wants to attend but absolutely cannot make it, here are two possible resolutions you can offer:

1. If you have enough guests to warrant two gatherings, consider having two. People who attend the first are welcome to attend the second, though please give priority space to those who did not receive a reading or message during the first gathering.

2. If option 1 is not something you wish to do, feel free to give out my website URL address (www.lsdevaney.com) and suggest they schedule a gathering of their own, or suggest they contact me for a private reading. Remember, they must give your name as the referring person in order to access these services within the Members area.

Continue to page 2 of this article -- setting up, the process of the reading time ...