Hosting a speed dating event
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Plan far enough ahead of time that you can send out invitations and accept RSVPs. A yenta, or a Dolly Levi, I shall never be. Offer to hold one event as a la for the venue to see firsthand the results of your efforts. Harvard Magazine March—April 2003 : 28—28A. We now have to deliver. A 2006 study in showed that 45% of the women participants in a speed-dating event and 22% of the men had come to a decision within the first 30 seconds. Everything seems to revolve around younger people.
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This was at BlogHer by Hilory Wagner. Reposted here with permission. The final event, though, was a two-month disaster in the making, and I blame myself. I want to be honest and therefore will not crash the event planned for 47-year-olds. Everything seems to revolve around younger people. I just turned 40 and after reading the age group for your event I was offended. The day it was posted online was the day it sold out for women. Ticketmaster would have been proud. E-mails asking to be wait-listed blew up my inbox. Only one man registered. Only one man was registered. I sent word out to former customers. I asked friends and colleagues to alert their more distinguished single male friends. I posted and pleaded and marketed and advertised. This is the point where I should have apologized to My Girls and cancelled the event. But I wanted so much for it to happen that I had another of my now-famous bad ideas. I would find the men where they lived—on Match. All I needed to do was search a reasonable radius for men in my target age range looking for women in that target age range. But because soliciting the men to pay for the event in this manner would not be appropriate, I offered them a free coupon for the event. Yes, typing it out makes it sound so much worse than it did in my head, but I wanted so much for this event to happen. Offering free coupons meant this event would be pro bono for me—it would cost me money, actually. It was a literal labor of love. I did not blanket suitable suitors on Match. Then I personally e-mailed them after reinstating my own account—on my dime and discussed the opportunity with each. I spent more time researching dates for these women than I ever did for myself. Eventually, I had my crew. In the 24 hours before the event, I was out four, almost five, women. One wrote me the day prior asking if she could still get a refund, and I explained that because she was confirmed this was not the policy. Three others cited sickness and a work obligation, and one was a no-show. This is when life takes a funny in hindsight turn, leaving me with too many men. And although the men were as friendly and talkative as I had hoped they would be, the majority of them thought it appropriate to tell their dates that they were attending for free. Let me tell you, the women had a hard time seeing my side of this story. Even though I did get a match, if anyone asks what I thought of the whole experience, I will inform them that I would not do it again as the men were there under false pretense, and certainly not with yourself as the Event Coordinator. I was tired, and felt like my 8minutes was up. I realized it was time to turn in my bell. Love Lessons Learned First: Cupid I am not. A yenta, or a Dolly Levi, I shall never be. Next: Not so much a lesson as an insight. Speed-dating is one of many ways to meet a new love, but it is not right for everyone. When I consider why the concept attracted me so, and look back at the several men I met and dated—briefly—while serving as EO, it becomes clearer. I was a fan of the eight-minute date because that is what worked for me. At that time, as a single parent of two kids and two dogs, with a full-time job and a home to run, a speed date was all I could manage; all I could commit to. To those of you newly looking, or still looking, or in the midst of packing up your bells and staplers, I say: Keep an open mind. Whether you speed date or slow date, you will likely get what you expect. If you show up expecting a freak show, you will meet a sideshow act. If you approach your encounters mindfully, you may find a rare common interest or a shared passion. Although it might not be right for you, I think speed-dating represents the essence of why we date, despite our pasts, despite our disappointments. Hope keeps us on our toes. Hilory Wagner is an author, national magazine contributor, and social mediaholic who blogs about the impacts of new age communications on our lives, work, and relationships.
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