Community is built, not found.
The fastest way I know to build it is a party where you put all your friends in orbit, to each other. You are Jupiter. Make magnetism and gravity work for the people you love. It is called a Very Interesting People Party™, and the whole method is on this page. Take it and use it.
Throwing one yourself? Tell me how it went. I collect these stories.
Add your email and I will send you the steps, so you have them in hand on the night. If you would rather I came and hosted it, say so and I will be in touch.
Networking events are flat. This party is not that.
With friends, I dreamed up a party designed to build connection faster than the flat, self-focused networking events we all know. I wanted something that would make people more interested in one another, and bring out their most interesting Self.
The Very Interesting People Party was born. Here is exactly how to run one.
Eight steps, one evening.
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Gather your co-hosts
Two or more friends. Each of you invites people you genuinely find very interesting. That is the only bar.
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Write a bio for every guest
Short, warm, specific. Each one on its own sheet of paper.
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Pre-match the pairs
Before the night, pair up people who have never met. Print the bios and match them to their pairs.
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Open with appetizers and name tags
Everyone arrives, eats, mingles, gets introduced. Give it about 30 minutes.
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Start the game
Hosts explain how it works, and teach the room how to get to know someone. Tell them to expect the person in front of them to be the most interesting person in the world, then go and find the proof. Three things to teach: ask questions, find out what they have done, then ask why they did it. The why is their values, and that is what they will brag about. There is a script to read out in the next section. The formal part runs 60 to 90 minutes.
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Swap bios and talk, 20 minutes
Each pair reads the other person’s bio, then talks. Ten minutes each way, with a bell at the halfway mark. The bios do the heavy lifting: they hand you the questions.
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Introduce your partner to the room
Everyone comes back together. Each person introduces the other: This is ___, and they are a very interesting person because ___. Five minutes each, bell again, then the second person goes. Every pair gets a turn.
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Thank everyone, then get out of the way
Close it out and let people keep talking. That part takes care of itself.
Teach your guests how to brag.
Your job is to teach people how to be interested in someone else, and then how to make that person look good. That is the whole assignment, and almost nobody arrives knowing it.
The most interesting person is the most interested.
Some of your guests were never taught this. Nobody showed them. They are not shy, they are unbriefed, and the question in their head is: how do I take part in this and not look like an idiot? Answer that out loud, at the start, and watch the nerves go.
In a few minutes you will sit with one person and read a short bio about them. Then you talk, ten minutes each way. Your only job is to find out what makes them interesting, and then to brag about them to the rest of us. The most interesting person in this room is the most interested one, so assume the person in front of you is fascinating and go and find the proof. Ask questions. Listen for what they care about, not just what they do. When it is your turn, make them look good. Nobody is being tested and nobody has to be clever. You just have to be curious about one person for ten minutes.
The three moves
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Ask questions
Real ones. “How did you end up doing that?” gets you somewhere. “What do you do?” does not.
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Look for values, experiences and beliefs
Anyone can recite a job title. You are listening for the choices: what they walked away from, what they kept, what they are quietly proud of.
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Then ask why
Why did that matter? Why that, and not the easier thing? Their values are the most interesting thing about them, and that is what you will brag about.
Show them, do not just tell them
Take a co-host and demonstrate it before anyone sits down. Ninety seconds is plenty. People copy what they have seen.
This is Marcus. He is an accountant in Plano.
This is Marcus, and he is a very interesting person because he left a job he was good at to build something he believed in. He does the books for three family restaurants, and he says he can tell when a family is about to fall apart before they can. He values loyalty over money, and he has the tax returns to prove it.
Same man, same facts. The difference is that the second one went looking for why, then said it generously in front of other people.
The details that decide the night.
- Name tags. Always.
- Print the bios. Nerves and memory both need something to hold.
- Pick a beautiful room. Seating, lighting and acoustics matter more than people expect.
- Food and drinks. They are what make it a livelier memory.
- Take pictures. Tag them #BEPEOPLERICH, @emilyannepage and @bepeoplerich. I’ll repost them.
Take the host guide with you.
Nine pages: the eight steps with timings, how to coach your guests to brag, a prep checklist, the evening at a glance, and a printable guest bio sheet. No email needed. Print it and run your night off it.
Do not be surprised if the night is electric.
People have become friends, landed interviews, picked up client referrals, gone on dates, and left lifted. The first one was a hit, and the ones since have been too.
Connection is a skill, and a party is just a very good excuse to practise it.
PEOPLE RICH
The book behind all of this. Build relationships that change your life, and stop leaving connection to chance. On sale October 1.
People Rich Monthly
Short, useful notes on turning human connection into real influence and growth, about once a month.
Very Interesting People Party™ is a trademark of Emily Anne Page. You are welcome to throw your own, as many as you like. Please do not sell this guide, charge for the method, or publish it as your own.
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