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NMBJ 16 November 2009 Party Plan 486 views One Comment Print This Post  Email This Post

By Jon Stetson

Running a successful and effective home party, whether large or small, requires one key element: engagement. In other words, those attending your meeting can’t simply sit back and listen. If you want them to receive true value from your message and take action on your ideas, you must make the effort to engage your audience. The more involved and engaged people are, the better their comprehension and retention of information.

For example, think back to your days in the academic world. Chances are you had teachers and professors who taught via lecture format, and others who taught with a hands-on and involvement approach. In one class you sat in your seat for the prescribed amount of time and simply listened to your instructor drone on (perhaps taking a few notes just to stay awake), and in another class you interacted with the instructor, answering and asking questions, forming project groups, presenting and receiving ideas, and perhaps even getting up and moving about the room.

If you’re like most people, the classes you enjoyed most were the ones where you had involvement and your instructor engaged the class. For most people, the lecture-style classroom was boring and tedious, and a downright chore to regularly attend. The same concept holds true in business. Those network marketers/party plan distributors who engage their downline, their meeting attendees, their home party attendees, and their clients fare far better than those who don’t.

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