The 2-Hour Cocktail Party
by Nick Gray · first published 2022
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…where everyone is wearing cool costumes. I find it easier to come out of my shell when, for example, I have a kilt and a sword. I recently bought - after seeing it mentioned on HN - Nick Gray's "The 2-hour Cocktail Party". It's a good resource on hosting parties where people interact.
on “Talking to strangers can make us smarter?” ↗…launch my last company, Museum Hack (sold 2019). I recently self-published a book of every little tip and trick from hosting events to teach you how to host your first party. The book is called 'The 2-Hour Cocktail Party: How to Build Big Relationships with Small Gatherings' and it has 230+ reviews on Amazon and Audible here-- https://amzn.to/39rfb2V Happy to give a satisfaction guarantee for any HN readers. You can…
on “How to run an event that doesn't suck” ↗Check out this book called The 2 Hour Cocktail Party. I used it as structure to host a small get together last week and it was a lot fun! I think as other comments allude to scheduling can be really hard so its a good idea to start sending out invitations…
on “Ask HN: Where Are All the Parties?” ↗A few years ago I came across a HN comment by a guy who wrote "The 2-Hour Cocktail Party". I read his comments and then got the book, and it seemed fantastic, smoothing over all the painful issues that happen when you host. I really wanted to try it out, but moved from the city just after…
on “Everybody’s home. No one’s coming over” ↗…money, procrastinate taking action because you're overthinking it too much, etc. -- I can't remember which podcast I heard about this on but I've listened to most of the audiobook for Nick Gray's "The 2-Hour Cocktail Party: How to Build Big Relationships with Small Gatherings"[0] and will be giving hosting a shot this spring. It still takes a lot of effort to find a crowd and host but hopefully having a framework for organizing…
on “Ask HN: Where Are All the Parties?” ↗Found via: https://auren.substack.com/p/top-5-things-to-read-in-novembe... See also: https://x.com/wangzjeff/status/1983914310738047291 And also Nick Gray's 2 hour cocktail party book My personal thoughts on events: (These don't really apply to parties, but they do apply to non-party events) 1. Do intro circles: If it's a 5-25 person event with a handful of people that don't…
on “Facts about throwing good parties” ↗I've wanted to try out the "2 hour cocktail party", based on the book linked in this HN comment. The author started doing this after moving to NYC, just hosting a cocktail party every month or so and inviting interesting people that he'd met. I haven't…
on “Ask HN: How can we solve the loneliness epidemic?” ↗…to make new friends, why "cocktail parties" are better than dinner parties (even if you don't drink alcohol), and discuss the macro trends in parties and relationships. Hi! I wrote a book called "The 2-Hour Cocktail Party" that people seem to really like on Amazon and Audible. I've hosted hundreds of parties myself and personally coached 175 people* over the past year on how to host a simple, effective party or gathering…
on “Ask HN: Where Are All the Parties?” ↗…wrote a book that seems to be generally well-liked enough that it has helped hundreds of people learn how to host their own events to make new friends and meet their neighbors. The name of my book is The 2-Hour Cocktail Party: How to Build Big Relationships with Small Gatherings and you can find it anywhere books are sold plus Audible. Happy to give any HN readers a satisfaction guarantee if you don’t think it is packed with…
on “Ask HN: Where Are All the Parties?” ↗