Bumping: 40 sisters to 35 PNMs- how to?

[Titchou]

Have you considered "cocktail" style? It could work.

[sisterlylove]

Originally Posted by Titchou

Have you considered "cocktail" style? It could work.

I'm not sure how it could work when we won't have many floaters! Typically our chapter uses weaker talkers as floaters as well so that they don't have to talk to anyone for long, but they can still participate in recruitment and help the parties run smoothly. Could you give me more insight on how it works?

[Xylochick216]

We recruited hostess-style when I was in undergrad. You kept your PNM the entire round, but you had a "bump group" that you had to get to meet your PNM. They all had PNMs, so we'd go up to a sister and her PNM, make introductions, then either have a 4-way conversation (if that felt natural) or swap PNMs for about 5 minutes (still standing together). But you always had the PNM you picked up right by you.

We kept groups in similar areas of the room but not all clustered together so you could still navigate the room a bit with your PNM. It worked well when there weren't enough people to bump fully.

[Titchou]

Originally Posted by Xylochick216

We recruited hostess-style when I was in undergrad. You kept your PNM the entire round, but you had a "bump group" that you had to get to meet your PNM. They all had PNMs, so we'd go up to a sister and her PNM, make introductions, then either have a 4-way conversation (if that felt natural) or swap PNMs for about 5 minutes (still standing together). But you always had the PNM you picked up right by you.

We kept groups in similar areas of the room but not all clustered together so you could still navigate the room a bit with your PNM. It worked well when there weren't enough people to bump fully.

This is AKA cocktail style. Works very well.

[sisterlylove]

Originally Posted by Xylochick216

We recruited hostess-style when I was in undergrad. You kept your PNM the entire round, but you had a "bump group" that you had to get to meet your PNM. They all had PNMs, so we'd go up to a sister and her PNM, make introductions, then either have a 4-way conversation (if that felt natural) or swap PNMs for about 5 minutes (still standing together). But you always had the PNM you picked up right by you.

We kept groups in similar areas of the room but not all clustered together so you could still navigate the room a bit with your PNM. It worked well when there weren't enough people to bump fully.

So let me get this straight because I don't think I get it lol and neither does my co-chair (thank you so much for your help though, I really appreciate it). So we tell every sister that she'll pick up a PNM at the door. She will be in a group of sisters that all have to go talk to each other and each other's pnms at some random point during the party (or is it after a specific time?). When she walks over to a group member with her pnm, the four girls enter a group conversation or separate into twos without leaving the area.

If that's the system it sounds really similar to what I'm describing, just instead of sisters swapping pnms and always returning to the same location once they have a pnm, they stay in the same place as their original pnm. How does transitioning work in that case?

[Titchou]

It's simply moving around the party with your PNM - like you would your date at a party - taking them around to meet everyone but with pre-designed destinations. And the floaters are still floaters - they just float around like the hostess at a party greeting everyone and chatting for a bit. Hence why it's called cocktail party style.

[SoCalGirl]

Originally Posted by Titchou

It's simply moving around the party with your PNM - like you would your date at a party - taking them around to meet everyone but with pre-designed destinations. And the floaters are still floaters - they just float around like the hostess at a party greeting everyone and chatting for a bit. Hence why it's called cocktail party style.

So do certain sisters stay in one spot while others move?

So in Group A, sister 1, 3, and 5 move around the room their PNM while 2 and 4 camp out with theirs?

[Titchou]

Originally Posted by SoCalGirl

So do certain sisters stay in one spot while others move?

So in Group A, sister 1, 3, and 5 move around the room their PNM while 2 and 4 camp out with theirs?

That would work but don't make it obvious that you are going around in a circle. Criss cross the room and move in an apparent random fashion.