How  to  organise  1000+  person  party    (almost)  for  free  

 in  less  than  3  weeks    

The  2013  #omgkrk  X-­‐Massive  Party    

hBp://xmas.omgkrk.com/    

Richard  Lucas    

   

22012 before the big time

• Informal Christmas party in a club • Entrepreneurs + Students + Couchsurfers + PMA (positive mental attitude + good event design = Communitry buidling and fun • Hive53 post here • FB event here

Scaling  up  with  #OMGKRK  

Invited community leaders to a meeting (note the comment thread here) first followers take a bow)

17th  December  

Huge  number  of  partners  (logo  soup)  

Key  points  -­‐  lessons  learned  

•  Have  a  goal  -­‐  fun,  reaching  new  people  •  “OCKRK.co”  event  design  (icebreaker  games,    welcoming  first  Wmers,)  

•  Great  team:  Marek  Karla  Ania…  •  each  organisaWon  promoted  to  their    networks  •  Low  budget    •  PosiWve  Mental  A[tude  •  Not  everyone  will  be  happy  with  everything  –  not  an  event  for  control  freaks)  –  but  make  sure  the  right  type  of  person  is  in  charge…  

 

Tiny budget (in Zł) – we didn’t need much money

Badges <3 Vocabla Balloons 400 Presspad Catering 1000 Growth Republic Untitled Kingdom Welcome Drinks Colab 700 Google ?? DJ 314 Duckie Deck Icebreakers <3 Richard Aiesec and Aegee Photo booth 1500 Innovation nest Posters and Graphic design Duckie Deck 584 Prizes ? Google ?? Santa Hats 480 Richard Lucas Volunteer team. Aiesec and Aegee web site <3 http://xmas.omgkrk.com Aliaksei Kulbei one zloty is about £0.20 E.25 US$0.33 I think Hub Raum paid for something: tons of work and <3 from a lot of people 0 If I made mistakes let me know

Photos – to prove it really happened

Here and here

     

How  to  organise  1000+  person  party    (almost)  for  free  

 in  less  than  3  weeks    

The  2013  #omgkrk  X-­‐Massive  Party    

hBp://xmas.omgkrk.com/    

Richard  Lucas