Do It Yourself or Hire a Company?
That's one of the first decisions you'll have to make, and there are pluses and minuses to both. I've worked with reunion companies. They offer two distinct advantages:
1. They will find the classmates for you.
2. They will oversee your party, and check people in at the door.
It's your decision whether you believe you can do a better job or not. With Google, classmates.com, whitepages.com, email and lower phone costs, it's much easier to find people than it was ten years ago.
That said, this round I decided to build teams of classmates to do the work instead of the reunion company. And there's no doubt, it is work, but it's rewarding work.
The search team was spearheaded by a classmate who had a vested interest in finding his long lost friends. He is a part of a singing duo called "Steve and Steve" and he performs music from the '60s in local venues in NJ. He was interested in connecting with classmates to invite them to his performances. He single-handedly found the first 250 of the 600 classmates to add to his own personal email list.
With Steve as team leader, 5 other classmates were trained in his search techniques, and before too long 250 more were found and it's been a joy connecting with them. The team is still looking for the elusive 100. I have to believe that some just don't want to be found. But we'll keep on trying, because that's the fun of it.
Have any of you regretted doing the reunion yourself? Tell us about it.
1. They will find the classmates for you.
2. They will oversee your party, and check people in at the door.
It's your decision whether you believe you can do a better job or not. With Google, classmates.com, whitepages.com, email and lower phone costs, it's much easier to find people than it was ten years ago.
That said, this round I decided to build teams of classmates to do the work instead of the reunion company. And there's no doubt, it is work, but it's rewarding work.
The search team was spearheaded by a classmate who had a vested interest in finding his long lost friends. He is a part of a singing duo called "Steve and Steve" and he performs music from the '60s in local venues in NJ. He was interested in connecting with classmates to invite them to his performances. He single-handedly found the first 250 of the 600 classmates to add to his own personal email list.
With Steve as team leader, 5 other classmates were trained in his search techniques, and before too long 250 more were found and it's been a joy connecting with them. The team is still looking for the elusive 100. I have to believe that some just don't want to be found. But we'll keep on trying, because that's the fun of it.
Have any of you regretted doing the reunion yourself? Tell us about it.
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