A message to Saree In Style

 I recently attended (actually 2weeks now!) a virtual event by Saree In style - a closed group of saree lovers on FB. I have been meaning to write a post appreciating their effort in the event. So here is my response:

First of all: Really sorry for the late extremely late post. It's very hard for me to get computer time and that is what I need - because it is hard to type on my mobile. 

Frankly speaking, I wanted to join the event only to get some tips on how to conduct virtual events (since that is part of my job). I was mainly looking at - how many actually join, how smoothly does the event run, if attendees stay then what makes them stay, etc. But as we drew closer to the date, I really didn't want to give up my whole Saturday evening so I had second thoughts about attending. There were two voices inside my head: one determined to attend the event and following all the norms (wearing saree, sharing the pic, prepping my speech, etc.) while the other longed for a lazy Saturday evening with nothing to do but perch in front of the TV with ordered in pizza OR like always, experiment in my kitchen with an interesting dinner. So obviously there was a lot of fighting going up there.....but eventually better sense prevailed! I not only got decked up for the event, but I also got my daughter to do some photo shoot for me, AND stayed through the full event! All because of the wonderful engaging way the event was run, take a bow Shilpa, Preethi and Jaseena! I have added my other pics from the day here. Go ahead, have a good laugh XD Btw, I managed to make an interesting dinner as well and used the breaks to put it together and serve my family.  

And I did learn too! The introductions, breaks and games were very well planned and executed. But more importantly there is one thing I even implemented, though not from this event. 

For Independence Day Shilpa ran a quiz throughout the day which got many of us hooked! I used this idea and did a quiz on lesser known freedom fighters for my team. Like Shilpa: I set the stage with teasers and launched one quiz every 30min over a 2hr period. It was a huge success! Thank you so much! 

And with that.....let me get back to my cocoon and hope to come out a little more frequently!