What should I do? Event planning starting from your surroundings.

When holding an event, people try to gather a large number of attendees, such as 100 or 200.

However, it is premature to suddenly hold an event with over 100 people from scratch.

You would have to rent a large venue, and instead of focusing on the event's content, you would have to direct your efforts towards how to attract attendees.

In other words, the content of the event itself would be shallow, and it could end up being a plan where people simply gathered and then it was over.

If that happens, not only will it be difficult to generate buzz, but the next time you hold an event, you'll again have to put in a lot of effort to attract people.

That is why, by starting small without much effort at first, and focusing your energy on planning rather than attracting attendees, you can hold more substantial and appealing events.

Then, after holding small parties repeatedly and growing the community's numbers, you can hold larger events.

First, create a small community and gradually expand it. Please keep this flow in mind.

So, what kind of events are considered small?

Even when we say 'small event,' some people might not have a clear idea of what to do.

In terms of attendance size, it's for about 3 to 10 people.

However, make sure to include one appealing theme. Whether the number of people is large or small, you must not deviate from the core theme.

With one appealing theme, strive to improve the quality of the event itself and hold it on a small scale.

Now, let's look at what kind of events are easy to hold with a small number of people.

Hosting a home party using your own house.

If you invite people to your own house or room, you won't need to rent a separate venue. It also offers high flexibility, and even with a small number of people, you can fully enjoy yourselves.

Furthermore, if you make it a potluck for food and drinks, the costs will likely be even lower.

Unlike renting a venue, there are no specific time limits, so you can feel relaxed and carry out your plan.

Study sessions or retreats.

Try holding a study session at a cafe, your own home, or another location, with content focused on sharing knowledge.

If it's simply a home party, it would be difficult to charge money, but if you have some knowledge yourself, monetization is possible.

If it's a study group that also serves as a small seminar, you can increase everyone's interest.

A training camp gathers multiple people and includes elements of travel.

Let's decide on a location, such as a hot spring or a hotel you'd like to visit, and create content that enriches you intellectually while studying or working.

Hot springs, in particular, can be quite fulfilling because you can take a dip if you get tired during your studies.

It's also good to go out and have fun at interesting places during study breaks.

Morning activities, lunch gatherings, meat parties.

Content with a food theme is probably easy to get into.

Morning activities, lunch gatherings, and meat parties are topics that everyone is interested in, and especially if the food is delicious or the location is good, people may want to attend even without a particularly excellent concept.

For larger events, famous guests are sometimes invited to attract people, but for themes that utilize food or location, the food itself acts as a crowd-puller.

Furthermore, these are held at times when working adults can easily participate: morning activities before work, lunch gatherings during lunchtime, and meat parties in the evening, making it easy to attend during free time.

It's no exaggeration to say that these three events are among the easiest genres of events to participate in.

Those who are just starting events should definitely try utilizing them.

Going to an event together with everyone is also an event.

If you don't have time to dedicate to the venue or the planning itself, let's all find interesting events and go have fun.

Ultimately, the purpose of holding events is to create a community.

It is important to meet many people, connect with them, link many people together, and build close human connections.

If community building can be achieved, then 'going out to have fun' can also constitute an event.

Furthermore, attending other events is also a place to find new encounters and people who will connect to your community in the future.

Let's find some interesting and tasteful events and go have fun together.

Travel through sports, such as snowboarding and surfing.

I often planned such trips during my student days. Snowboarding and surfing.

Lately, I've lost my stamina and have stopped going out much. Lol

If you have people around you who can connect through sports as a hobby, like snowboarding or surfing, trying to plan such events is a valid event in itself.

Especially if you can connect through hobbies or sports, you'll likely share similar interests, and when you unite to do something, you'll probably exhibit strong performance.

Furthermore, going on an overnight trip is also a perfectly plausible event.

By sharing meals and talking about yourselves late into the night, wouldn't the bonds between comrades deepen even further?

Summary

There are many other ways to hold small events.

If you start listing them, there's no end to them, even including the minor ones.

In this way, the ideas for small events themselves are plentiful.

However, for any event, it needs to have the quality and enjoyment that makes people want to come again and participate more.

If people go once and find it unremarkable or not very fun, then gathering a lot of people at once is meaningless.

If people come to like the event or community, especially the personality of the organizer and the people who gather around them, and the connections that chain-reactively emerge from there, then the number of participants will surely increase, regardless of the form.

Accumulating small events and gradually expanding the circle.

Not starting too big, but expanding a small circle centered on the reason of 'fun'.

Let's cherish this mindset of not being too greedy and building up gradually, focusing on slowly expanding the community.

Beyond that, events with hundreds or thousands of participants exist.