The 2-Hour Cocktail Party

How to Build Big Relationships with Small Gatherings

By: Nick Gray

Narrated by: Nick Gray

2022 KIRKUS BEST NEW BOOKS: “An encouraging, upbeat, and useful call to host parties and make friends. Gray provides innumerable helpful hints and tips for prospective hosts… a new strategy for meeting people and networking.

"You know that well-connected friend who only exists in the movies? The one who throws the best parties and can set up any introduction you need?

Everyone wants to know someone magical like this who brings people together. The secret is: you can be that person. You should be that person. The 2-Hour Cocktail Party will show you how.

Discover a simple formula with step-by-step instructions to host small gatherings. It will help you:

• Meet new people
• Strengthen your existing relationships, and
• Make you the person everyone wants to know.

You’ll learn exactly how to host a successful event:

• Which days are the best (probably not the ones you think!)
• What to say to the first people who arrive
• How to ensure your invitations get responses
• How to get your guests to mingle with proven and tested scripts.

Plus, get helpful pre-party checklists and a breakdown of activities to encourage new connections. The 2-Hour Cocktail Party is based on five years of research and thousands of events. It is extremely tactical, practical, and easy to read.

When you learn how to host a successful event, you’ll make new friends, boost your career, and leave everyone asking, “When’s your next party?”

©2022 Nick Gray (P)2022 Nick Gray

Great tips for beginners and experts!

Nick, my favorite part is when your narrated the illustrations. I’m a avid party planner and stalked your book for awhile. My number one take away….the harmonica! Love it.

Super Successful Party!

Awesome book. I took Nick's advice and hosted a great party that all guests loved! Super easy to implement. A brilliant guide to hosting a great party, making friends, strengthening friendships and introducing new friends to each other. 10/10 would recommend!

Very helpful for new and aspiring hosts

Nick provides tactical, prescriptive guidance for people to become hosts and improve their gatherings. A must read for new and aspiring hosts!

Simple and practical.

Very well done. Easy to follow step by step instructions to put together and host a successful cocktail party. The details are there to make sure you succeed.

Amazing way to surround yourself with like minded people

Nick does such an incredible job sharing how to curate your own events. I love how he allows you to keep it simple, yet each step of his formula is so strategic and intentional. The freebies he provides after listening to the book are exceptional. You can tell he really cares about people implementing the steps from his book.