I do a small monthly project for a local video production company, JPL, and was invited to their freelancer gathering Friday night. The people I “know” there from working on our project weren’t able to attend for one reason or another. Yikes! I’m not real keen on going to mixer-type events where I don’t know a soul. But I went anyway and survived the evening. I met a few people there that were really nice, enjoyed some food and drink and participated in their Olympic-type games. I did a trivia quiz about the company, shot a round ball into various trash cans for different point values, did some magnetic darts, shot a target with a nerf gun, did a minigolf station (sinking it in the hole from various distances for various points), did the speed stacking game, and shot a nerf football through a 12-foot high basketball hoop (that’s harder than it sounds!). My only suggestion for improving the evening would have been to have name tags for the attendees. Not knowing anyone there, I had no idea who was an employee, who was a vendor, and who was a freelancer. Maybe I should just get my own nametag made up for events like this!
I thought it was a really nice gesture to host a party for the freelancers they have. How many companies actually do that? And next year, now that I know a few people, it will be easier. Oh, and though I didn’t place in the Olympics, I did get a company shirt and a cup full of candy… Nice!
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