Family reunions are lots of fun to attend but can be overwhelming to organize! Especially if your family is big and spread out all over the country or the world for that matter. Here’s a timetable to refer to for your family reunion planning. Adjust as needed to fit the specifics of your event.
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Multi-day class reunions are a great way to maximize your time together.  So many people who’ve attended reunions in the past leave saying, “the evening just flew by!  I didn’t even get to say hi to half the people I wanted to!”.  Having an entire weekend devoted to your class reunion is an easy way [...]

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Reunion Planning Timetable
When planning a class reunion, it’s critical to map out a good timeline to make sure all the details are managed and oversights are minimized.   Below is our timeline for success.  Modify it as needed to fit your specific class reunion needs.
Timeline for success
Twenty-four months before

Form a committee
Recruit and appoint subcommittee members
Survey classmates [...]

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Class reunions.  Thinking back to your high school and college days brings all kinds of emotions and memories to the forefront of your mind.  School days seemed to be the perfect mix of independence and  a little responsibilty.  The world was full of endless possibilities.  Keeping that in mind, you want your reunion to be filled with the same [...]

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5 Great Reunion Venue Ideas
So you are helping to plan your class reunion.  Where is this glorious mixing of old schoolmates going to take place?  A reunion venue should be easy to find, close to lodging for out-of-towners, and big enough for everyone to circulate and have fun.  Check out these 5 reunion venue ideas:
1. A [...]

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Family Reunions - Picking the Perfect Location
When planning your family renuion, the place you choose to host it really sets the tone of the event.  Therefore, when selecting a location, it’s important to think about who’s coming, where are they coming from and how long will the event be? (i.e. 1 day or 4 days).  [...]

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Reunion Games & Ice Breakers
Reunions.  They can be excitedly anticipated or painfully dreaded; either way the first hour or so can be  awkward as people shuffle in from all over.   Reunions should be a great time for catching up and renewing old relationships.  Getting past that awkward hour just got  a little easier with our fun and easy reunion [...]

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During the early days of PurpleTrail we spent quite a bit of time talking to frequent party planners. In one of the conversations a user remarked that the problem with you technology guys is that you keep trying to change our behavior. You want us to do things differently cause you think they are cooler! [...]

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Change is good. Really!! Till a few years back you resented the mobile, now you cant live with out it. The way you took and stored pictures moved from film rolls to digital to online sites like flickr in no time. Don’t even get me started on the iPhone. You resented the touch screen now [...]

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