[Gathering series] These 3 things make guests ACTUALLY show up to your gathering

What actually motivates women to attend a social gathering? If you plan on hosting a gathering any time over the next few weeks, you'll want to know so that you can decrease the chances of people RSVP'ing "no" (or saying "yes" but onyl to cancel hours before).

In this episode, host and friendship expert Danielle Bayard Jackson shares fresh data from the new "Hosting and Gathering Among American Women: Trends and Barriers" Survey from the Women's Relational Health Institute. There were multiple sections of the report, but today we'll focus on the section about attending gatherings, including: the number one thing women say motivates them to attend a gathering other factors that make women more likely to say "yes" three tangible things hosts can do to actually make guests want to show up DOWNLOAD THE FULL REPORT HERE . 🎧 BUT WAIT… THERE'S MORE.

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