Product Description

An updated, revised edition of Gordon Burgett's highly popular book about how to plan, create, and give the party of the year for your family, friends, co-workers or club members--even a city! Step-by-step advice, hundreds of ideas, a ready-made scavenger list, all the details that will make you look like a genius!

Bring back the old-fashioned treasure and scavenger hunts! Better yet, combine them with the super party. Be the host the party of the year! Memories of the crisp fall season bring to mind treasure and scavenger hunts, often a Halloween party theme. Veteran hunt-giver Gordon Burgett gives you hundreds of clever ideas for planning parties that will be talked about for years. Includes innovative themes and clues, checklists, safety and timing guides, everything for memorable events for kids, teens and adults.

At last, a how-to book that share the details of planning, creating, and giving the party of the year! Learn:

* How to write fun, challenging clues
* How to avoid problems with safety
* Where to safely hide the items sought
* How to create a beguiling scavenger hunt list
* How to plan a super party around the hunts
* How to add more enjoyment with brainstormers
* What you do with: a "magic checklist"!

More than a step-by-step guide, this book also includes, 12 model Treasure Hunt clues, 120 suggestions for a Scavenger Hunt list, 15 Brainstormers and a 70-item "Magic Checklist" for the Super Party!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1046358 in Books
• Published on: 2001-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

From Booklist
Treasure and scavenger hunts aren't merely for children's parties; adult community organizations use them for fund-raisers and just for fun. Burgett has suggestions for kids and teens, but his focus is really on adult playtime. He's aware of the many drawbacks and potential hazards to scavenger hunts and provides solutions. He also gives advice on the celebrations that often accompany hunts and also suggests how to handle invitations, food, and, of course, the hunt itself. One problem: he cites suggestions from books that are 20 and even 40 years old--some on teen parties, for instance, date from 1965. Still, Burgett's own advice and party plans are up to date and include a handy checklist for party preparation. Denise Perry Donavin

Red Rose Collection, April 19, 1999
Burgett gives you hundreds of clever ideas for planning parties that will be talked about for years. What fun!

About the Author
He has also published 1,600+ articles and 21 books and has offered about 100 seminars and speeches annually since 1981. He has appeared extensively on radio and TV, as a guest author and a publishing / second-life specialist. Burgett is a long-standing member of the National Speakers Association, the American Society of Authors and Journalists, and the Publishers Marketing Association, and has produced 26 audio cassette series and singles. His other books include:

How to Create Your Own Super Second Life
Sell and Resell Your Magazine Articles
Standard Marketing Procedures for Dentists (with Reece Franklin)
Publishing to Niche Markets
Niche Marketing for Writers, Speakers, and Entrepreneurs
Self-Publishing to Tightly-Targeted Markets
The Travel Writer's Guide
How to Sell More Than 75% of Your Freelance Writing
The Writer's Guide to Query and Cover Letters
Empire-Building by Writing and Speaking
Speaking for Money (with Mike Frank)
Ten Sales from One Article Idea
The Query Book

Four of Burgett's books have been Writer's Digest Book Club top choices: Sell and Resell Your Magazine Articles, The Travel Writer's Guide, The Writer's Guide to Query and Cover Letters, and How to Sell More Than 75% of Your Freelance Writing.

Gordon Burgett is the creator of Age Masters, an Internet acknowledgment and listing service for athletic achievements in running, walking, cycling, swimming and wheeling.

In addition, Burgett has owned and directed a publishing company, Communication Unlimited, since 1981. It specializes in books, reports, and cassettes about writing, empire-building, and niche publishing. In 1995 the company doubled in size, adding Dental Communication Unlimited and Medical Communication Unlimited and beginning a series of standard operating procedures manuals for professionals.

Earlier, with four degrees, Burgett was twice an university dean, taught Portuguese and history, created a city recreation program in Illinois, directed CARE programs in Colombia and Ecuador, twice studied in Brazil, played professional baseball, and led a gold hunt up the Paushi Yaco (Upper Amazon) River in Ecuador.