Meaningful Gatherings
People who hosted successful networks approached their communities with an openness and their own curiosity. They embraced experimentation and a “growth mindset.” They also took specific steps to make their communities happen in pursuit of a shared purpose.
Gina Bianchini • Purpose
Keywords “shared purpose”. Have a common goal or purpose or aspiration
Community building 101:
- Make it a cause worth fighting for
- Commit daily for best chances
- Members should feel a sense of validation every time they show up
- Curate founding members
- Begin by growing organically
- Facilitate bonds between... See more
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21 Facts About Throwing Good Parties
atvbt.com
The Chaotic Good Party Formula
Connor Daly • Notes from my year of unhinged parties
key finding = host commitment: you set the ceiling for how far people go
Write on the internet.
Find or create a
third place.
Pick up the phone.
Join niche interest groups.
Live, don't lurk.
Embrace candid culture.
Put people you care about on the calendar.
Don't play near black holes.
Meet people at farmers markets.
Learn to communicate.
Make wobbly things. Subscribe to local events calendars.
Learn to win friends.
Learn to feel.
Em... See more
Find or create a
third place.
Pick up the phone.
Join niche interest groups.
Live, don't lurk.
Embrace candid culture.
Put people you care about on the calendar.
Don't play near black holes.
Meet people at farmers markets.
Learn to communicate.
Make wobbly things. Subscribe to local events calendars.
Learn to win friends.
Learn to feel.
Em... See more
The Cheap Web
“Ed Cooke, an expert on the workings of memory, suggests having several interesting phases over the course of the evening, each of which occurs in a different space. ‘That way, in your recollection, the fuzz of conversation doesn’t all kind of blur into itsef, and become just a single ‘it was fun’, but instead you can remember specific things that
... See moreMake a point of going to ideas and creative events in your area – or even joining online courses – and meeting people who do things differently from the people you spend time with right now. What two things can you do this week that take you out of your usual habits and get you exposed to new people?
Marianne Cantwell • Be a Free Range Human: Escape the 9-5, Create a Life You Love and Still Pay the Bills
8 Ways to Embrace “Deep Casual Hosting” (So You’ll Actually Do It)
Katherine Goldsteinthedoubleshift.substack.com
Rules also make your event feel like ‘a thing’ and that is half the battle. If you give an event a name (even something as boring as Coffee Morning), make it regular and invent some rules, it will become ‘a thing’.