You’re invited to our gathering! Or rather, our gathering about gatherings.
This video is definitely not perfect but we wanted to practice showing up authentically so you’re seeing our first and only take!
This video is definitely not perfect but we wanted to practice showing up authentically so you’re seeing our first and only take!
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What Is This?
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We are combining our unique skills and POVs to bring you a hands-on 6-week virtual workshop. Guided by The Art of Gathering as our anchoring text, as a cohort we will explore the many different aspects to hosting, participating in, and appreciating a gathering of people.
As Priya says in one of her chapters: “don’t be a chill host.” So we will in fact be (over?) analyzing this topic. If this gets you excited, we want you in!!!
If you’re someone who just wants to hang without thinking about it, we love you, and this is not the particular space for you.
Take a look at all the information about the experience down below. If it piques your interest, we’d love to gather with you! Come fill out an application to join us for this 7-week experience.
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What Can I Expect? (TLDR)
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- The logistics
- Runs through the weeks of October 6 — November 17
- A 7**-week series**: 3 live, two-hour calls with your cohort + 3 asynchronous assignments on the “off” weeks (timing of the calls will be determined once we see all applications. We want to work within your schedules where possible!)
- Cohort-based: We will select 15 people to journey through the entire experience together (active participation expected)
- Cost: $300 one-time payment (comes out to $43/wk x 7) to be paid upon acceptance into program
- All live sessions will be recorded and shared for later viewing
- Curious how we landed on this piece? Click here (for full candor!)
- The content
- A mix of learning, discussion, and practicing (yes, we are going to practice hosting with different people in your life!)
- Activities will include reading, games, breakout groups, writing, and multimedia exploration
- The entire experience (live + async) will be facilitated by Zaid and Miriam
By the end of this workshop, you will have the tools, confidence, and practice to design and host gatherings that challenge the normal paradigm of community building.
Now, more than ever, we need people who can imagine other ways of operating and existing, who can push past defaults, and who are dreaming of a richer, more interdependent world.
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Syllabus
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- Week 1 Lesson: The Opening
- Purposeful Gatherings – the why
- Strategic Guest Lists – the who
- Week 2: Async Assignments
- E.g., Craft & send a paper event invite to a classmate
- Week 3 Lesson: The Party
- Confident Hosting – the how
- Creative Rules – the what
- Week 4: Async Assignments
- Week 5 Lesson: The Closing
- Week 6: Final Assignments
- Week 7 Lesson: Tell the story of your gathering