Most conference content is super boring. I think many people don’t enjoy the presentations and panels. Yet it gives them a (poorly designed) reason to come together and connect. And funny enough, if you would invite them with an agenda focused only on connecting with people, many wouldn’t come. It wouldn’t be enough of an excuse. It wouldn’t feel psychologically safe. Excuses make connecting with others safer for people like myself.
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And there are also smaller ways how we can bring in excuses to connect, for example:Introducing two people who will be at the same event to each other weeks before the event.Creating a buddy system.Creating smaller sub-groups of 4–5 people.Randomly introducing people to another member once a month via email.Featuring one person in your newsletter a month.Using a tool like SuperHive.
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Most conference content is super boring. I think many people don’t enjoy the presentations and panels. Yet it gives them a (poorly designed) reason to come together and connect. And funny enough, if you would invite them with an agenda focused only on connecting with people, many wouldn’t come. It wouldn’t be enough of an excuse. It wouldn’t feel psychologically safe. Excuses make connecting with others safer for people like myself.
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And there are also smaller ways how we can bring in excuses to connect, for example:Introducing two people who will be at the same event to each other weeks before the event.Creating a buddy system.Creating smaller sub-groups of 4–5 people.Randomly introducing people to another member once a month via email.Featuring one person in your newsletter a month.Using a tool like SuperHive.
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