Dinner Conversation (Symposium)
- Cardinality
- 5-7 attendees
- Duration
- 2.5h
- Venue type
- Home table, library room, or quiet partner venue
A small dinner conversation for 5–7 people around one shared question.
See Dinner ConversationFormats
Six simple ways to meet people in person.
Each gathering has bounded size, duration, venue constraints, and a reason to exist in the real world.
Open Debate (Agora)
- Cardinality
- 12-25 attendees
- Duration
- 1.5h
- Venue type
- Civic hall, school room, or neutral public space
A structured, friendly debate where a talking token sets the turns — nothing recorded.
See Open Debate
Active Meetup (Gymnasium)
- Cardinality
- 8-15 attendees
- Duration
- 1-2h
- Venue type
- Trail, park, court, climbing wall, or walkable street grid
Get moving together — a walk, a workout, or a game. Phones away.
See Active Meetup
Show and Talk (Theater)
- Cardinality
- 10-25 attendees
- Duration
- 2h
- Venue type
- Reading room, black box, church hall, or classroom
Watch or perform something short, then talk about it together.
See Show and Talk
Community Festival (Festival)
- Cardinality
- 100-500 attendees
- Duration
- 1-3d
- Venue type
- Civic commons, campus, or multi-room venue cluster
A big open neighborhood gathering — anyone can come.
See Community Festival
Random Draw (Aleatory)
- Cardinality
- 4-6 attendees
- Duration
- 1.5h
- Venue type
- Small table, walk route, or simple community room
A meetup whose guests are picked by a fair random draw.
See Random Draw