Gather Well — Host Gatherings People Remember

The Problem

"Most gatherings run on autopilot: a category instead of a purpose, logistics instead of a welcome, small talk instead of real conversation, and an ending that simply fades out. People leave no closer than they came. A few deliberate choices change that, and this course helps you make them for a gathering you are actually planning."

What you'll achieve

Outcomes you can expect

Give your gathering a purpose sharp enough to guide every choice
Choose guests and a place that serve that purpose, and welcome everyone
Host with generous authority, open well, and help people really talk
Close on purpose, host it for real, and learn from it for next time

The science behind it

What you'll learn

Parker's category-versus-purpose test, generous exclusion and pop-up rules
How to write an invitation that offers a real choice
Questions that rise in depth, good controversy held safely, and small groups
Closings and small rituals that turn a gathering into something people remember

What's included

Everything you get

29 tools across 7 modules, 15 of them built for this course
A reader for every module, built from the tools and checked against them
An audio guide on every tool and a course audio guide
Private fillable workbooks for every tool, kept on your own device

Who it's for

The right fit

Designed for For anyone who hosts: families and friends, team leaders, teachers and lecturers, residence and society committees, faith communities, clubs and neighbours.

We spend much of our lives in gatherings, and most of them run on habit. A companion to Priya Parker's The Art of Gathering, with Peter Block, Charles Vogl, Adam Grant and Bruce Feiler, this course walks you through one gathering of your own: its real purpose, the guests and the place, your role as host, the invitation and the opening, the questions and small groups at its heart, and an ending worth remembering.

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One gathering, designed from its real purpose to its last minute

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