Civic Meetup #569: Happy Town: Hanging out, down the street. The same old thing we did last week.
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Topic: Happy Town: Hanging out, down the street. The same old thing we did last week.
What do people do in third spaces? Often, they hang out. So how do we get people to hang out these days?
In less than a year, happy town has hosted over 200 events run by our growing roster of 25+ hosts. We’ve had 6000 tickets grabbed, and zero sales.
Most events are recurring, meaning many of these folks are hanging out, again and again, with many of the same people.
You might say we’ve turned events into “floating 3rd spaces” by making them more akin to “hang outs”.
In this talk I’ll go over our guiding principles, what we’ve learned so far, and how I’m bringing this into our next phase: creating the movement towards less lonely winter in Toronto.
Speaker: Adam Chen (in-person)
Adam Chen works in mental health communications by day at HF Care, and grow community by night with Happy Town. He is a a storytelling and live journalism performer, producer and director who dabbles in app development, having co-created the private-blogging app “Smaller World." Website
Agenda:
7:00-7:20 Welcome and Introductions
7:20-7:50 Presentation and Q&A/discussion
7:50-9:00 Breakout groups
Code of Conduct: https://civictech.ca/about-us
Check in with us on the Civic Tech Toronto Slack: https://link.civictech.ca/chat
About Us:
Our weekly civic meetups bring together Torontonians (designers, coders, urban planners, government staff, mappers, policy-makers, students, communications strategists, community organizers, and more) who share an interest in making Toronto more responsive, prosperous, sustainable, and equitable through design, tech, and data.
Come and be part of it!
For more info: https://civictech.ca
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Civic Meetup #569: Happy Town: Hanging out, down the street. The same old thing we did last week.
Hosted by
Civic Tech Toronto
In-Person
Address available to attendees
Online
Link available to attendees
Community and help
Community links are available to active Members after joining and any required approval.
Contact organizersEmail from your verified Guild email address. Guild relays the conversation without displaying personal email addresses here.
Topic: Happy Town: Hanging out, down the street. The same old thing we did last week.
What do people do in third spaces? Often, they hang out. So how do we get people to hang out these days?
In less than a year, happy town has hosted over 200 events run by our growing roster of 25+ hosts. We’ve had 6000 tickets grabbed, and zero sales.
Most events are recurring, meaning many of these folks are hanging out, again and again, with many of the same people.
You might say we’ve turned events into “floating 3rd spaces” by making them more akin to “hang outs”.
In this talk I’ll go over our guiding principles, what we’ve learned so far, and how I’m bringing this into our next phase: creating the movement towards less lonely winter in Toronto.
Speaker: Adam Chen (in-person)
Adam Chen works in mental health communications by day at HF Care, and grow community by night with Happy Town. He is a a storytelling and live journalism performer, producer and director who dabbles in app development, having co-created the private-blogging app “Smaller World." Website
Agenda:
7:00-7:20 Welcome and Introductions
7:20-7:50 Presentation and Q&A/discussion
7:50-9:00 Breakout groups
Code of Conduct: https://civictech.ca/about-us
Check in with us on the Civic Tech Toronto Slack: https://link.civictech.ca/chat
About Us:
Our weekly civic meetups bring together Torontonians (designers, coders, urban planners, government staff, mappers, policy-makers, students, communications strategists, community organizers, and more) who share an interest in making Toronto more responsive, prosperous, sustainable, and equitable through design, tech, and data.
Come and be part of it!
For more info: https://civictech.ca
--
Suggest a Speaker:
Interested in speaking at a future event, or know someone who'd be a great speaker? We'd love to hear from you: https://link.civictech.ca/speaker-suggestions
Suggest a Venue:
Have a space that could host up to 80 civic-minded folks for an evening? Consider recommending your venue: https://link.civictech.ca/venue-suggestions
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