Most event agendas are designed to kill connection.
If thereโs one practice I hope you remember from this series, itโs this: ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ .
Thatโs not an extra feature but in fact the goal. What people feel powerful in community happens at the intersection of connection. And everything at your event should be in service of that.
So often when supporting people โcommunity proofโ events I see that organizers overdo the agenda, because they feel like itโs the part they can control. That can be an absolute killer.
- Bite-sized sessions > bloated blocks.
- Shared experiences > passive content consumption.
- Speakers who join the audience > speakers who vanish backstage.
Donโt get me wrong! Have many small sessions throughout an event, but big blocks that force people to sit and not engage with each other are clashing with your goal of creating connections. The program is there to set the theme.
๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. Trust that if you give people the space, theyโll find each other.
And once a connection is sparked, ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ต ๐ช๐ต. Donโt pull people away from each other just to keep them on schedule. This is often where I get the most pushback. But…
- When people connect, they return.
- When people feel seen, they show up happily.
- And when engagement happens, your mission gets momentum.
So when you are organizing your next community event, remember itโs all about simplifying the moment where people say โhello.โAnd donโt worry, people will dance.
