Host a Human Hour

What you need

• Public, accessible room or park
• Name tags and thick markers
• Water and simple snacks
• Question jar
• One simple shared activity

Do it, step by step

1. Choose an honest reason

   Newcomers’ coffee, neighborhood supper, repair hour, parents’ walk. Specific beats “networking.”

2. Invite personally

   Ask 12–20 people and invite each to bring one person. State the audience, activity, cost, access, and exact end time.

3. Design the threshold

   One host greets every arrival by name and introduces them to one other person immediately.

4. Open with permission

   Say: “Participate at your comfort level. Passing is always allowed. We are here to meet people, not perform.”

5. Run two low-pressure rounds

   Use one pair prompt and one small-group activity from the icebreaker guide; keep each under eight minutes.

6. Do something side-by-side

   Walk, cook, draw, repair, play, or sort donations. Conversation is easier when attention has somewhere else to rest.

7. Close with a real next step

   Ask what people would return for. Set one date before everyone leaves and recruit two co-hosts.

8. Follow up in 24 hours

   Send thanks, the next date, and only photos people approved.

Copy-and-use template

HUMAN HOUR INVITATION
What: ______
For: ______
Where: ______
When: ______ to ______
What we will do: ______
Cost / access / age notes: ______
Host and contact: ______