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.
Speakers
Adam Chen
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.”