Speed friending

2. Prepare to host

Confirm the venue’s permission, usable layout, sound conditions, access arrangements and setup/clearing window. Set participant capacity from the activity and available leadership, then count all hosts and helpers within the room limit.

Prepare the materials and rehearse the parts you will lead. Confirm [materials supplied], [what participants bring] and [host/helper responsibilities] before publishing. Use original or properly authorized material. For minors, arrange the host organization’s safeguarding and guardian requirements.

Identity and materials: Create an original timed conversation format and question cards, with opt-outs and a clear friendship focus. Do not copy a commercial organizer’s name, branded card deck or scripted kit.

3. Create your Eventbrite listing

1. Open a new event

   Create an event on Eventbrite

2. Event title Copy

   Speed friending: quick introductions

3. Short summary Copy

   Short, platonic conversations with optional prompts and time to keep talking.

4. Date, time and location

   • Enter the confirmed date, start and end times, venue time zone, address and exact meeting point. Choose the length after agreeing the activity format and the venue arrangements.

5. Event description Copy

   We’ll begin with [confirmed length and number or format of conversations], using [pair or group rotation method], then have [confirmed open-conversation arrangement]. Prompts are optional, and you can pass or pause. Contact exchange is your choice. When: [day, date, start–end time and time zone] Where: [confirmed venue, address, room and host location] Audience: [age range, participation requirements and any guardian arrangements] Materials: [what is provided and what to bring] Cost: [total price including fees and any required purchase] Booking: [RSVP link, capacity/waitlist and cancellation arrangements] Access: [confirmed seating, route and activity-specific communication/sensory arrangements] Host and questions: [name/contact]

6. Set up Eventbrite tickets

   Ticket name Copy

   General admission
   • Set participant places from the usable stations and the rotation you can support. Include hosts within room occupancy and prepare an adjusted rotation for attendance changes.
   • Select the actual free or paid ticket type. State any separate venue or equipment charges and the total price.
   • Set booking opening and closing times, per-order limits, waitlist and cancellation arrangements.
   If charging for tickets

   Review currency, fees, refund terms and payment/payout requirements before taking payment.

7. Signup details

   • Choose the actual organizer profile and public or private visibility. Collect only information useful for hosting.
   • Put the confirmed meeting point, host contact and relevant preparation in the confirmation settings.

8. Image and final check

   • Optional: add an image you own or have permission to publish, relevant tags and useful FAQs.
   • Check format, staffing, access, materials, date, address, cost and capacity. Replace every bracketed field. Preview the listing and booking flow on desktop and mobile before publishing.

4. Invite people

5. Host the gathering

1. Use two facing rows or numbered stations.
2. One side stays; the other moves one seat in the same direction, wrapping from the end to the beginning.
3. Rehearse the move before starting.
4. This mixes people across the two sets, not everyone with everyone.
5. Offer stationary positions and bring partners to them.
6. Choose an audible and visible transition cue, allow a thought to finish, then check stations before restarting.
7. For an odd number, explain a trio or a pause station and redraw the next move so no one is left waiting unexpectedly.
8. Finish structured introductions with optional open conversation; do not collect or circulate a contact-sharing list; participants choose what they exchange.

At the close, thank participants and clear the space as agreed. Do not add anyone to a mailing list or share their contact details without their choice.