Speedfriending - Back to School
Never stop learning! Have you taught yourself any new skills? What did you study?
AF - AlreadyFriends
AlreadyFriends is a system in place to make sure everyone that you're paired up with is someone new! Let us know who you've already met (or don't want to meet again) and we'll do the rest. If you have registered for AlreadyFriends before, I'll have your previous matches added to the most recent list you've given me automatically but please send me any updates via the form.
Been a while, see you up on the rooftop!
This event is aimed at you if you...
... Are new and looking to introduce yourself to our community or a longtime member and just want to hang out! Whether you're introverted or extroverted and just want to have fun on a Saturday night!
When - August 19th, 4 PM
- It's a Saturday afternoon this time!
Address - Boston Common
- You can get here on the Green or Red line!
- We’ll have a mod over at Park Street station to direct you towards our meeting spot!
Once the event starts…
Welcome to speedfriending! This event is an opportunity for us to get together and learn more about each other. For returning members, thanks for continuing to build our community. For those who are joining us for the first time, we hope that you’ll have a great time. It’s okay to be a bit nervous but remember that everyone is here because they’re also looking for friends and connections!
As for how speedfriending works…
- Check in with Chris and let him know that you’ve arrived (there’s a laptop to sign in on!)
- Get a name tag here and write down the name you checked in with (it’ll be sent to others so they know who their next pair is) along with pronouns if you’d like
- Look in the Discord event thread or Facebook event page and look for the latest round pairs. Find your name and the name of your partner and try to find them!
- Feel free to ask a mod (check name tags) as we might know who to look for
- Every 5 minutes (the first round will be a little longer to let you settle in), we’ll send out a new set of partners in the same place. There’ll be a few mods going around to notify you but if you see us moving it's probably time to start switching!
- Have fun talking to your partner! Below we’ve prepared some questions you could use to spark conversation specific to our theme. If you DM Chris your answer to one of the starred questions, you’ll enter to win a $25 prize. Feel free as well to go into more casual topics.
Remember when…
- What's your most vivid memory from your first day of school?
- What subjects or classes were your favorite?
- What’s your favorite summer break experience?
- Did you have a favorite teacher who made going back to school enjoyable?
- What subject did you do the best in? Worst?
School shopping…
- What were your must-have school supplies when you were a student?
- How did you personalize your school supplies to make them unique?
- What color do you associate with each subject?
- Were you pencil provider or were you constantly asking for a pen?
- What snacks did you bring?
Wanna study…
- What’s a fun fact you learned recently?
- What are your favorite places to get work done?
- Do you prefer studying/working from home or going in?
- What are you trying to learn?
- What’s something from school you thought you would never need, but use every day?