We’re Teaching Community Building
We Want You in the Room
Belonging doesn’t happen by accident. It’s intentionally designed.
That’s the idea behind week nights’ Connection Academy and our upcoming workshop series for people who feel called to host, gather, and bring people together.
Whether you’re dreaming up your first event or already running a community and wondering why it still feels hard, these workshops are for you.
Connection Academy 101: Creating Belonging
March 16 | 6:30PM | Antler Accelerator (Flatiron)
This is an introduction to building social connection through intentional, sustainable in-person gatherings.
We’ll start at the beginning: what community actually is (and what it isn’t), why belonging doesn’t just emerge on its own, and what it really means to take on the role of community builder while staying true to what you’re building. From there, we’ll get practical: clarifying who your community is for, designing gatherings that give people a real reason to come back, and building structures that support long-term sustainability for your members and for yourself.
This workshop is for you if you’re just getting started, or if you’ve been hosting for a while and want to be more intentional about how your community grows.
Connection Academy 201: Sustaining Belonging
March 23 | 6:30PM | Antler Accelerator (Flatiron)
This one picks up where 101 leaves off, but you don’t need to attend 101 to show up for this.
Our Sustaining Belonging workshop is for community builders who are already running gatherings and navigating the harder questions: How do you keep people engaged over time? How do you bring others in without losing what makes your community work? And how do you think clearly about charging money and other forms of financial sustainability without losing the soul of what you’re building?
We’ll dig into the community lifecycle, designing for commitment (not just attendance), building a team and sharing ownership without burning out, and why it’s actually OK to ask for contributions (including money) from your community members.
This workshop is for you if you’ve run at least a few gatherings and are ready to think seriously about what comes next.
A note on the series: You do NOT need to attend both. Each workshop has its own content and stands alone. That said, if community-building is at the center of what you’re doing, spending two evenings going deep on this work might be exactly what the season calls for.
Both workshops are built for conversation and getting the real work done. Come ready to dig in.
In community, Jesse B and Shai