Exploring the importance of setting clear rules and expectations for guests at events and gatherings, inspired by Priya Parker's TED Talk. Hosts are advised to create guidelines on phone usage, start and end times, and communication to avoid ambiguity and awkwardness.
Why do so many book clubs fall apart? Do the best parties have rules? And does Angela’s husband want to date you?
- RESOURCES:
- "Do Conversations End When People Want Them to?" by Adam M. Mastroianni, Daniel Gilbert, Gus Cooney, and Timothy D. Wilson (PNAS, 2021).
- "3 Steps to Turn Everyday Get-Togethers Into Transformative Gatherings," by Priya Parker (TED Talk, 2019).
- The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters, by Priya Parker (2018).
- Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging, by Sebastian Junger (2016).
- Beartown, by Fredrik Backman (2016).
- “The 36 Questions That Lead to Love,” by Daniel Jones (The New York Times, 2015).
- A Man Called Ove, by Fredrik Backman (2012).
- "Sense of Community: A Definition and Theory," by David McMillan and David Chavis (Journal of Community Psychology, 1986).