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About the experience

Our first foray into the Something Sunday series is Screening Sunday.

With the proliferation of netflix and other streaming platforms, watching of movies and shows have gone from being a communal experience to an individual one. Which can get awfully lonely.

At it's core, screening Sunday is a potluck where people gather together to watch something and discuss what they've just watched. Bringing back the human side of watching TV.

Sharing food you've made and brought brings people closer together, and the screened content gives people an opportunity to have conversations about topics they often won't have the chance to.

Also, in a group, we are all more likely to finish watching those lengthy TED talks and conference lectures. Or at least, that's our experience.

Experience highlights

How is a screening an experimental experience? The devil's in the details. Here are some little features that makes our screening a more mindful experience:

• All our participants are given an event guide, with the potluck menu, detailed access information and what to expect Screening Sundays Potluck Guide

• We begin every session with an opening circle, where everyone gets to know each other and also share what food they've brought for the table!

• Every screening has micro-discussions interspersed within. Micro-discussions are 15-20 discussion blocks. This helps breaks down lengthy content and also facilitate deep, targeted conversation

• Our micro-discussions are supported by Convo Rescue cards, which are customized for every session. Each card has questions that serve as conversation starters for each

  

• The experience ends with an open-mic corner for participants to share any projects and ideas they are working on to crowdsource support

• Post-event, everyone receives a Screening Log which summarizes interesting ideas and follow-up content from the potluck ‣

Topics and Variations

Our screenings are always varied:

• TED2019 Conference: Session 1 Truth & Session 2 Power
• Curated list of talks and documentary series on finding common ground
• Indie documentary: Gaming the real world
  • Which we paired with a game-inspired discussion map and treasure-hunt segment!