Host Utilities

Some things you know you need. Some things you don’t know you need.

Ankit Shah
Being a Host, by Tea With Strangers
2 min readJun 28, 2018

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If you’re going to set aside 2 hours to orchestrate a conversation with strangers on some regular basis, you might as well take a few extra minutes to do it well.

The difference between a tea time that “was all right” and tea times that are “wow, just, wow” isn’t some sort of fairy dust. It’s easy to pin it on the attendees or chance, but to a large extent, it’s on how the host shows up.

These Host Utilities exist to make it easier for you to show up. Some of it is generally useful for all hosts. Some of it is meant to support you in very specific situations. Here you go:

Tea time

Spreading the word about Tea With Strangers

Becoming a Host

Understanding Tea With Strangers

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Ankit Shah
Being a Host, by Tea With Strangers

👋🏽 Founder of Tea With Strangers. I try to help people who bring people together.