Coworking Day + lunch talk: the science of making friends

​Limen runs focused [co]working sessions in Amsterdam. Small groups work side by side, regularly. Come a few times and the faces become familiar. That's how real connections start.

​We meet at different beautiful places, this time — at Localie Hub, a new coworking and cultural space. Localie is known for its networking trips, culture events and expat meetups, and now it opens its doors for people to work there too. Come and see if it could be your new place to work.

​​Who this is for

​For people who want to get real work done and talk to good people in the breaks. Bring the task you keep putting off. Leave with it done, and with a few people you'll want to see again.

​This day has a talk at lunch

​At 13:30, while people finish their food, Paul Kozlov gives a short talk: The science behind how adults actually make friends.

​Meeting new people is easy, but turning them into friends takes more work. Paul walks through what research says about how that happens, what makes a new connection stronger, and when apps help or get in the way.

​About Paul. Paul runs Limen.to. Before that he co-founded Random Coffee, a service for 1-on-1 meetings that help people make friends. For the last year he has been studying what science knows about human connection. He writes about it in the Relationship Tech newsletter | Linkedin

​​How the day works [we keep it flex]

​The day
10:30–13:00 · Focus blocks
13:00 · Lunch
13:30–14:00 · Talk: 15 min + 15 min of your questions
14:00–17:30 · Focus blocks

​Not interested in the talk? Take a walk or keep working in a quiet corner.
You can come only for the talk. The price is the same as a normal day: first day €15. Members come as usual, it’s part of the membership.

​Come and go: join at the start of any block, leave at the end of any block.
​Format: we keep it flex, but approximately it's 1-hour blocks, ~40-50 minutes of focus and a 10-minute break.

​Check-in and check-out: when you join, say what you'll work on. When you leave, say how your day went. About 10 seconds each.
Group: up to 10 people, with a Limen host.
Food and coffee: bring your own + buy a coffee from Localie coffee corner, barista made drinks.

​One strict rule
No talking during focus time.

​What you get

• ​During focus time: the task you came with, done. Fifty minutes at a time, nobody talking.

• ​In the breaks: advice from people who already know what you're working on, and sometimes an intro.

• ​If you keep coming back: people you trust, who ask how it went last time.

​Location

​Localie Hub — Achtergracht 17, 1017 WL Amsterdam

​Arriving instructions [come & go anytime]

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