The Let's Get Coffee blog

On building communities people actually connect in

Practical writing for the people who bring members together: community leaders, organizers, alumni directors, and operators.

Guide · MentoringOctober 12, 20266 min read

How to start a mentoring program people actually stay in

Assigned pairs fade after one awkward meeting. Mentorships people choose for themselves tend to last. Here's how to set up the second kind.

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Guide · Event pairingOctober 12, 20265 min read

How to help people actually meet at your event

Most attendees leave an event having spoken to the people they arrived with. A planned introduction in every break changes that.

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Guide · Groups and cohortsOctober 12, 20265 min read

How to help a new cohort actually get to know each other

Putting people in the same cohort doesn't make them know each other. Here's how to turn a list of names into a group, and then a group into part of something bigger.

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Guide · Lunch TableOctober 12, 20265 min read

How to get colleagues eating lunch together (without forcing it)

Everyone eats lunch, and most people eat it with the same three colleagues. Here's how to set a table that mixes teams, without a sign-up sheet nobody fills in.

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Guide · Coffee roundsOctober 12, 20266 min read

How to run coffee chats at work that people actually show up to

Random pairs and a calendar invite get a burst of coffees and then silence. A reason to meet, a respectful pace, and easy scheduling get the opposite.

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Guide · Buddy programOctober 9, 20266 min read

How to start a new hire buddy program

A practical guide for whoever runs it: who makes a good buddy, when to pair, and how to keep the first 90 days moving after the introduction.

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October 2, 20263 min read

Let's Get Coffee was selected for the Harvard Business School Foundry Bootcamp

An eight-week program for founders, built on founders meeting founders. It's hard to think of a better fit.

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Guide · Coffee roundsJune 16, 20266 min read

50 virtual coffee chat questions that aren't awkward

The questions that turn a polite thirty minutes into a conversation worth remembering, grouped by the moment you're in.

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Guide · Coffee roundsJune 15, 20267 min read

How to get your community to actually network (without forcing it)

Most communities are full of people worth knowing who never meet. Here's how to fix that on purpose.

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