Setting up a Custom Interaction

Setting up your own private Custom Interaction or public Interact Event is easy. The customizable form on our website will direct you You can create your own custom event to engage your audience, generate ideas, and raise awareness. Participants get the opportunity to learn, share, and connect with others. Events can be open to the public (Option B) or accessible only by those you invite. We have created three different platforms for Interaction:

1) The standard “Gathering” Interaction is a virtual networking event. Host a weekly discussion for entrepreneurs for instance. Or, a University might utilize TheInteract to host virtual alumni reunions.

2) The “Brainstorming” Interaction harnesses the collective wisdom of groups of people. Each participant can take notes throughout all of their conversations. At the end, we aggregate everyone’s notes and send them to the room-creator. Quick and easy feedback. A non-profit might host an event with their constituency to generate new campaign ideas. Educators might collaborate to evaluate new approaches. Or a business could gather feedback from the general public on a new product line.

3) The “Matching” Room allows you to specify who each person is paired with by breaking the room into two groups. Have students from China paired with Students from Kansas on the topic “American and Chinese diplomacy in the 21^st century,” have Democrats debate Republicans over tax cuts, match mentors with mentees, or bring together opposing nationalities or religious groups to host a peace talk. The first step towards understanding is conversation.

You can set a time limit for each interaction if you choose so that people continue to meet and talk to others in the group.

You can also set a password for private rooms.

Once you create the room, send the URL and password to everyone in your community. If it is a public room, it will show up on our Interact Events list.