Host an Olio
Create your community.
Hosting an Olio is the perfect blueprint for an evening gathering full of meaning. We help you turn your home or a local venue into a salon for ideas. It’s a beautiful way to meet like-minded people in your area and revive the art of dialogue. Hosting Olios on a regular basis fosters a new kind of social gathering and supports personal creative practices.
Wonder what it’s like to host?
Britt Titus, Host
“Hosting an Olio was like having the kind of conversation you dream would organically appear hours into a dinner party, with strangers that you hope will become friends. Since the people around the table are there to intentionally drop the small talk, get real, open, curious (and weird) about big ideas, it’s always an inspiring experience.”
Anna Phelan, Host & Member
“There’s something magical about looking around your living room to see twenty faces, rapt, leaning forward in their chairs, learning about philosophy or feminism or any of the other paths you can wander down in an Olio. Voices chime in with questions and additions and disagreements, and you have your perspective changed without leaving your home.
But the best thing about Think Olio is the community. It’s a self-selecting group: people who want to spend their free time talking about ideas, and those desires permeate and enrich the conversations you have. At the end of each Olio, I’ve come away with a few new friends, minimal tidying up, and the feeling that I’ve gifted a special evening to a collection of beautiful strangers.”
Think Olio began as a way to acknowledge the amazing teachers in our lives and to this day, Olios are created by our cherished group of teachers, artists, and therapists. Your payment directly supports their work and helps sustain the loving labor behind Think Olio.
Make the Magic Happen:
Choose your Olio
Choose from the topics in our Course Catalog.
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Submit
Submit your event request on the Olio form.
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Invite
Invite your friends + Post in the CLUB Whatsapp so community members can join.
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Prep
Review our ‘Welcome Guide’ for a seamless experience.
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Enjoy
Enjoy the Olio magic from your living room.
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Olio Catalog
FAQ
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Olios are open to any member of our CLUB and their +1. If you are a CLUB member you will have access to our Whatsapp group which will display all the Olios happening in your city. You may invite a friend to try out an Olio for the first time.
As a member, you will have access to all of the topics in our library and you can enjoy an Olio on your own or with a group.
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Members are the life of our community and the only ones who can host Olios. Once you become a member we will give you access to our curriculum, documentation, and a training session. Become a member here.
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CLUB stands for “Creative Learning and Unlearning Bodies”. The acronym embraces our non-hierarchical approach to learning. As a CLUB Member, you can start your own Olio Chapter in your community.
You also get access to our international Whatsapp Community (where you can find out about Olios near you), get discounts on OlioTrips trips, and receive invites to in-person parties, lectures, and meet-ups exclusively put together for our members.
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“The best thing about Olio is the community. It’s a self-selecting group: people who want to spend their free time talking about ideas…At the end of each Olio, I’ve come away with a few new friends and the feeling that I’ve helped gift a special evening to a collection of beautiful strangers.”
- Anna
That quote from one of our members sums it up perfectly. We’ve hosted over 1,000 Olios and we’ve never had a bad experience. Our audience ranges from 20-80 years old and that’s what makes the conversations so great.
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Olios are designed to last a little more than an hour.
Each one feeds off the energy of the host and attendees, and when you’re in the mood, the content can sustain a conversation long into the evening.