The Ultimate Dinner Party

 Tuesday, April 19th 6:00 - 8:00 PM CT US

“Convening Your Ultimate Dinner Party”

Real Conversations with People Who Really Matter to You 

Let’s break bread together to Create the Essential Conversations You Want to Have.

$20 per person or group 
There are 3 Ways to Participate: Purchase your ticket here!

  1. Invite people and join the CPL Community on Zoom

    Invite people and join the CPL Community on Zoom for a guided, community hybrid experience. Use the Dinner Party Handbook along with other participants.

2. Share dinner time with the CPL Community on Zoom

Come by yourself to join the CPL Community on Zoom for a virtual gathering. Share dinner time with the zoom community. Use the Dinner Party Handbook along with other participants.

3. Invite people and use the handbook offline

Invite people and use the Dinner Party Handbook offline to follow what the CPL Community on Zoom folks are doing. We will invite you to report in your learnings afterwards.

Registration includes the Zoom link, the Ultimate Dinner Party Handbook, and updates

Use the Handbook to create a gathering of Welcome, Safety & Belonging.*

Some groups have begun by hosting offline AND registering for April 19. Here is what they have reported.

Our Ultimate Dinner Party was a huge success! Vulnerability, wisdom, laughter, tears, and much much joy.

This was such a fun evening and it really lived up to the billing. It was the ultimate dinner conversation.  

 
 

Breaking Bread Together: Most communities or cultures have a bread to share. If you have a bread recipe to share, you will be invited to upload it when you register.

RICHARD LEIDER, BEST-SELLING AUTHOR, CPL MENTOR/FRIEND

Convening an “Ultimate Dinner Party”

At the February 14 Essential Conversation, Richard Leider brought this wonderful idea.

In this time of global anxiety, it takes courage and curiosity to connect in meaningful ways.

What better way to connect than over a meal?

Follow this “recipe” for convening your dinner party – GQ + GP + GF = PF
Good Questions + Good People + Good Food = a Purpose-Full gathering that helps you feel connected, filled, and fulfilled!

Ready to go? Choose which option you’d like.

  • What are the questions that create the conversations you want to have?

  • Who would you invite to your “ultimate virtual dinner party?”

Co-Sponsor:

Online community meets popup dinner: authentic food and shared experiences

 
 
 

*Center for Leadership & Neighborhood Engagement

 Ultimate Dinner Guidelines (Downloadable Handbook with registration)

Let's explore the conversations that matter and make a difference, and how to create a space of Welcome, Safety & Belonging to have those conversations.

Follow this “recipe” for convening your dinner party – GQ + GP + GF = PF
Good Questions (”Can I make my life count?” How? Why? ) plus Good People plus Good Food = Purpose-Full (feeling connected, feeling heard), a gathering that helps you feel filled and fulfilled!

  • Handbook material

  • Good Questions (GQ) plus Good People (GP) plus Good Food (GF) = Purpose-Full (PF), a gathering that helps you feel filled and fulfilled! Good friends ask great questions, as do good leaders, teachers, and parents. 

  • Curiosity

  • Asking a good question requires us to move beyond what we think we know about an issue or a person. It moves us out of our comfort zones into the unknown, the awkward, and sometimes even the uncomfortable.

  • Posing good questions is an art worth cultivating, especially today when everyone is an aggregator and curator of information. Good questions create focus and add the savory flavor to the recipe. 

*Support your local food culture! Consider ordering all or some portion of your meal from a local restaurant or caterer.