We have ideas about what CoCreate Dating might become, but we do not want this to be a finished philosophy handed down from above. We want to learn from people who try it, question it, improve it, reject parts of it, and take it in directions we have not imagined.
So please share what you are learning. Submit your ideas in writing to: Brooke.T.Allen (at) Gmail.com
The three contributions we most want right now are:
- Stories from actual CoCreate Dates — good, bad, awkward, surprising, or inconclusive. What did you try? What happened? What did you learn?
- Lessons and improvements. What worked? What did not? What would you change next time? What advice would you give someone trying it for the first time?
- Events and opportunities. Are you organizing an event that might interest CoCreate Daters? Perhaps you’ve organized a gathering, a workshop, a meetup, a library event, a maker-space session, an online experiment, or anything else others might want to join?
In addition to those, there are many other contributions we’d like to publish here.
We’d also love to hear about:
- CoCreate Date ideas
Activities people can try together: writing, painting, cooking, coding, gardening, photography, music, volunteering, game design, learning projects, repairs, planning, and anything else you think might work. - Experiments
Try a variation and report back. Different lengths, settings, structures, levels of collaboration, or ways of pairing people. - Failures and awkward moments
What felt forced? What was confusing? What went badly? What would you never do again? Failure may teach us more than success.
- Questions we have not answered yet
What are you uncertain about? What feels unresolved? What should we be thinking harder about? - Critiques of the idea
Tell us what we are getting wrong. Where might CoCreate Dating fail? What assumptions are we making? What risks are we overlooking? - Safety and etiquette suggestions
How should people meet strangers safely? How should romantic interest be communicated? How do we keep CoCreate Dating from becoming disguised romantic pressure? - Activity templates, prompts, and games
Scavenger hunts, card games, creative exercises, conversation prompts, structured experiments, or anything else others could copy and try. - Things you created
Songs, paintings, recipes, websites, photographs, games, gardens, prototypes, writing, events, businesses, or anything else that grew out of a CoCreate experience. - Unexpected outcomes
Maybe the person did not become a romantic partner but became a friend, collaborator, mentor, business partner, travel companion, or simply someone you were glad to meet. - Local places that work well
Libraries, cafés, parks, museums, maker spaces, studios, community centers, bookstores, workshops, or other spaces that lend themselves to CoCreate Dates. - Requests for collaborators
Tell us what you are working on and what kind of company, help, skill, perspective, or encouragement might make it more interesting. - Research and articles
Studies, books, essays, podcasts, videos, or other resources about dating, friendship, collaboration, creativity, loneliness, community, or how people form relationships. - Photos, illustrations, or short videos
Show us what CoCreate Dating looks like in practice, with everyone’s permission. - Profiles of people already living this way
Know someone who naturally builds relationships through making, teaching, collaborating, volunteering, or shared projects? We would love to hear about them. - Ideas for events that do not yet exist
Not just announcements. Propose something you would like to help organize. - Adaptations for particular groups
Older adults, younger adults, couples, friends, coworkers, newcomers to a city, introverts, remote participants, parents, retirees, or anyone else. - Words, slogans, symbols, and explanations
Help us find better ways to describe the idea and signal openness to CoCreation without implying romance. - Ideas you want others to steal
If you have something you want people to copy, modify, improve, and spread, send it.
