About Give & Take

What makes Give & Take unique is that it subverts the traditional presentation model that information has to flow one way - from the presenter to the audience, with a clear line between the two groups. We do this by asking everybody in attendance, presenters and audience, two questions: What do you know about? and What do you want to know about? This makes Give & Take a vehicle for spurring new connections, conversations, and relationships within a community under the guise of a single, simple event.

Our goal is to create a welcoming, participatory, and effervescent environment in which unexpected connections can happen between members of the audience/community, and people with hidden talents, fascinations, and expertise can be invited onto the stage; revealing matches and overlaps in what people know and what they want to know, and –in doing so– create stronger interstitial bonds within the community. We believe that the more our audience connects with one another, the more it becomes a community in and of itself, and a community defined by sharing passion, energy, and creativity is a powerful thing.