Hygge NYC is modeled after renaissance-style salon gatherings.

Each gathering is an open invitation to the creatives, changemakers, technologists, nomads, entrepreneurs, and other kindhearted, delightful people you think we should all meet.

We'll have dinner, talk passions and projects, and meet those who can help. Keep an eye out for our 'questions to spark authenticity' that we'd normally hand out on sticky notes at the food court we meet up at, but this time will be dropping into each of our breakout rooms during the virtual gathering.
 
The force behind this event is passion, not business.
We're here to make friends, not contacts.
We believe everyone can teach us something.
We are gathering to help one another do the most possible
good with our projects, adventures, and connections.

This is not a startup or networking meetup.

It's an informal get-together of people seeking meaningful conversation and purpose-filled action in their lives.

We hope to help you find it here.

PS - We have a Facebook group!

Let's talk about how you manage your business, personal life, AND dating as an entrepreneur.

About this Event
Dating is hard enough when our lives, homes, friend circles, and incomes are stable and predictable. Yet for entrepreneurs, none of these things can be taken for granted.
 

Whether you're an entrepreneur looking to date, or you're looking to date an entrepreneur, it's helpful to be well versed on the ins and outs of this new and rapidly iterating world of hustle, grit, capital, and connection.
 

In this fireside chat, entrepreneur and dating coach Steve Dean will shed light on the dating behaviors and struggles of the thousands of entrepreneurs he's come into contact with through his startups, travels, coaching, and community building.
 

Expect to come away with a deeper understanding of:

• How entrepreneurs fit dating into their schedules
• How to more effectively stack dating with other life activities and goals
• Emotional struggles of founders whose loyalties are divided between their relationships and their startups.
• Useful habits and mental models for navigating all things non-traditional, from career paths to housing to romantic relationships

About the Event
Are you ready for the next phase of quarantine?

How are you going to survive the months of social distancing to come?

Do you have a "quaranteam"?
 

For this workshop, we'll be diving deep into how to prepare ourselves physically, emotionally, and logistically for this next phase of quarantine, with a special focus on how to build a "quaranteam" made up of friends, lovers, and/or chosen family.

It's hard to overstate how much relationships have changed since COVID-19 started. Our dear love languages of physical touch and quality time feel like they've been decimated by lockdowns and social distancing. Virtual events oftentimes fail to scratch our itch for human contact. Even our longest-standing friendships feel strained due to how much more digital upkeep they require in the absence of our easy IRL touchpoints like work, dining out, and social gatherings.
 

During this workshop, we will cover:

• How to maintain sanity while stuck at home alone
• Why poly/ kink life prepares us so well for quaranteaming
• Deciding whether full-time quaranteaming is right for you (versus just inviting friends over on occasion)
• How to choose members for your quaranteam
• Conversational scripts for discussing quaranteaming with friends, family, and partners
• Logistics and armchair economics of quaranteaming (nerdy, but fun!)
• Personal stories from successful quaranteams
• Best practices for nurturing relationships even if you choose to continue quarantining alone.

There will also be time for group discussion, Q&A, and activities so we can get to know one another and discover the wisdom we’ve collectively accrued since the social distancing began!
 

WHEN? Wednesday, July 29th, 2020

WHAT TIME? Log in at 8:15pm, Workshop 8:30-10:00pm, Questions 10:00-10:30pm. [EST]

WHERE? Virtual Curiosity Salon (Log In details will be sent the day of the event.)

In this edition of Ask the Sexperts, we're taking a deep dive into the trends in sexting that have cropped up in light of the pandemic. Sexting may not be for everyone, but by the end of this show, you will be damn good at it.

Join dating consultant Steve Dean (@stevenmdean) as he welcomes sexters of all stripes to share their strategies, recommendations, and most memorable experiences around sexting and virtual intimacy. David Piccolomini (@piccolomeany), long-time host of the Tinder Tales podcast, will discuss the latest sexting developments in the online dating frontier. Next, NYC-based kinkster and creator Daphne Lee (@punkrockkitty_) will share her experiences exploring the hidden underworlds of sexting and digital flirtation. Finally, additional guests and friends will be invited on stage to share their best sexting stories and experiences.

I'm super exited for the opportunity to chat with Alexandra Ballensweig, founder of the new slow dating service humhum, a human-centered gathering series that finally drives a stake through the heart of our superficial, swipehappy dating culture and reorients us toward the type of connection that nourishes.

Alexandra has a deep background in design thinking and experience crafting, and she has been sharing her thoughts on connection during Covid on Medium. I can't wait to hear from her about how and why she started humhum and what she's learned during their first few months of operation so far!

Learn more at https://www.humhum.space/ and @humhumspace

Nearly ⅓ of people alive right now are using dating apps -- but how many of them are happy about it? Whether you've spent your nights swiping, tapping, woofing or bravely sliding headfirst into the DMS, it's clear dating apps are increasingly shaping how we connect.

The Nerds & the Bees combines an insider perspective on the the data behind dating apps, provided by co-host and dating consultant Steve Dean (Dateworking.com, Modern Connection podcast host), alongside personal experience that borders on over-sharing, provided by co-host and comedian Gabe Gonzalez (Scruff, MTV News), in order to demystify how online dating impacts relationships and sex in the real world.

With guest panelists who get it, they’ll be playing games and inviting performers to help solve (or at least make you feel less lonely about) your most confounding modern dating problems.

Online dating consultant Steve Dean sits down (virtually) with Taige Zhang to uncover what motivated Taige to create a dating app specifically for explorers and nomads, and how it felt to witness the wholesale implosion of the travel industry mere months after launching an app so inextricably intertwined with world travel. Come and join us for this virtual fireside chat, and bring your curiosity and your most insightful questions for Taige!

Can non-monogamous dating continue during social distancing?

Join us as dating industry consultant and relationship coach Steve Dean shares his favorite strategies for navigating non-monogamous dating during this pandemic, many of which he is actively using across his current relationships.

He'll go over:

• Which new dating apps, services, and communities are springing up to address a new virtual/digital-first ecosystem.
• How to adjust your dating profiles and messaging to make the most of social isolation.
• Creative virtual date ideas that may prove to be more fun than IRL dating.
• Fun sexting strategies and photography tips for staying creative when you can’t physically meet.
• How to navigate connecting with your other partners while social distancing with one of your multiple partners.
• How (and whether) to attempt opening a relationship while in quarantine.
• How to maintain physical and emotional space for yourself and your own sexuality, even if living in a tiny NYC studio with your partner(s).

There will also be time for group discussion, Q&A, and activities so we can get to know one another and discover the wisdom we’ve collectively accrued since the social distancing began!

WHEN? Wednesday, April 8, 2020

WHAT TIME? Log in at 7:15pm, Workshop 7:30-9:00pm, Questions 9:00-9:30pm. [EST]

WHERE? Virtual Curiosity Salon (Log In details will be sent the day of the event.)

In the dating industry, new apps and services spring up just about every week.

There are over 3,000 dating sites and services in existence today.

But in light of the Covid-19 epidemic, where quarantine is the new norm, certain dating apps have suddenly become top-of-mind for many daters who can no longer expect an immediate face to face meetup.

Enter: Zach Schleien, founder of FilterOff, a new dating app that takes an hour of your life and turns it into a series of virtual dates with people in your area, so that you can get some face time and conquer loneliness with a few new people each week, and ultimately decide for yourselves if you want to take things to the next level.

FilterOff sets the time and the (virtual) place, and when you show up, you're face to face with someone who's single and ready to connect. In this fireside chat with Zach — and your audience participation — we'll discuss how he came up with the FilterOff concept, what he's learned since launching the app, and what he sees as the future of virtual dating.

Come prepared with your most thoughtful and curious questions, because it's not every day you get facetime with a founder!

You can try FilterOff today at https://getfilteroff.com/

Dating Consultant Steve Dean and Sex Therapist Dr. Maggie Dancel host a live Q&A to cover a range of dating topics, including:
• Ideas for dating and intimacy while in quarantine

• Navigating digital "sex" across phones & Facetime

• How to explore one's own sexuality while alone at home

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Spanning every floor of MoonTribe's sprawling 6-story Chelsea Arthouse, come explore love through the nuanced dimensions of touch, words, service, quality time, gifts, and more.

Open your heart and walk away inspired and rejuvenated after an evening of self-discovery, secret missions, hidden rooms, wandering wizards, art installations, and live music.

Event Designers: Steve Dean, Devin Karbowicz, Lennie Zhu, Rionesia Godfrey

Video producer: Ryan Bjazz @ryan.bjazz