About this guide

<aside> 📝 The objective of this guide is to help new and experienced community organizers start and sustain non-monogamy mixer events in their communities. By “mixer,” we mean a social event that is usually open to the public and is not centered around sex or dating.

Social mixers play a central role in developing local community. They offer a central waypoint for those looking to meet new people, reconnect with friends, and explore new ideas. Non-monogamous mixers in particular, are great for normalizing various relationship structures and philosophies, meeting new partners, and developing a larger community.

By starting your own event, you will be part of the movement to build non-monogamous community and normalize alternate relationship styles.

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Table of Contents

<aside> 📕 This guide is broken up into four chapters and a toolkit of resources and templates:

Defining your vision

Planning & Promotion

Running the event

Managing community

Resources & Templates

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Don’t miss out on all the great tools in the Resources & Templates section including:

• Helpful Event Templates and Event Policies you can copy and paste for your events.
• Promotional Language to give you a jump start on spreading the word
• Selections of conversation starters and activities to get people talking in the Activities section
• Organizer Tools to making running an event easier, including an Event Organizer Checklist and Music Playlists to set the mood

Brought to you by:

OPEN (Organization for Polyamory and Ethical Non-monogamy) is a 501c3 nonprofit working to normalize and empower non-monogamous relationships and communities. www.open-love.org and @openloveorg on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. More at www.open-love.org!

📣 Need help? Have suggestions or feedback? Leave a comment on this guide or contact us!