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How to network effectively
How to read body language
How to find common ground with others
1. Social anxiety
At times, we all struggle in social gatherings, but for some of us, it’s a real problem (Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) affects 15 million adults in the US.)
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Plenty of competition is a good thing
We quickly noticed that every conversation starter app had at least one of four problems:
- They were poorly designed . Clashing colors. Mismatched fonts. Crowded spacing. Typos, misspellings, and a non-intuitive user interface.
- Boring, Close-Ended, or juvenile, the questions w...
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I wanted to share a proud moment with my Medium family.
Party Qs, Inc. is a mobile App that has over 3,000 monthly active users without spending a dime.
Today, Party Qs has 786 curated questions and has received lots of influencer love on instagram.
It addresses three social problems: social anxiety, awkward silences and phubbing....
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2. Surface-level conversations and awkward silences
When nobody knows what to talk about, silence sets in. You know the feeling. Someone might fidget. Another person might hum and look away. Another person might excuse themselves “to use the bathroom.”
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3. Phubbing
Phubbing(phone snubbing) is the act of snubbing someone in a social setting by looking at your phone instead of paying attention.
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Origin story: how we got into this space
A couple of years ago, my wife and I hosted a weekly small group of friends at our one-bedroom apartment in Tennessee. To get everyone on the same page, we started out with a single question. It ranged from deep questions, such as: “what makes you feel most alive?” to fun questions, such as: “if ...
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I hear stories about how people use Party Qs and a smile breaks over my face every time:
- The founder of Partyqs says he uses party Qs with his girlfriend when we’re long distance.
- One user visits his friends in prison and plays Party Qs to talk about something other than prison stuff.
- A school teacher loves asking her class of middle schoolers a couple of Party ...
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Anxiety / Depression
Unfortunately, this is the driver for too many of us. According to the Anxiety & Depression Association of America, anxiety is the number one mental health problem in the U.S. affecting 18% of the population. It can take many forms—panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety...
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