Games, tools, and a field guide for hosts

Train the craft of hosting conversations.

Hosting improves with reps. UltraHosting gives you a palette of moves, timed games that isolate one skill at a time, tools for live conversations, and a field guide to raid in any order.

Play a game Open the palette

The map

Where to start

By tonight's problem

Solving Conversation Problems

Forty-one problems real evenings have — sprawl, a dominator, a silent guest, rehearsed answers, family scripts — each with the moves, the drill, a filmed example, and the tool that answer it.

Ten minutes, alone

The daily set

One set of Rapid Repair (8 rounds), one set of The Naive Ear (10 rounds), one Recap in One. Out loud, standing up.

Before a real conversation

Deal a hand

Open Palette Draw, deal two moves, and carry them into the dinner, meeting, or interview. Afterwards, mark what you used and log one note.

With a partner

Host for twelve minutes

One hosts, one guests, using the Table Timer to keep the host under 25% of talk time. Swap. The Practice Ideas page has full formats.