Rooms · The launch version

One next step, said out loud, and checked on its date.

Three people use it

The participant writes one step with a date and reads it to the group.

The host makes each step sharp, then asks about it on the date.

The program director, who pays, gets a count of what happened.

Sold to programs in their last month. Participants leave with a "next steps" slide and scatter; nobody asks what happened. This is one session, one message on each person's date, and one closing call. The program gets a count it can report.

Session: 60 minutes · 6 to 12 people
Date check: One message on each person's date
Closing call: 30 minutes · day 28
The count: Delivered to the program · day 30

Try the prototype →See the paper kit

Hosted by Billy Bicket · early team at Meetup · co-founded NetSquared · former VP, TechSoup · U.S. Marine

01Try it

Tap through it as each of the three.

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The screen that matters

Writing the step. Three checks tick as the person types: someone else will notice it, it needs no permission, it has a date. "Read it aloud" stays off until all three pass.

The only follow-up

On each person's date: done, not yet, or changed it, and what came back. "Changed it" counts as a result.

What the buyer gets

Attempts made by the date, responses received, who asked for another round. Counts only, no names.

IllustrativeThe program, participants and figures in the prototype are invented to show the flow.

02Every screen

Seven screens.

03Cut for now

What waits until the first count exists

Each of these comes back only if the first rooms show it's needed.

The daily lineOffered on paper, optional. We record who uses it.
Weekly meetingsTest whether two touchpoints are enough first.
The WallThe read-aloud moment does its job for now.
Host trainingAfter host-run rooms match founder-run rooms.
Share cards and the sponsor dashboardAfter there is something to share.

04Paper kit

The same thing on four sheets

Print on A4. Cards for participants, the session sheet and date-check log for the host, the count for the program.

Download PDF

Sheet 1 · Participant · cut into four

Rooms · Next-step cardsCut on the dashed lines

NameProgram

I will

Someone else will notice
I can do it without permission
It has a day and date

NameProgram

I will

Someone else will notice
I can do it without permission
It has a day and date

NameProgram

I will

Someone else will notice
I can do it without permission
It has a day and date

NameProgram

I will

Someone else will notice
I can do it without permission
It has a day and date

Read it aloud. Photograph it. Keep it where you'll see it.1 / 4

Sheet 2 · Host · the 60-minute session

Rooms · Session sheetDate ________ Program ________

The session.

60 minutes. Same every time.

0:00Why we're here: "Before you leave, each of you names one next step and a date. On that date I'll ask what happened."

0:05Write the card. 8 minutes, in silence.

0:13Read aloud. 4 minutes each. Host asks one question until the three boxes are ticked.

0:53Photograph the cards. Confirm each date.

0:58Close: "I'll be in touch on your date."

	Name	I will …	By	Sharp?
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Sharp = noticed by someone else · no permission needed · day and date. Questions to sharpen: "Who will know you did it?" "What would you send, to whom?" "Which day?"

Host keeps this sheet2 / 4

Sheet 3 · Host · date checks and closing call

Rooms · Date check logProgram ________

On the date, ask.

Message on each person's date: "Today was the day for ___. Did it happen? What came back?" One follow-up after 48 hours if no reply.

	Name	Date	Done · Not yet · Changed	What came back
1			D N C
2			D N C
3			D N C
4			D N C
5			D N C
6			D N C
7			D N C
8			D N C

Day 28Closing call, 30 min. Each person: what you said, what you did, what came back, what's next. Ask: "Would you do another round?" Note who says yes unprompted.

Host keeps this sheet3 / 4

Sheet 4 · Program director · the count

Rooms · Count for the programDelivered day 30

What your cohort did after the last session.

Program ____________________ · Cohort ______ · Session date ________

took part in the session

named a next step and a date

did it by their date

changed it (learned it was the wrong step)

got a response from outside the room

asked for another round

Kinds of next steps (counts)

Ask for paid work / funding
Publish, present or launch
A decision or hard conversation
Other

Counts only. Participant names and individual steps are not shared without written permission.

Billy Bicket · Nicely Goods LLC4 / 4

05Who buys it

The program director whose cohort is ending.

They already have the people, a date when the group scatters, and a closing report to write. The count fills the line they can't fill today: how many did their next step.

Cohort of 8 to 25 with a final session
A closing report, renewal or evaluation due
A budget line, and another cohort next term

Tell me which cohort ends next →