Rooms · The prototype

One step a day, for 28 days, with a few people who notice.

Three people use it

The participant names today's step, takes it, and answers one message each evening.

The host, usually the group's own leader, notices who's gone quiet and runs the weekly meeting.

The sponsor gets a count of what happened, never names.

Each person picks one bigger thing. Every day they take one small step toward it. Every evening, one message: did you take it? The room sees who stepped, not what they wrote. Once a week the room meets.

Opening session: 60 minutes · 6 to 12 people
Every evening: One message · one minute
Every week: 50-minute meeting, often the group's regular one
Day 28: Each person keeps their record; the sponsor gets a count

Try the prototype →See the paper kit Watch the walkthrough

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

Today's step. Three checks tick as the person types: small enough to do today, specific enough to know it's done, and it moves the bigger thing.

The daily loop

Done, not today, or changed it. One line. Tomorrow's step. About a minute.

What the room sees

A grid of who stepped each day. The words stay with the person unless they share them.

What the sponsor gets

Counts: days with a step, who's still going in week four, who reached their goal. No names.

IllustrativePeople, rooms and figures in the prototype are invented to show the flow.

02Every screen

Eight screens.

03Left out on purpose

What it doesn't have

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

A feed, likes or public streaksThe room sees a grid of days. Nothing to scroll, nothing to perform.
Content, courses or lessonsThe person brings the bigger thing. The room brings attention.
AI-written stepsAI asks a question that makes the step smaller. It never writes the step.
Host training at scaleAfter host-run rooms match founder-run rooms.
Sponsor dashboards with namesCounts only. Always.

04Paper kit

The same thing on four sheets

Print on A4: a daily strip for each person, an opening-session sheet and a weekly sheet for the host, and the count for the sponsor.

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Sheet 1 · Participant · the daily strip

Rooms · Daily stripName ______ · Room ______

One step a day.

Toward: ________________________________________________

Day	Date	✓	Today's step	What happened
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Each week, fold along the dashed line and photograph the ticks only. Your words stay with you.

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Sheet 2 · Host · the opening session

Rooms · Opening sessionDate ________ Group ________

Day 1.

60 minutes.

0:00Why we're here: "For 28 days, each of us takes one step a day toward one thing. Each evening you'll get one message. We'll meet weekly."

0:05Each person writes their bigger thing. 5 minutes, in silence.

0:10Each person names today's first step aloud. 5 minutes each. Host asks one question until the three boxes are ticked.

0:50Hand out the daily strips. Agree the evening message time and the weekly meeting.

0:58Close: "Take your step today. I'll ask tonight."

	Name	Toward	Today's step	Checks
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Checks: small enough for today · specific enough to know it's done · moves the bigger thing. Questions: "What's the first piece?" "What will you actually do?" "Where does it lead?"

Host keeps this sheet2 / 4

Sheet 3 · Host · the weekly meeting

Rooms · Weekly meetingWeek ___ of 4

What did the steps add up to?

50 minutes. Often the group's regular meeting.

Name	M	T	W	T	F	S	S	Added up to / what came back

0:00Read the grid aloud. No comment on the gaps.

0:05Six turns, 7 minutes each: what did your steps add up to? What came back? What's next week's direction?

0:47Anyone quiet for three days gets a call this week. Note it here.

Host keeps this sheet3 / 4

Sheet 4 · Sponsor · the count

Rooms · CountDelivered day 30

What your people did over 28 days.

Organization ____________________ · Room ______ · Dates ________

took part

median days with a step (of 28)

still taking steps in week 4

reached their bigger goal

changed course (and said why)

asked for another room

Kinds of bigger goals (counts)

Paid work, clients, income
Make or launch something
Serve or organize others
A decision or a change of direction
Other

Counts only. Names, steps and daily lines are never shared without written permission. 90-day follow-up delivered separately.

Billy Bicket · Nicely Goods LLC4 / 4

05Who it's for

Groups that already meet, and organizations whose people are at a turning point.

Programs near their last session, employers during transitions, and congregations, chapters and clubs that want action between meetings.

A group that already meets weekly or monthly
A leader people already trust, willing to host
People moving toward something that matters to them

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