Loneliness is everywhere.
Fortunately, there’s a proven antidote: connection.

A single friend can help relieve loneliness. 5 fulfilling friendships create vibrant social health.

We help people make friends.

According to the former U.S. Surgeon General, half of Americans are lonely. The solution is clear: we need to develop more meaningful connection in our lives. However, modern culture has turned many of our living, working, and educational environments into “connection deserts.” Interactions tend to be short, superficial, and unsatisfying. We’re socially malnourished, and crave deeper connection. ProjectConnect provides the opportunity to have engaging conversations and develop relationships (creating oases in the desert). We’ve developed a simple, repeatable, step-by-step process for creating connection.

ProjectConnect has helped over 100 organizations build connection.

ProjectConnect is a 6-session program that helps participants get to know each other, and form the foundation for 5 fulfilling friendships. Going through the program has been shown to reduce loneliness, increase student and employee satisfaction, and best of all, participants love it!

Thousands of people have participated in groups, and 95% would recommend ProjectConnect to a friend or colleague.

If you want to build connection in your school, college, or workplace, it’s as simple as 1,2,3.

1. Become a Certified ProjectConnect Facilitator. Attend or host a certification training to prepare one or more individuals from your organization to lead ProjectConnect groups.

2. Run ProjectConnect groups & facilitate friendships. Facilitators lead groups of 5 (or so) participants through our easy-to-follow, evidence-based, 6-session curriculum. Group participants get to know each other, develop positive relationships, and build community!

3. Repeat indefinitely! Once you become a certified facilitator, you can continue to facilitate ProjectConnect groups anytime, anywhere.

Our programs are a good fit for:

Workplaces that:

• Are concerned about employee burnout, and turnover

• Want to create a work environment that attracts and retains strong employees

• Want to increase employee engagement, retention, and well-being
  

Schools and Colleges that:

• Are struggling to keep up with students’ mental health needs, despite providing more services to more students than ever before

• Are worried about students who are lonely, disconnected, and struggling to form meaningful, supportive friendships on their own

• Want to engage in proactive, preventative efforts to improve student mental health and well-being, and reduce the burden on support services