The future is human.
Life’s too big just for small talk. Discover the lost art of meaningful conversation and human connection in a digital world.
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We’re on a mission to build a human future,
one meaningful conversation
at a time.
Trigger Conversations began out of Georgie Nightingall’s frustration and sadness with the question, " So what do you do?” In 2016, this was how the majority of her conversations with strangers started. Determined to no longer feel labeled by her job or disconnected in a world that’s becoming ‘more globally connected,’ Georgie set out to discover the art of meaningful conversation and connection.
Conversation is more than exchanging information. It’s an opportunity for adventure, growth, and discovery: to expand the way you see the world, to inspire aliveness and curiosity, and remind people to be real.
Great conversations engineer serendipity and everything starts with a conversation - new ideas, friendship, romance, business, and career opportunities.
Could your conversations be better?
Questions you’re likely asking yourself about the state of your conversations.
🔗 Does networking have to feel so transactional, and repetitive? How can I have more meaningful and energising conversations that help me build a valuable network?
💪How can I build the confidence to approach anyone, anywhere? How can I feel comfortable and relaxed engaging with anyone, even if we don’t seem to have much in common?
⌛️How can I accelerate getting from boring scripted small talk to deeper talk? How can I have more meaningful conversations with people I don’t know and make the time count?
⚡️How can I make day-to-day interactions more energising and deepen conversations with people I already know?
🤝 How can I build trust and rapport really fast, and ensure I am memorable?
💼 How do I tap into the secret (career) opportunities that only come through people?
💡How can I ensure I always have something to say, and can keep the conversation going?
🤐How can I be such a good listener that everyone will tell me their deepest, darkest secrets?
❓How can I ask more interesting, thoughtful and engaging questions that help me learn more about others and the world?
🌈 How can I make my conversation feel more fun, playful, and alive? How can I show up more authentically with others?
The Human Behind Trigger Conversations
Georgie Nightingall is a ICF-accredited coach, facilitator, experience designer and PhD researcher (focusing on human connection design at Imperial College London).
This all started because she was bored with every conversation starting with ‘What do you do?’. She felt labelled and stereotyped by her work identity, bored of the repetitive small talk and craving a real connection-fuelled adventurous deep meaningful conversation (DMC). You know, the kind that inspires new ideas, reshapes thought and expands the way you see the world…
She is on a mission to make the world more human through the lost art of conversation and human connection. Since founding Trigger Conversations in 2016, she’s created over 120 event spaces for strangers to have deep conversations and global transformational conversation training programmes for individuals, universities, conferences and organisations. Her work invites you to strip the work labels, go beyond small talk and be real.
In addition to smiling at strangers, she is addicted to Brazilian Zouk dancing, staring out the window drinking coffee and wearing purple!
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How to Develop Your Conversation Superpowers
Conversation Training for Individuals
Learn how to deeply connect with anyone, everywhere. Say goodbye to soul-less, transactional small talk & hello to meaningful conversations that spark authentic joy, transform the way you see the world and unlock ‘secret’ life, love and career opportunities. Learn the 21st-century conversation superpowers you were never taught at school in our workshops and programmes.
Workshops for Organizations
Your people are your greatest asset. Create an engaged and connected human culture through the power of conversation. Conversation creates an opportunity to build trust, expand thinking, break down silos and collaborate better, inspire, develop new approaches and ultimately improve the team’s performance. Enhance their skills and performance through our workshops and programmes.
Human Connectivity Design Consulting for Organisations
Human connections are critical in organisations; they improve wellbeing, break down silos, unlock personal growth and open up personal and professional opportunities. But this does not always happen by itself. We bring the ‘how’- using behavioural science, to ensure your experiences, processes and strategy are designed to improve connectivity.
6,000
meaningful conversations engineered
Impact & Reach
1,000+
students attended programmes & workshops
100+
events for individuals & organizations
What Others Say About Us
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“It is hard to decide to take a course in conversation. But diving in has ben a divine decision - since its an integral part of life. And yet, we rarely practice or train. Georgie nailed it - bringing this deceptively difficult routine activity to life by breaking it down into components. And focusing on roleplay and common sense tactics. Her energy and love of the topic shone through and I left feeling inspired!"
Rafe (Founder of Sofar Sounds and Co-founder This&That)
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“A brilliant course. One of the best I have ever done. Georgie has put together a fantastic programme with a variety of concepts, learning points and practical exercises. The other participants in the group were tremendously fun and supportive. I’d wholeheartedly recommend to anyone interested not just in expanding the scope and quality of their conversations but also to turning their attention to self-development (empathy, active/deep listening etc). ”
Akhil (Author of The Secret Wealth Advantage)
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"To say this is a “Conversation Course” is to completely underestimate the transformative value of increasing your awareness in how you connect and communicate with other humans. Especially after the challenging, isolating year we have all had, we could all do with learning (or re-learning) how to truly connect with other people, and perhaps also reconnecting with ourselves in a new world of social interaction... this is truly life-changing work."
Siobhan (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Manager)
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“This is something that I wish I would have done sooner! I was searching for some frameworks to enable deeper connection with others and myself and absolutely found that here. Georgie is an incredible coach and someone who gives practical support and guidance and has blown my mind countless times throughout this workshop. I additionally really enjoyed connecting with my brilliant cohort and can’t wait to continue applying what I’ve learned in *all* aspects of my life.”
Afshan (Startup CEO)
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“Georgie has assembled a potent and original combination of approaches taken from psychology, improvisation, meditation and coaching, as well as her own extensive experimentation and research. Her teaching style is engaging, myth-busting, fun, encouraging, challenging, supportive and unafraid of depth... Ultimately the implications of the skills learnt reach not just into better conversations but an increased sense of aliveness, connection to self, an enriched daily experience made through better relationships, laughter, authenticity, spontaneity and presence. Who wouldn’t want that!”
Ryan (Entrepreneur)
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"Truly an amazing course. If you want to grow as a person and have deeper conversations this is the course. This experience has taught me so much that I will carry on both personally and professionally."
Melanie (Sales Executive)
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“This programme changed my life. It gave me practical skills to enrich all of my relationships and interactions. Georgie is a phenomenal facilitator. I finally have confidence in talking to strangers and showing up for my friends.”
Sage (Therapist)
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"If you're considering enriching your own experience of everyday interaction (from passing encounters to conversations with those you care deeply about) - this is a very valuable course. Our words have power - used with consideration, purpose, fun intention these can take your conversations in many directions. I'm keen to explore where my next conversations will take me!"
Clarissa (GP)
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"Being a good conversationalist is a superpower - in work, business, and in your private life. Georgie helps you attain this superpower, and in a fun way. Her course promises that it transform your conversational skills and your life - and it will! Highly recommended!”
Swen (CEO, Finance & Investment Company)
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“I would go so far as to say this course is life changing. I never thought such a simple thing as conversation could have such far reaching positive impact on general well-being, relationships both personal and professional and even give the gift of opportunity.”
Torin (Company Director)
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"Georgie is a phenomenal facilitator. I feel like I have been guided to ideas and areas of exploration I otherwise would not have been exposed to. This is a unique course with fresh perspectives, and I feel like the world of my conversations has opened up because of it!"
Jordan,
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“It’s hard to believe that something you have been doing for most of your life could be so dramatically improved by a 6 week course. However, that is what “”transformational conversations”” delivers. It deconstructs what a great conversation looks like and gives you the tools and techniques so that you can make people feel wonderful after speaking to you.”
Rabs (Sales Director)
Trigger
Courses
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Life is a series of conversations. How do all relationships start and continue? .Get the 21st-century conversation superpowers you were never taught at school. Join our much loved flagship programme featured in The Power of Strangers by Joe Keohane. We explore how to navigate small talk, build cold to warm (rapport), empathy and presence, deep listening, mindset and beliefs, play. In person or virtual options available. Facilitated by Georgie Nightingall.
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The secret ingredient to building connection: befriending conflict. An embodied communication course that makes deep authenticity in relationships possible. Our modules: what’s your fighting style, understanding your parts, feeling your feelings, how to receive authentic but triggering feedback, how to initiate difficult conversations, how to bring something up with 100% responsibility, how to identify your need or request. In person or virtual options available. Facilitated by Georgie Nightingall and Haneen Khan.
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We offer 90 Minute Virtual Taster workshops for each programme so you can experience a flavour of the programme.
Transformational Conversations - a taster workshop
You’ll gain new awareness of how to engineer a meaningful conversation, what the value of small talk is and three tools to navigate it better - the curiosity mindset, breaking scripts and statements.How to Feel Connected in Conflict - A Taster Workshop
Can you express tension with a partner, co-worker, friend….. and stay in connection? This is the secret ingredient to authentic & deep relationships! Conflict often arises and sticks around not just because of practical needs, but because we don't feel seen, understood and validated. When we can get these needs met, it tends to melt and resolve 90% of the conflict. In this taster workshop we'll explore how to get yours and others present-based emotional needs met in conflict.
"To say this is a ‘Conversation Course’ is to completely underestimate the transformative value of increasing your awareness in how you connect and communicate with other humans... I gained greater confidence, clarity and awareness to navigate conversations on various levels of engagement and connection - this is truly life-changing work."
Siobahn
Our History
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2016 - 2017
In late 2016, we created a conversation menu format and started bringing together strangers for deep and meaningful conversations. Our growing team of 7 facilitators helped engineer 6000+ meaningful conversations for 1600+ people at over 100 gatherings for individuals and organisations. We created a lot of happy people, sharing 70+ 5* reviews on our Facebook page.
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2018
Our founder, Georgie, hit the TEDx stage to talk about the power of having meaningful conversations with strangers (which has now reached 62,000+ people).
Our community asked us how they could have deep conversations in their everyday lives. We started experimenting by talking to strangers on the street and breaking down the ingredients for a great conversation. We started delivering workshops and programmes, including our flagship Transformational Conversations Programmes which has reached 25 cohorts and is a source of inspiration for the book ‘The Power of Strangers’ by Joe Keohane.
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2020 - Present
We realised that great conversations and human connection are not just about creating social events, but designing spaces with connected cultures. When the pandemic hit in 2020, we started consulting with organisations like UCL School of Management to embed human connectivity into their strategy. Soon after, Georgie was accepted as a PhD Candidate at Imperial College, London focused on how to improve the design of human connection in organisational settings.
Read About How to Master Your Conversations
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Become a Master at Talking with Strangers
Read an excerpt from The Power Of Strangers by Transformational Conversations Alumni and Author Joe Keohame here.
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30 Ways to Have an Awesome Conversation
Explore 30 tools and tips from Georgie, Trigger’s Founder.
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30 Considerations for Designing Meaningful Human Connection Experiences
Design a better gathering. Read 30 tips from Georgie, Trigger’s Founder
Our Manifesto
CONNECTION I'm on a mission to connect anywhere because connection is everywhere. Those strangers around me are friends I haven't met yet. In a world where everything starts with a conversation. CURIOSITY My mind is set for discovery and exploration. I'm here to be curious, to notice more, to enquire. By being interested, I become interesting. Everyone has a story and our stories inspire. OPENNESS I am compassionate to the core. I break down barriers and embrace everyone. I share to belong. I listen to accept. And I can feel we're more alike than we think. PLAYFULNESS I'm here to experiment, creating mischief and fun! I invite with my questions and lead with openness. I dare to be different, because life is an experiment. Conversation is our canvas and we are the colours. EXPANSION Our lives are too big to be filled with small talk. Conversation is the gateway that expands our world. Let's push the boundaries, until they're there no more. Break the box and invite others to social freedom. ADVENTURE We are adventurers in conversation. We are travellers without a destination. Exploring the unknown, without expectation. Each one of us a teacher and every person an opportunity. ALIVENESS We will be present, aware and in flow. Being the spark that ignites others to be themselves, We are not our labels, not the what; the who. But each one of us is human, and you are human too.