Last week, we held our latest Bunko Breakfast -- this one at the historic Arctic Club Hotel in downtown Seattle. The gathering began at 6pm in the lounge, grew so large we annexed a nearby conference room, and stretched until nearly 9pm.  Attendees also kept with the breakfast theme, even at twilight, with most imbibing the breakfast of champions.  

(You can see a photo of half the crowd to the right. Tim Dawes has a blog post. Tom King even has video.)

These are cool. And as word spreads, I keep getting email from readers asking when I'm coming to town for a Bunko Breakfast in their city. Obviously, I can't be everywhere. But that shouldn't put the brakes on this idea. Besides, do you really need me for one of these breakfasts?

Perhaps the greatest value of the experience, or so people keep telling me, is the chance to meet others and to hash out the six Bunko lessons and what they mean. The learning occurs from the group dialogue rather than the Pink monologue.

So we hatched an idea -- or, really, an offer:  DIY Bunko Breakfasts.

Here's how it works:

If you host a Bunko Breakfast of your own -- anywhere, any time, so long as there are three or more people --  I will send you a starter kit consisting of:

-- 6 free copies of the book, 

-- 6 sets of free Johnny Bunko chopsticks, and 

-- a page of discussion questions you can use (or ignore)

I'll also help publicize your breakfast by posting in on the blog and via my email list. 

In return I simply ask that you:

-- actually have the breakfast (which, of course, can occur at any time of day);

-- give out the books and chopsticks to the first 6 people who sign up; and

-- when it's over, send me a one- or two-paragraph recap and a photo that I can post here on the Bunko Blog.

If you're interested, please sign up here. (We'll take the first 12 Breakfasts. Then we'll do an evaluation to see whether this is an ingenious bit of community building or an excellent mistake.)