Size 

Up to 70 people. large enough for diversity, small enough for genuine interaction

Venue

Salons happens in the community restaurants and beauty parlours. Places of comfort and ease. Away from traditional institutions, universities, concert halls  or generic conference centers.

Hospitality

We share food as a "language" spoken by everyone — the most basic connector that needs no translation. We offer drinks to ease social anxiety. By satisfying the body's needs first, we create the conditions for minds and curiosity to engage fully.

Breath

Salons take time. We allow time for dinner and people to connect before engaging in conversation. Unhurried with ample time to eat and connect allows relationships to form and ideas to form.

Democracy 

We sit at communal tables with no assigned seating, allowing people to meet and connect.

Analog 

We remove digital presentations to maintain to avoid distractions, and allow attention

Direct 

We relieve our guest speakers from the pressure of  giving life affirming advice, closure, self assurance, false optimism, rehearsed advice or jokes. Instead, we invite them to share knowledge, passion, struggles, and challenges. The drive for action comes not from instruction, but inspiration.

Fluidity 

Audience ask questions through rather than structured Q&A that allows conversion to meander and be spontaneous, natural and uninhibited 

Accessibility 

We keep tickets affordable to ensure economic diversity, with additional discounts for students. 

Span 

We curate novelists, scholars, artists, philosophers, adventurers, and policy makers to engage a cross-disciplinary audience from all walks of life.

Topography 

We pair speakers with unlikely moderators—not professional interviewers—to foster mutual curiosity and genuine interest.

Specificity

Simone Weill wrote that “Attention is the purest and rarest form of generosity”  and we pay attention to details, each event is specific from the menu, play list and decor. 

Simone Weil also wrote that "Attention is the purest and rarest form of generosity " - We live by it with specific, personal, menu, playlists, decor and props.  

Grassroots 

Our guest list has grown by word of mouth, one collaboration at a time. 

and most importantly: Magic

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Nadia Murad was a Tzavta guest—something remarkable considering her global work typically addresses world forums, governments, parliament halls, and venues of thousands. The opportunity to host Ms. Murad came through connections formed at the salon dinner table. This evening inspired the founding of Odem's World Foundation and led to an ongoing partnership to make the world a better place.