Come and tell us who you would like to meet.
We receive visitors at the bureau. We listen to what they are looking for, then we direct them to the changemakers working on it. Each session lasts 45 to 60 minutes and ends with a prescription of encounters.
Florian Guillaume · Founder
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Letting everyone discover people who set an example through their work, their ideas or their causes.
CHNGMKR brings their profiles, projects and places together on a collective map, free for everyone. Le bureau des intros reads it with you.
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Your prescription of encounters.
After the session, a correspondent writes it: the person to meet, what they have done, why we think of them for you, and how to reach them. It is stamped and dated, and stays valid for ninety days.
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What would you like to explore?
Climate, food, health, education, democracy, science… Choose the subjects that interest you, or the ones you know little about.
Our correspondents look for the people working on these subjects, close to you first.
What they say
“I came with a vague idea about school gardens. I left with a name, the reason for it, and a date.”
“They asked me more questions than I expected. Then the letter said, in two paragraphs, why this person and why now.”
“I wanted to meet people working on river pollution. I met a woman who has been doing it for twelve years, an hour from my home.”
“I met her at her farm, as the letter suggested. We are now planning the next season together.”
“The correspondent for my city recommended someone in my own neighbourhood. I had walked past her door for years.”
“Two encounters in, my project has a partner. The third prescription is on my desk.”
“The prescription named someone whose work I had followed for years. Three weeks later we were having coffee in her studio.”
“My correspondent knew him personally. The introduction took one email, and he answered the same day.”
“The session lasted fifty minutes. My prescription came ten days later, by post, with the stamp.”
“I gave three subjects. The prescription chose one, and it was the one I needed.”
“I am twenty-two and I knew no one in that field. The letter gave me a name and the way to write to him.”
“I read the letter twice before writing to him. It said what he had built and what I could learn there. He said yes.”
Getting there.
Passage de l’Homme opens onto 26 rue de Charonne, in the eleventh arrondissement. Métro Ledru-Rollin (line 8) or Bastille (lines 1, 5, 8).
Le bureau des intros receives by appointment, Tuesday to Saturday, 11 am to 7 pm.
26 rue de Charonne · 75011 ParisTuesday to Saturday · 11 am to 7 pm · by appointmenthello@chngmkr.com
Before you come.
Who is it for?
Anyone who would like to meet someone for their work, their ideas or the causes they stand for.
How does a session go?
It lasts 45 to 60 minutes, at the bureau or by video call. We listen and ask questions about who you would like to meet and why. A correspondent then writes your prescription.
Who are the correspondents?
People who know their field and their city, in many countries. Each one draws on their own network to recommend an encounter. You will find them on the cartography.
How do you choose the person?
From your interests, professional or personal, the correspondent looks in their network for the person whose work meets what you are looking for. The prescription says why this name, and why now.
How many encounters?
You choose a rhythm in the form, from two encounters a year to two a month. Each prescription names who to meet, and how to reach them.
What happens after the form?
Your request joins the waiting list. We write back to fix a session, at the bureau or by video call, then send your prescription.