You already show up. Now let's make it count.
You go to the Chamber Coffees. You’re in the bleachers at the ballgames. You show up at the fundraisers and the church events and the community dinners. You’re already in the room.
But if you’re honest, most of those conversations follow the same script. How’s life? Staying busy. How about you? Can’t complain. And then you go home having learned nothing new about the person standing right next to you.
That’s not because you don’t care. It’s because nobody ever handed you a better question.
The strongest things this community has ever built didn't start with small talk.
The 1888 McPherson Opera House didn’t get restored because someone sent a mass email. The Steps to End Poverty program didn’t happen because two strangers shook hands at a networking event. The Omega program, the community Thanksgiving dinners, the local partnerships that make this community genuinely different from anywhere else: all of it started because people knew each other well enough to say “I have an idea, and I think you’re the right person to do it with.”
That kind of trust doesn’t come from surface-level conversation. It comes from someone deciding to ask something real.
Introducing The Conversation Starter Guide for Curious People
Better questions for Chamber Coffees, ballgames, fundraisers, and every event in between.
This isn’t a networking script. It’s not a list of icebreakers you’d find on a corporate team-building website. It’s a short, practical, phone-friendly guide you can pull up at any community event and actually use in the next 10 minutes.
This guide is for you if…
✅ You show up at community events but leave feeling like you didn’t really connect with anyone
✅ You want to build deeper relationships with the business owners and community leaders around you but don’t know how to get past small talk
✅ You believe McPherson County is stronger when its people actually know each other
✅ You’ve got a Chamber Coffee, a ballgame, or a community event coming up and you want to show up differently this time
Here's what's inside:
Section 1:
To Get the Conversation Going
Easy openers that go one layer deeper than the usual small talk without feeling heavy or forced. Ask anyone. Works anywhere.
Section 2:
To Go a Little Deeper
For when the conversation is already flowing and you want to take it somewhere meaningful. These are the questions that make someone say “nobody’s ever asked me that.“
Section 3:
For People You See All the Time but Don’t Really Know Yet
For the familiar faces at every Chamber Coffee you’ve never gotten past surface level with. Playful, low-stakes, and surprisingly revealing.
Section 4:
What to Do After the Event
Because a great conversation that goes nowhere is just a nice memory. This section turns the connection into something real.
It fits in your pocket and takes 2 minutes to read.
This guide was built for your phone, not your printer. No long PDF to scroll through. No complicated framework to memorize. Just a handful of genuinely good questions, organized so you can find the right one for the right moment, right when you need it.
You won’t save this for later. You’ll use it at your next event.
From your neighbors at ProsperIT Local Strategies
Sandy and Mark Hunter are the co-founders of ProsperIT Local Strategies, a marketing systems agency rooted right here in McPherson. They’ve spent years working alongside local business owners and watching what happens when the right people in this community find each other.
They made this guide because they believe the conversations that change things start with someone deciding to ask a better question. That someone might as well be you.
Get your free copy now.
Drop your email below and we’ll send it straight to your inbox. No spam, no hard sells, just practical resources for people who care about this community.
By entering your email, you agree to receive the Converstaion Starter Guide and periodic marketing updates. You can unsubscribe at any time.
To smart systems and steady growth | Sandy & Mark Hunter | ProsperIT Local Strategies prosperitlocalstrategies.com | hello@prosperitlocalstrategies.com | 620-504-9534