Meet Your Facilitator

I'm Talia Rosenblum, founder of Third Space Experiences. I believe connection doesn't just happen. It requires intentional design, the right conditions, and space to show up as more than your role. That's what I build.

Why I Started This

I'm an introvert who's always been surrounded by people but often felt deeply disconnected. In social settings, I'd leave events wondering why real conversation felt so hard to find. In professional settings, I'd watch teams work side by side for months or years without ever really knowing each other, and then wonder why collaboration felt so difficult or why conflicts kept resurfacing.

The answer wasn't that people didn't want to connect. It's that most of the spaces we gather in aren't actually designed for it. At work, we default to agendas and tasks. We meet people as their roles and functions rather than who they actually are. Socially, small talk feels safer than real conversation, and phones compete for our attention everywhere. In both cases, connection becomes a hopeful byproduct rather than the actual purpose.

I realized connection requires intentional design. It needs the right conditions: freedom from digital distraction, questions designed to build trust naturally, and spaces where showing up authentically is not just welcomed but expected.

So I created those spaces. Places where people can experience what becomes possible when we're fully present with each other, whether that's a team finally seeing past job titles to the humans they work with every day, strangers meeting at a community gathering, or a couple rediscovering each other beyond daily logistics.

What I Do Now

Before Third Space Experiences, I spent more than a decade leading customer support and operations teams across hospitality and tech, managing global teams across time zones and cultures. I kept noticing the same pattern: the teams that truly knew each other, as people, not just roles, were the ones that collaborated better, navigated conflict with more grace, and showed up for each other when things got hard. And the teams that didn't have that foundation struggled in ways that no new process or tool could fix.

That experience shapes everything I do now. I design and facilitate connection experiences for teams, organizations, and communities using professionally designed conversation frameworks and device-free environments. But the work isn't really about the frameworks or the phone pouches. Those are just the conditions. The work is about what happens when people are given real space to be present with each other.

What I've learned from facilitating hundreds of conversations is that people are ready for this. They want to connect more deeply. They just rarely have the space, the permission, or the structure to do it. Most of the time, we're either moving too fast, distracted by our devices, or stuck in roles that only let us show up as one version of ourselves. When you remove those barriers, even for 90 minutes, something shifts. People surprise themselves with what they share. They walk away seeing the people around them differently.

That's true whether I'm working with a leadership team that's been together for years but never really connected, a seasonal crew meeting for the first time, a group of strangers at a community gathering, or a couple sitting across from each other without their phones for the first time in months. The context changes. The human need doesn't.

A Bit About Me

I studied Classical Languages, I'm a voracious reader, and I'm genuinely curious about people and how things work. When I'm not facilitating, you'll find me around Portsmouth walking my dog Bowie or cooking with local ingredients.

I'm based in Portsmouth, serving the entire Seacoast and beyond. My mission is simple: to make authentic connection accessible and expected. Every facilitation I lead, whether with organizations, community groups, or public gatherings, proves what I deeply believe: when people are given the right conditions to connect, they do.