We have activated an 'events' system. Access it via the left menu from the feed page. We have also activated a 'common things' system. This will help people find people of similar interests. However, I honestly don't know how it works yet. Let's try it out.
I also added an 'interests' field in your profile, so people can learn about you if you want them to be able to. It is sort of an 'about me' field. What I'm trying to do is figure out how the 'explore' option works. Searching by keyword seems to be pulling from user's and group's names, but not their content. I'm experimenting. If you could add some things to your about me and interests field to help me have something to search against, that would be great.