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Impromptu Networking

Share your challenge and expectations and build new connections fast, through quick one-to-one conversations with a new partner each round. Adapted from Liberating Structures (https://www.liberatingstructures.com/impromptu-networking), licensed CC BY-NC 3.0.

by Andrew Davis · Version 1 · Download .md

3 parts · 6 phases

Part 1 Round 1 round the room Rooms of 2
Intro Host-paced

Find a partner you don't know well. Each person takes a turn.

  1. Share your challenge and your hopes 2 min

    When it's your turn, answer:

    1. What big challenge are you bringing to this work?
    2. What do you hope to give, and to get?
Part 2 Round 2 round the room Rooms of 2
Intro Host-paced

Find a new partner.

  1. Share again with someone new 2 min

    Same two questions, a fresh partner:

    1. What big challenge are you bringing to this work?
    2. What do you hope to give, and to get?
Part 3 Round 3 round the room Rooms of 2
Intro Host-paced

One last new partner.

  1. Once more 2 min

    Same two questions, a final time:

    1. What big challenge are you bringing to this work?
    2. What do you hope to give, and to get?