Impromptu Networking
Impromptu Networking is a fast paired-conversation opener that gets everyone talking about a shared challenge, rotating partners, and trading useful ideas within minutes.
How to run it
- In each round, 2 minutes per person to answer the questions. 4-5 min. per round
- Initiate participation immediately for everyone provided the questions are engaging
- Attract deeper engagement around challenges
- Invite stories to deepen as they are repeated
- Affirm individual contributions to solutions
- Emphasize the power of loose and new connections
- Suggest that little things can make a big difference
- Use one challenge question and one give-and-take question
- A productive pattern of engagement is established if used at the beginning of a working session.
- In each round, 2 minutes per person to answer the questions.
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Prompts to use +
In each round, 2 minutes per person to answer the questions. 4-5 min. per round
Invite stories to deepen as they are repeated
Use one challenge question and one give-and-take question
In each round, 2 minutes per person to answer the questions.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Impromptu Networking. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: In each round, 2 minutes per person to answer the questions. 4-5 min. per round; Invite stories to deepen as they are repeated; Use one challenge question and one give-and-take question; In each round, 2 minutes per person to answer the questions.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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- No efficacy claims: appearing in this library is not a claim that the exercise is proven effective. Facilitator judgment and context decide whether it works for a given room.
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