More Networking Games

I’ve run across one or three additional networking games/activities since the last time we discussed them. Playing card seating — This isn’t so much a game as a particular technique that organizers can use to break up groups who already know each...

Playing Games, Part 3

So a couple of days ago, we started talking about networking “games” that you might sometimes encounter at various professional gatherings. Then yesterday we took a short break to focus more closely on speed networking. Today let’s finish up the list...

Playing Games, Part 2

I love life’s little coincidences. Yesterday I wrote about some types of networking games. In particular I mentioned “speed networking” — a practice where you sit across from someone and in three or four minutes you each try to decide whether...

Playing Games, Part 1

Event organizers try to come up with new ways all the time to help attendees have more fun — or at least be more effective — in their networking efforts. While not all of these are “games” per se, they do deviate from the normal mixer-style...

Take Them in Another Direction

I think that networking events get a bad rap partially because everyone thinks of the same thing — a meal and a talk surrounded by general networking. Despite the fact they can be helpful, they often feel like the “same old, same old”. Wouldn’t...