Making your net work
Featured in the Networking Skills for Business Success training manual
By Tessa Simpson
Category: Personal Development
Credit price: 2 download credits (Single user)
For networking to be successful, it is necessary for the participants to step outside their present comfort zones of contacts and acquaintances. They need to communicate with different people both internally and externally. This training activity looks in a creative way at where these contacts might be found.
The training activity opens with a brief introduction about the value of networking to departments and organisations. The participants work in small groups to brainstorm ideas about where they could meet and make networking contacts, and then discuss their ideas in plenary session. They prioritise their suggestions, then, for chosen areas, the participants draw a poster illustrating what has to be done, when, with whom and all the practical implications. After displaying their posters and discussing their ideas with others the participants choose the most beneficial ones to transfer to their own action plan.
Who is it for: This training resource is intended for use by trainers to help participants to think creatively about where they meet people, and move them to a position where they can successfully make new contacts.
- Themes:
- Communication,
- Making contacts,
- Networking,
- Planning,
| Resource Type: | Activity |
| Min Group Size: | 4 |
| Max Group Size: | 20 |
| Typical Duration: | 01:10:00 |
| No of Pages: | 7 |
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Purpose: This training resource is intended for use by trainers to ask participants to think creatively about where they meet people and make contacts, and by planning, helps them move to a position where they can successfully make new contacts through effective communication.
Download the training activity, Making your net work as featured in the Fenman training manual; Networking Skills for Business Success