30 min 3 activities ConnectionEnergy

Conference Networking Session

Conference attendees, large groups, all-hands

Help conference attendees meet each other, start conversations, and feel connected to the room.

Workshop Goal

The Problem

Help conference attendees meet each other, start conversations, and feel connected to the room.

What You'll Achieve
  • Lower the room's social temperature
  • Get people laughing and talking
  • Get people out of their seats and meeting each other
Facilitator Value

Safe For The Office™ handles the technology, timing, and participant experience. You focus on the conversation.

Workshop Timeline

A step-by-step structure for the full 30-minute session.

  1. Icebreaker Experience 8 min
    Lower the room's social temperature.
    Conference audiences are strangers. Start with the most universally accessible activity.
  2. Would You Rather 10 min
    Fun, low-stakes. Gets people laughing and talking.
    "Look around — you already know something about the people in this room."
  3. Networking Bingo 10 min
    Get people out of their seats and meeting each other.
    Bingo is the main event for networking sessions. Give it full time. Optional: announce Bingo winners publicly.

Facilitator Guide

Key Notes

  • Conference audiences are strangers. Start with the most universally accessible activity.
  • After WYR: "Look around — you already know something about the people in this room."
  • Bingo is the main event for networking sessions. Give it full time. Don't cut it short.
  • Close with energy, not reflection. This is a social session, not a workshop.
  • Optional: announce Bingo winners publicly. It creates a moment.

Discussion Tips

  • Who did you meet that you didn't expect to meet?
  • What's one thing you learned about someone in this room?

Closing Prompts

  • "Find one person you haven't talked to yet and introduce yourself before you leave."
  • "What's one conversation you want to continue after this session?"
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