Speed Networking: Find Your Party

The dungeon is dangerous. Your network shouldn’t be.

Join us for a fast-paced speed networking session designed to help you meet fellow IT professionals, swap stories, and expand your party beyond your usual circle. You’ll rotate through a series of short conversations with other IT Pro Forum attendees, with fun prompts to get things moving and help you discover shared challenges, unexpected expertise, and potential collaborators. No awkward elevator pitches required. Just bring your experience, your curiosity, and your best dungeon-crawling survival skills. You might even leave with a new ally for your next quest.

About this event:

Presenters:

• Lindsey Sharp, Senior eLearning Specialist, Office of the CIO

Track:

Party Up — Share strategies, partnerships, and success stories that help us form stronger parties, coordinate across guilds, and conquer challenges together.

Experience Needed:

All Levels

Learning Outcome:

By the end of this session, crawlers will be able to:

Build their party: Connect with fellow IT professionals and expand their professional network.
Share their loot: Exchange knowledge, tools, resources, and hard-earned lessons from their own quests.
Discover new skills: Identify people and expertise that can help them tackle future challenges.
Find fellow crawlers: Recognize common challenges, interests, and opportunities for collaboration across the university.
Prepare for the next level: Leave with at least one new connection they can continue beyond the dungeon.

Additional Keywords:

networking, social, collaboration, cross-functional, interdisciplinary, professional development, community building, speed networking, active participation, icebreakers, silo-busting