Networking Playbook is a hands-on training that helps teams turn networking into a practical, repeatable skill.
Participants use a clear framework to analyse networking moments, then choose the right action to create value. With practical tactics, reusable templates, and real-world scenarios, the training gives participants a playbook they can use long after the session ends.
Why It Works
Most people know networking matters, but few have a clear system for doing it well. Networking Playbook turns it into 6 repeatable skills, giving participants the tactics, tools, and confidence to create real value through their relationships.
Breaks networking down: The training turns an often vague skill into 6 practical capabilities participants can understand, practise, and reuse.
Creates a repeatable process: Participants learn how to analyse networking moments, choose the right course of action, and create value with purpose.
Makes tactics immediately usable: Templates, checklists, and reflection tools help participants apply what they learn straight away.
Practises with real scenarios: Recognisable workplace situations help participants test the framework in moments that feel relevant to their actual roles.
Keeps learning memorable: Gamified missions and custom storylines make the practice engaging, energising, and easier to remember.
How It Works
Assess your networking strengths: Participants complete a short self-assessment to identify which networking skills offer their biggest opportunity for growth, helping them focus their learning throughout the experience.
Build the foundation: Participants are introduced to the Networking Playbook: a practical framework that breaks networking into clear, repeatable skills supported by tactics, templates, and tools.
Explore each skill: Through interactive activities, teams practise core networking skills, from creating a networking plan to analysing networking moments and turning contacts into valuable relationships.
Apply to realistic scenarios: Participants work through recognisable workplace situations, using the framework to analyse networking moments, choose the right approach, and create value.
Step into a custom storyline: The training can be delivered through immersive missions and gamified challenges tailored to your organisation. For example, we have brought the playbook to life through an intelligence scenario, where teams gathered information, completed missions, and cracked Enigma-style digital boxes.
Leave with a playbook: Teams finish with practical templates, checklists, and action plans they can immediately apply to strengthen their networking long after the training ends.
See it in Action
Explore how Enterprise Ireland used the Playbook at their yearly summit.