You know what happens when you practice your networking skills?
You get better
Better Opportunities
Better Conversations
Better Presence
Better Connections
Better Results
Join Us For The Networking Practice Lab
A 2-Day Immersive Experience Where You Practice, Play, and Walk Away with a 90-Day Plan
May 1 & 2, 2025
Max 15 Participants
No fluff. No awkward icebreakers.
Just practical, real world skills you can use immediately.
Networking Practice Lab
Skills, Drills, and Thrills
Practice refreshing and playful ways to start conversations along with kind and comfortable ways to exit.
Learn how to create purpose and motivation for your networking activities (so they don’t feel like a drag).
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Attend a networking event with your fellow Practice Lab peers and coaches to practice your new skills in the wild.
Develop your 90-day networking plan to ensure you stay in a state of practice to realize a Return on Networking (RoN).
Workshop memorable ways of answering “what do you do?". How else will your new connections remember you from all the other new connections they meet?
Learn to create lasting connections by putting the person before the profession and by creating on-ramps for conversation.
Take the Energy Leadership Index (ELI) Assessment and get a debrief from our iPEC certified coach to understand how your energy and mindset impact how you show up for networking. By understanding your default patterns you can shift to a more productive and influential approach. Want to network with more impact and less stress – the ELI will give you insights into how.
Explore pre-networking rituals to set purpose, build confidence, and reduce anxiety.
Learn how to research your networking events to help create goals and identify existing connections.
Work on your approach... who to approach, how to be approachable, approaching a group.
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Intentionally design your plan to attend low, medium, and high stakes networking events.
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Learn how to nurture you network once you make those awesome connections, transforming them into valuable opportunities and lasting relationships.
It's curious, that most other professions practice.
Athletes train.
Musicians rehearse.
Firefighters drill.
But business professionals? We show up, awkwardly fumble through conversations, and hope for the best.
NO PLAN​
NO STRATEGY​
NO REAL RESULTS
We are here to change that...
The Problem....
You know you should network, but it feels exhasting and like a waste of time.
You've likely just been winging it and 'hope' has been your plan.
But here's the kicker, you're making it way to stressful and complicated.
Is the Networking Practice Lab
Right For You?
It is if...
​​You know skills are built through practice but left to your own devices you'll set aside time to practice networking right after you alphabetize your sock drawer.
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You’ve got the potential, but without practice and a plan, your networking game is running on pure hope (and maybe a drink or two from the bar).
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Networking is officially in your job description or just expected and you know that sharpening your skills leads to more opportunities, more wins, and more meaningful connections.
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​You’re tired of talking about the weather and want conversations that actually create connections.
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You know that staying in a state of practice means you're always ready—whether it's a planned event or an unexpected, high stakes conversation (you never know who you'll meet at your kid's soccer game).
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Networking events leave you exhausted instead of energized—like you just ran a marathon in dress shoes.​
Marguerite
“ I am not the queen of networking and Alyce's tips literally doubled the benefit from this conference. She sort of unleashed the last layer of shyness in me and I just walked straight to people! Body language was one of the things I didn't consciously apply before and it's so important! I am really grateful and impressed!"
Brian
"Thanks for a great networking learning event. I’ve been doing sales and networking for 16 years and definitely learned great new techniques"
Janis
"I know goals are a huge motivator but I never thought about applying that to my networking until I worked with Keith and Alyce. It's been a game changer for me. I now go to events with purpose which comes through in my presence. "
Meet Your Practice Lab Coaches
Alyce Blum
Networking Alchemist
Alyce has always had a sense of adventure! From convincing her parents to switch her from a small neighborhood school to the largest public school in Denver to doing semesters abroad in Ecuador and Spain, she’s always been up for the challenge of meeting new people in unknown and sometimes daunting environments.
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So, when she moved to DC after college and started attending networking events as a law firm recruiter, she thought, This is going to be awesome – new people, unknow environments – this is my kind of adventure!
But then... The awkwardness, the exhaustion, the disappointment. How could this be?!
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And, she found she was not alone in these feelings. The majority of people she talked to felt the same way about networking - the juice just wasn’t worth the squeeze!
Alyce started thinking, there has to be a better way, a different approach to networking. That question set Alyce on a path to becoming a Networking Coach. For the past 10 years she’s been testing and teaching simple, science-backed strategies that help people realize a Return on Networking (RoN), to turn networking from a chore into a competitive edge.
Keith Bailey
Story Enabler
Keith's journey from the Netherlands to the United States at 8 years old wasn't just a change of scenery, it was a crash course in making connections. Picture this, a kid who doesn't speak the language, clad in mom made outfits, trying to navigate the complex social waters of a new country. It was a challenge that Keith dove into headfirst, fueled by curiosity.
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Keith’s time in the United States Marine Corp as a photojournalist added another layer to his approach. There he learned the power of storytelling and a "go-giver" mindset. Putting the person before the profession became his mantra and weaving stories into his practice became his superpower.
From the hospitality industry to fitness coaching to global corporate sales, Keith honed his speaking skills leveraging Toastmasters and the National Speakers Association as his training ground and improv stages as his playground.
Now, as the co-founder of Articulated Intelligence, Keith is on a mission to share the secrets of effective communication and help business professionals live life well spoken.
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