If you truly want to bring people out of their shell when networking, bring a pack or two, of the ChildsPlay Marketing Cards with you!

Hand out one card of each color, to everyone who arrives.

Tell them their objective is meet as many people as they can in the time specified. They need to  introduce themselves, making new contacts, as they aim to create at least one great marketing campaign by swapping their cards with one another.

Remember to get them to write down their campaigns at the end before handing their three cards back to you.

You could even offer a door prize for the most creative campaign (or for the person who collected the most business cards on their way!)

It works like magic!