Event Details
Networking is essential for building and maintaining professional relationships. It plays a key role in career growth, helping you expand your knowledge, opportunities, and connections. Yet many of us shy away from networking events, feeling uneasy in a room full of strangers.
In this lunchtime masterclass, we’ll show you how to navigate these sometimes intimidating—but invaluable encounters with confidence.
Professional interactions thrive when we let go of rigid roles and communicate with genuine warmth and enthusiasm. Using exercises, techniques and insights from actor training, we will explore how to take more control over how you present yourself and how you interact with others.
This workshop will help you:
- Take control of how you present yourself and engage with others
- Heighten your awareness of personal space and conscious movement
- Navigate workplace interactions with sensitivity and insight
- Build confidence through a deeper understanding of the subtle, unspoken communication that shapes every encounter
Who will benefit from this workshop
• Anyone who has hesitated at the thought of another networking event.
• Companies that want to energise their internal team dynamics.
• Businesses interested in exploring new innovative ways of presenting themselves to clients and customers.
• Individuals aiming to increase the range and style of their communication.
• Individuals who wish to boost their confidence and expand their professional visibility.
• Anyone curious about discovering new ways to connect and engage
Turn networking from a source of stress into an opportunity to build meaningful connections and advance your career.
Time:
12:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Venue:
Dublin Chamber, 7 Clare Street, Dublin 2 D02 F9O2
Phil Kingston, Community and Education Manager, Abbey Theatre:
Phil has been the Community and Education Manager at the Abbey Theatre since 2011.
He studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama and went on to work on stage, screen and radio as well as writing for theatre and film. His work has appeared on English and Irish television as well as the London Fringe and the Dublin fringe Festival.
He spent ten years as a storyteller in schools in Northern Ireland, as well as delivering INSET training on the use of drama in teaching. He trained fundraisers in how to work with the public.
Phil joined the Abbey as Community and Education Manager in 2011and has since helped design a variety of practical education projects for communities and schools nationwide. This includes co-designing and delivering and applied drama project for the Royal College of Physicians that is now a mandatory part of training of doctors in Ireland.
Phil has extended his skills to the corporate world where he specialises in storytelling, teambuilding and networking for many clients including Smurfit School of Business, Ulster Bank, Failte Ireland, Heineken, AIB, IKEA, Accenture, Deloitte, ESB and DAA.