Showcasing Palliative Care Research in Northern Ireland

23rd September 2014

*Making Connections - Speed Networking

*Useful Trivia

*Speed dating credited to Rabbi Yaacov Deyo, originally as a way to help Jewish singles meet and marry.

*The first speed-dating event took place at Peet’s Café in Beverly Hills in late 1998

*Frasier (2000) describes it as "all the stress and humiliation of a blind date, times twelve."

*Spin off - Speed networking

*Speed Networking - Instructions

*Sit in area indicated by colour on name badge

*5 minutes per ‘contact’

*Deliver your ‘elevator speech’ and listen to your partner’s speech:

*Be brief!

*Name

*Your role and your organisation

*Primary activities / interests

*Research interests

*Make connections!

*Areas of interest

*Common goals

*Common problems / solutions

*Potential collaborators / access to other expertise

*Additional prompts:

*What do you find difficult about research in palliative care?

*What are the challenges in palliative care practice?

*What advice would you give to an early career (palliative care) researcher?

*Take notes – see delegate list.

*After 5 minutes, buzzer sounds - move on to next contact

*Blue moves

*Red remains stationary

*Move in direction of arrows

*Have fun…