Interactive Networking Experience: Empathy Water Cooler (Live Virtual Only)

Brought to you by: Confetti

Put yourself in someone else's shoes. Join Confetti’s Empathy Water Cooler and get to know and understand your peers better with an empathy team-building activity. Deep and thoughtful questions designed to get everyone talking, sharing, and practicing empathy led by an engaging Confetti facilitator for relationships that’ll last you beyond today. Enjoy!

How It Works

Groups will be presented with an empathy-focused question, and randomly put into small groups to answer the question in breakout rooms. For example: "When you are overwhelmed at work, what are your non-verbal warning signs (e.g. body language, facial expressions) that you wish others knew?"

Participants will then be brought back to the main room for a different question and re-randomized for another round. Each round is ~4 minutes, with up to 10 rounds.

Reflect and debrief: At the end, everyone will come together to share something they learned about one of their fellow attendees and a takeaway from the empathy exercise that they hope to bring with them into the workplace.

• "Why is empathy important?" Empathy is a social skill that encourages us to recognize and understand other people's points of view. Showing empathy not only improves relationships within the workplace but also leads to more effective communication and positive outcomes. These icebreaker questions are designed to encourage open sharing, active listening, and reflection.
• Want a more detailed breakdown? See the run of show.
• Virtual Only: This experience is not suitable for a hybrid format.
• Tech Level: Basic tech experience recommended.
• Participants: Broken up into small groups of 2 or 3 people. Please note that groups are created randomly and as a result, participants may overlap.

This session is LIVE VIRTUAL ONLY and unavailable in-person or on demand.

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All virtual sessions inherently run the risk of audio or visual issues due to factors out of our control. If any technical difficulties arise, we appreciate your patience and understanding as we work diligently to resolve it.