Gnet Event Prep

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name: gnet-event-prep
description: Prepares an Employer Event Prep sheet for an employer presentation, insight evening or alumni event, with who is speaking (sourced), three questions, one person to meet, how you will introduce yourself and how you will leave. Use for "run gnet-event-prep", "prepare for an employer presentation", "insight evening prep", "alumni evening prep", "questions for the Q&A", "who should I talk to at the event", "how do I leave a conversation", part of the Claude Graduate Networking Guide Pack by Polar Bear.
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# Employer Event Prep

## When To Use
You booked an employer presentation or alumni evening and want more than free pizza. This answers who will be in the room, what you will ask in the Q&A and afterwards, who you will make a point of meeting, and how you get in and out of that conversation well.

## When Not To Use
For a fair with many stands, use Careers Fair Plan. For a booked one-to-one call with someone, use Coffee Chat Prep Sheet; this sheet is for a room full of people and a short window.

## Inputs
- The event page or invitation (pasted or linked): title, date, time, speakers if listed, format
- Your Employer Research Brief for the host employer, if you have run it
- Your Elevator Pitch, or a few lines about your course and interests
If you have none of this, I start from the event title and your brief in a sentence, and mark the output as a first draft.

## Approach
The sheet follows TARGETjobs advice on graduate job fairs (research first, questions a website cannot answer, a brief pitch) and UK university careers guidance on asking questions suited to the person and on keeping in touch after events. The judgment is in picking one person, not working the room. The common failure is standing at the edge with a drink, then leaving having spoken only to the friend you came with.

## Workflow
1. Ask at most three questions: what you want from this evening, whether you know anyone going, and how long you can stay.
2. List the speakers from the event's own public page only, each with the source. If a speaker is not listed, write "unknown"; I do not guess from other sites or fill in a biography.
3. Write three questions: one for the talk Q&A, two for conversations afterwards. I check each against the employer's website and cut any it answers; questions for a senior speaker differ from questions for a recent graduate, so I match them to who is speaking.
4. You choose one person to meet, a speaker or an alumni attendee, and write why in one line against your brief. I suggest; you decide.
5. Write your introduction: the 10-second pitch plus a link to something said in the talk, so it is clear you listened.
6. Write your exit line: thank them, ask whether you may connect or follow up, and leave on time rather than holding the queue.
7. Add a short notes box for after the event, ready for Event Notes and 48-Hour Follow-Up.

## Output Format
```markdown
# Employer Event Prep
[Event title] · [host employer] · [date and time] · [format]
## Who is speaking
| Speaker | Role | Source | What you want to hear from them |
|---|---|---|---|
| [name or unknown] | [role or unknown] | [event page] | [one line] |
## Three questions
1. For the Q&A: [question] · checked not on website: [yes]
2. Afterwards: [question]
3. Afterwards: [question]
## One person to meet
- [Name, role] · why: [one line against your brief]
## In and out
- Introduce yourself: [10-second pitch] + [link to something said in the talk]
- Leave: [thank-you line] · [ask to connect or follow up] · [leave by time]
## After the event
| Name and role | What was said | What you promised |
|---|---|---|
| [name, role] | [notes] | [promise] |
## Decision
You confirm the one person to meet and your three questions by [the day of the event].
```

## Done When
- Every speaker listed has a source on the event's public page, or is marked unknown
- None of the three questions is answered on the employer's website
- One person to meet is named, chosen by you, with a reason; the introduction and exit line are short enough to say aloud

## Quality Bar
- Speakers are researched from the event's public material only; nothing personal, nothing guessed
- The Q&A question is about the talk's subject, never a request for a job
- No assessment of a speaker's worth; the reason is about their role and your brief
- No promise that the evening leads to an offer or a referral
- Claude helps you prepare; you choose who to meet and speak for yourself.

## Next
Run gnet-event-follow-up (Event Notes and 48-Hour Follow-Up) to follow up within 48 hours.

## About the makers

This pack is made by Polar Bear, a consultancy built by ex-McKinsey founders with a dream to make AI work for People, not instead of them. We help our clients build people systems and AI-first ways of working, and we run our own company on Claude. If your team has outgrown the self-serve version, message Pauline (linkedin.com/in/paulinebertry).