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The Evidence on Virtual vs In-Person Trust Building: What Remote Trust Research Reveals
Explore the evidence behind virtual vs in-person trust building and discover what remote trust research reveals about creating meaningful professional relationships in online and offline environments.
Do Introductions Increase Deal Rates? Reviewing VC Data
Explore whether warm introductions increase VC deal rates, what venture capital data reveals about relationship-driven sourcing, and how founders and investors can build higher-value connections.
Name Tags and Memory: What Research Shows About Name Recall
Do name tags actually help people remember names? This research-led guide explains what psychology says about name recall, why names are unusually difficult to remember, when name tags help, and how event organizers can design introductions and networking experiences that make names more memorable.
Does Speed Networking Work? What Speed Networking Research Reveals
Explore whether speed networking really works through research-based insights, practical examples, limitations, and ways event organizers can create more meaningful professional connections.
What Studies Say About Group Size and Conversation Quality: Finding the Optimal Group Size
Research on group dynamics shows that group size directly influences conversation quality, participation, and meaningful connections. Discover how to find the optimal group size for better discussions, networking, and events.
The Literature on Weak Ties and Career Outcomes: How Weak Ties Shape Professional Success
Explore the research on weak ties and career outcomes, including Granovetter’s theory, professional networks, job opportunities, and how meaningful networking helps people discover new career paths.
Evidence-Based Icebreakers: What Research Supports
Discover which icebreakers are supported by research, why they work, and how event organizers can use evidence-based techniques to create meaningful conversations and stronger networking experiences.
82 Networking Assumptions We Disproved: What Actually Creates Valuable Connections
Discover the networking assumptions that fail in real professional events and learn what actually helps people build meaningful connections through smarter event networking strategies.
A Privacy Near-Miss and What We Changed: Lessons From a Privacy Incident
Learn how a privacy near-miss can reveal hidden risks, improve security practices, and strengthen trust through better privacy incident response and prevention strategies.
Why Our First Networking Format Failed: Lessons From Better Event Connections
Discover why traditional networking formats often fail, what event organizers can learn from unsuccessful approaches, and how smarter networking strategies create more meaningful professional connections.
The Onboarding Step That Lost Us Half Our Users: How to Fix Onboarding Drop-Off
Discover how a single onboarding step can create massive user drop-off, why onboarding friction happens, and how product teams can improve activation with better user journeys and smarter engagement strategies.
What We Got Wrong About Organizer Pricing: SaaS Pricing Mistakes Event Platforms Should Avoid
A practical look at the SaaS pricing mistakes that make event platforms harder to adopt, trust, and scale. Learn how to choose better value metrics, separate core organizer operations from premium value, protect attendee privacy, and build pricing around outcomes rather than feature gates.
The Match That Was Technically Right and Socially Wrong: Why Smart Matchmaking Fails
A technically correct match can still fail when human context, timing, trust, and social compatibility are ignored. Learn why matchmaking systems fail and how better event networking creates meaningful connections.
A Feature We Launched and Removed in Six Weeks: Product Failure Postmortem
A product failure postmortem exploring why a feature launched with high expectations was removed six weeks later, what teams can learn from failed product bets, and how event networking platforms can build more user-centered experiences.
The Event Where Only 12 People Showed Up: Failed Event Lessons for Better Attendance
Discover the lessons from the event where only 12 people showed up and learn how better planning, registration management, attendee engagement, and smarter networking strategies can help organizers create successful events.
Event Volunteer Report: Who Runs Communities and Why
Explore how community volunteers power events, strengthen communities, and create meaningful connections. Learn how volunteer-driven initiatives are organized and how event platforms help manage participation.
The Hybrid Event Reality Check: Adoption Data and Key Statistics
Explore hybrid event statistics, adoption trends, attendee expectations, and what the latest data reveals about the future of hybrid experiences. Learn how event organizers can use technology and smarter networking strategies to improve engagement.
Which Cities Host the Most Tech Events per Capita?
Discover which cities host the most tech events per capita, what makes global tech hubs attractive for innovation communities, and how professionals can find meaningful networking opportunities at technology events.
The Attendee Privacy Expectations Survey: What Event Organizers Need to Know
Discover what attendees expect from event privacy practices, how privacy surveys help organizers build trust, and how modern event networking platforms can balance personalization with consent.
Sponsorship Benchmark Report for Community Events: Metrics, Trends and Best Practices
Discover how community event organizers can evaluate sponsorship performance with benchmark frameworks, measurable KPIs, partnership strategies and practical insights for building stronger sponsor relationships.
The No-Show Report: Event No-Show Rates by Type, Price and City
Discover event no-show rate benchmarks by event type, ticket price and city. Learn how organizers measure attendance gaps, reduce no-shows and improve participant engagement.
Event Tech Pricing Index: What Platforms Really Cost
A practical event software pricing comparison that explains what event platforms really cost, which features affect pricing, hidden costs to consider, and how organizers can evaluate tools before investing.
Community Manager Salary & Budget Survey: 2026 Pay and Planning Benchmarks
A data-led guide to community manager salary benchmarks, compensation factors, team budgets, and community program costs. Compare pay by experience, region, company profile, and role scope, then use the findings to plan a realistic community budget.
State of Event Networking 2026: The Annual Report
Discover the State of Event Networking 2026: key trends, challenges, attendee expectations, and the future of meaningful professional connections at events.