Networking skills — page 24
Conversation openers, exits, follow-ups and the social mechanics of meeting the right people at events.
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Legitimate Interest Assessments for Attendee Matching: A Practical Guide for Event Networking
Learn how legitimate interest assessments support privacy-compliant attendee matching at events, what organizers need to document, and how consent, transparency, and smart networking platforms work together.
GDPR Article 6 for Event Organizers: Which Legal Basis Applies?
A practical guide explaining GDPR Article 6 legal bases for event organizers, including registration, attendee management, communication, networking features, and privacy-compliant event operations.
Why We Turn Down Certain Feature Requests: Our Product Principles
Learn why MeetWho does not build every requested feature and how product principles, user needs, privacy, and long-term value shape better event networking decisions.
Our Uptime, Incidents and What We Learned: MeetWho Incident Postmortem
Explore how SaaS teams analyze uptime incidents, improve reliability, and turn failures into learning opportunities through transparent incident postmortems. Learn how operational lessons help platforms like MeetWho deliver dependable event networking experiences.
Our Security Practices in Plain Language: SaaS Security Practices Explained
Learn how modern SaaS security practices protect user data, privacy, access, and trust. Explore practical security principles and how platforms like MeetWho approach secure event networking.
How We Verify Professional Information: MeetWho Profile Verification Explained
Learn how professional information verification works, why trusted profiles matter in networking, and how MeetWho helps participants create meaningful connections through privacy-focused profile verification.
Our Editorial Standards and How We Source Claims
Learn how editorial standards define trustworthy content, how claims are sourced and verified, and why transparent research practices matter for reliable event networking insights.
What MeetWho Stores, For How Long, and Why: A Data Retention Guide
What data does MeetWho store, why is it needed, and how long is it retained? This guide explains the data lifecycle across event registration, professional profiles, networking, messaging, notes, reminders, check-in, account management, and operational records—plus what happens when data is deleted or an account is closed.
How We Build a Match: The Full Matchmaking Methodology
How does MeetWho decide who you should meet at an event? This guide explains the matchmaking methodology behind relevant networking recommendations, including participant intent, event context, shared interests, mutual value, privacy controls, match explanations and the signals that help turn attendee data into more meaningful conversations.
We Audited Our Own Matching for Bias: Building Fairer Algorithmic Networking
Learn how algorithmic bias audits help build fairer matching systems. Discover how MeetWho approaches transparent, privacy-focused event networking recommendations.
We Asked AI to Plan a Meetup. Here's What Broke: Lessons from an AI Event Planning Test
An AI event planning test reveals where artificial intelligence can help organize meetups and where human judgment, attendee insights, and meaningful networking still matter.
We Sent 100 Follow-Up Emails: Here’s the Reply Rate and What It Means
Discover the real lessons behind sending 100 follow-up emails, including reply rate benchmarks, response patterns, follow-up strategies, and how better relationship-building can improve professional networking outcomes.
We Ran the Same Event Twice, With and Without Matchmaking: What a Matchmaking A/B Test Reveals
A practical breakdown of running the same event with and without matchmaking to understand how attendee matching impacts networking quality, engagement, and event outcomes.
We Tested Nine Event Platforms End to End: Complete Event Platform Comparison Test
A complete end-to-end comparison test of nine event platforms covering event creation, registration, attendee management, networking capabilities, privacy, and organizer experience to help teams choose the right solution.
We Attended 20 Events in 60 Days: Field Notes From Event Research
A practical field report exploring lessons learned from attending 20 events in 60 days, including networking patterns, attendee behavior, event research methods, and insights for creating more meaningful professional connections.
Speakers Speak: What Makes Them Say Yes — How to Book Speakers
Learn what motivates professional speakers to accept invitations, how to approach speaker outreach, and how event organizers can create compelling offers that lead to successful speaker bookings.
What Repeat Attendees Told Us in 200 Interviews: Key Insights From Attendee Research
Discover what 200 repeat attendees revealed about event experiences, networking expectations, and the factors that make people return. Learn how attendee research can help organizers create more valuable events.
Attendee List Debate: Why Event Organizers Are Rethinking Public Guest Lists
The attendee list debate is changing how organizers approach event networking. Explore why public attendee directories create privacy and engagement challenges, and how smarter networking approaches help people discover the right connections.
Ask an Employment Lawyer: Recruiting at Public Events — Legal Advice for Employers
Learn how employers can legally recruit at public events with practical employment lawyer guidance. Discover compliance considerations, privacy rules, candidate interactions, and how event networking platforms can support better recruitment experiences.
Interview: A VC Platform Lead on Portfolio Introductions
Explore how a VC platform lead approaches portfolio introductions, founder connections, and strategic networking. Learn how venture teams create meaningful relationships beyond capital through curated introductions and smarter event networking.
Interview: A Venue Manager Reveals What Ruins Events From the Inside
An experienced venue manager explains the hidden operational mistakes that damage events from the inside, from poor attendee flow to weak networking experiences, and shares practical lessons event organizers can apply.
Interview: A Behavioral Scientist Explains Why Networking Feels Bad
Discover why networking often feels uncomfortable through the lens of behavioral science. Learn how psychology affects professional connections and how intentional event networking can help people build more meaningful relationships.
Interview: A Conference Producer on Twenty Years of Attendee Behavior
Explore how attendee expectations, networking habits, and conference experiences have changed over two decades through insights from a conference producer. Learn what modern event organizers can do to create more meaningful connections.
What Ten Community Managers Do in the Last 24 Hours Before an Event
Discover the final 24-hour event preparation checklist from ten experienced community managers, covering communication, attendee engagement, networking readiness, and last-minute execution strategies.