Topic-Based Matchmaking: The Best Way to Succeed at Events

Posted by Tyler Wood
On May 19, 2022

New to his job, Jim wanders into the event venue excited to shake some hands. He’s hoping to impress by networking to secure business deals. He carefully walks around the hall for hours going from booth to booth introducing himself and chatting. By the end of the day, he’s exhausted and only 3 of the […]

How to launch your event community from scratch?

Posted by Matthijs Otto
On May 13, 2022

Here is a 7 step by step guide to help you launch your event community: Think of the value and events you can offer to your community and make a list with dates and frequency like weekly/monthly. Come up with a pricing model and a freemium model – so decide the yearly price for a […]

What is the best event community platform?

Posted by Matthijs Otto
On May 6, 2022

What are the best event community platforms to run your online event communities? Choosing the right event community software, tools and platforms can be very hard. It’s very important to break down the type of community you are running. For example a community of for example NFT holders or Crypto people communicate over slack a like […]

Eventbranche Switch Event Community “Next Live” to Always-On

Posted by Tyler Wood
On April 13, 2022

EventBranche is combining all of its events into one place as part of an event community with NetworkTables: events, trade shows, beach branche BBQ, conferences plus member-led sessions. AMSTERDAM, 07 Apr 2022 – Entering into a post-pandemic world the future of events is here EventBranche launches NextLive.Connect their community on the NetworkTables AO community platform […]

Event Industry and NetworkTables Pivots to Always-On Events

Posted by Tyler Wood
On February 15, 2022

Events SaaS company NetworkTables shifts focus to providing an always-on event community solution as the event industry is desperate for a future-proof way to organise events. AMSTERDAM, 15 Feb 2022 – During a wave of cancellations, pandemics, rescheduling the industry is scrambling for solutions. Matthijs Otto, founder of NetworkTables: “Pivoting the industry towards an […]

A Brief History of Events: From Hybrid to Always-On

Posted by Tyler Wood
On January 31, 2022

A packed auditorium that leads into an exhibition hall with hundreds of attendees gathering around booths and stands. Somewhere else entirely staff take their seats in a conference room ready to Zoom call their shareholders. Whether it’s a packed live venue or a digital stream, online and in-person events can mean many different things to […]

A Vision of Event Future and Why it’s Not Hybrid

Posted by Matthijs Otto
On January 31, 2022

If one thing is clear from this issue it is that the event industry needs to adapt – many things have been done the same way for a long time. Cancellations, pandemics, last-minute changes are the new reality and organizations that don’t adapt are facing massive consequences. While hybrid events were a temporary solution – […]

Hybrid Events: How to Organise a Hybrid Pitch Event

Posted by Tyler Wood
On December 7, 2021

Live Pitch Events: From In-Person to Online Pitch events can require a bit more finesse than a regular presentation show. Now the attendees are the ones presenting their best ideas in front of a panel of judges. For example, the Golden Giraffe Event Awards have for many years been where the very best in event […]

Online Events: Ideas for Virtual Team Building Events

Posted by Tyler Wood
On November 30, 2021

Being Around the Table With more people out of the office and half the team remote working, the in-person magic is hard to recreate. For team-building events, it’s important to try and capture that feeling of togetherness. On the surface, online events can’t compete with the real thing. A lot of platforms offer simplistic interfaces […]

Hybrid Events: How to Organize Hybrid Job Fairs and Recruitment Events

Posted by Tyler Wood
On November 25, 2021

The goal of a job fair is for potential employees to meet potential employers so they can meet together and hopefully follow up for the future. How to Prepare Potential Employees for a Job fair? Before a job/career fair, the future employees and students need to have a good idea of what companies are […]