Mobile App Networking Features for Events

The event's mobile  app makes it easy to meet new people; whether you are searching for a speaker, chatting with fellow attendees, or setting up a private meeting, every networking tool is just a tap away.
Use the steps below to explore each feature and start forging valuable connections.

Most networking actions live in one of two places: the Network and Chat icons in the bottom navigation row.
Follow the guides in each section to get comfortable with both.

 

Search and Quick Profile Lookup

At the top of the app the Search bar allows you to look for other attendees you would like to connect, speakers you are interested in learning more and network with or even companies participating in the event that you would like to contact. To searh a user please follow these steps: Tap the search bar at the top of the event home page. Enter a name either for a speaker, attendee, exhibitor or sponsor to see matching results Matching results in Sessions, Speakers, Attendees, Exhibitors and Sponsors will be shown, if you would like to filter by type, simply tap the tye of result you are looking for from the list below the search bar. Once you have found the user you are looking for, select the result to open that persons's profile; their profile will show their photo, name, title, company, a short bio and any sessions where they are presenting.

If you are ready to connect with this person at the top right corner you will see two options: Private Meeting: Use this option to set up a new private meeting with this user; to learn more about this feature please visit our article here: Private Meetings Add Connection: Use the “Add Connection” icon to send a connection request; you will be asked to include a message with your invitation, this is optional but we recommended if you would like to use it for a great first impression. Once the request is sent the button will change to show a "Connection Pending" message; additionally you can tap the 3 dot button to withdraw the connection request.

You may not be able to send Private Meeting or Connection invitations to all users as some of them may have opted out of networking for the event.

Explore Menu

You can also access the Attendees, Speakers, Exhibitors, and Sponsors sections of the event via the main menu (hamburger icon on the top left) in the Explore section: Attendees: View everyone registered to the event; the list includes key information like name and title; use the three-dot button to the right of each attendee to see the Send Connection or Schedule Private Meeting options. Speakers: Browse all the event speakers’ profiles; key information like photo, name, title, and company is included; tap a card to open the full profile and networking options mentioned above. Exhibitors: Exhibitors are organizations that have a booth or space in the event. Exhibitors are ordered in different categories and levels, you can fileter them by either to help you find a specific one faster.  Sponsors: Sponsors are organizations directly involved in the event’s realization; they may or may not have an exhibitor booth; similar to Exhibitors, they are presented by sponsorship tier.

Both Exhibitors and Sponsors have a "Contact Us" option at the bottom when you see their information, some companies may also include links to their socials, other specific urls or emails to where you can visit or contact them

 

Network Area

The Network icon in the bottom navigtion bar opens the main Network area with three sub-sections: Explore, Connections, and Invitations.

      

Explore:

This section shows you the Speakers, Attendees, Sponsors and Exhibitors each under its own section with the option to "See all" on the right side of each section header. Similar to the individual area, Attendees have the three dot menu to quickly invite to a Private Meeting or send a Connection Request. Speakers, Sponsors  and Exhibitors show key information to better identify them, to learn more about them you can tap their crd to access their profile or information page.

Connections:

In this section you are see a list with all the connections you have made during the event. Here you have some options available: Directlly send a message icon to start chatting or remove the connection. Tap in the user to reveal the full profile. At the top of the list you will see "Download Contacts"; this will send you an email with all the connections you have made in the event for you to keep.

 

The document will be sent to the email address you have registered/log in into the event, make sure to have it updated.

Invitations:

The Invitations section is divided in two tabs:

Received: See all the Connection and Private Meeting invitations received; the invitations include:

• Photo & Name of the user inviting you.
• Message, if they included one.
•  When was the invitation received
• To the right: accept or decline invitation

Sent: See all the Connection and Private Meeting invitations sent; the invitations include:

• Photo & Name of the user
• Title (If the user is a speaker)
• When was the invitation sent
• To the right: Withdraw (if its a connection request), Manage (if its a private meeting invite)

 

Chat Area

The Chat area is divided in two main tabs: Messages and Session Rooms.

 

Messages: 
In this tab you will see are of your conversations, for either 1 to 1 chats with other users or Private Meeting chats for private meetings you have started or been invited to.

• Wihtin this tab you can filter the conversations by: All, Unread, Archived
• Each thread displays contact photo & name, last message sent timestamp; latest conversations are moved to the top of the list.
• Private Meeting Chats thave the icon to distinguis them and the name of the meeting, for example "Private meeting chat: After Session meeting place"
  

You can also start new conversations with other users you have connected with the add button on the bottom right side.  

 

You can long press a conversation to enter multi selection mode, conversations selected can be Muted, Archived or Deleted at the top right corner.

Sessions:
In this section you will see the conversation rooms for each one of the sessions you have enrolled to.

By default you are not in the conversation but if you would like to join you can simply tap on the session card and tap the "Join Discussion" button.

Here you can also see how many participants are in the room.

 

Once you have joined the room you will see the messages other users send to the room and on the top right corner the three-dot menut to either mute the conversation or leave the room.

 

Best Practices

• Add a brief, friendly note when sending connection requests; concise introductions improve acceptance rates.
• Download your contacts after the event so you can follow up with users you were not able to chat while the event was live.
• Mute busy chats rather than leaving them; you can return later without losing context.

 

 

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