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How a matchmaking event that works gets built.
50 articles in Running events.
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How to build a business plan focused on matchmaking events
The essential stages of building a business plan for a matchmaking event, and the strategies for presenting your project effectively and attracting investment.
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How to build an efficient schedule for business matchmaking events
How to build an efficient schedule for a business matchmaking event, with clear stages, management tools and good planning practice, from preparation to the final...
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How to curate the participants at your business matchmaking event
The criteria and the process for selecting who gets a seat at a business matchmaking event, and why that selection decides how much business the day actually...
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How to generate value for every participant at a matchmaking event
Strategies for maximizing the value of a business matchmaking event, and why continuous assessment is what sharpens connections and produces lasting partnerships.
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How to keep participants engaged at a business matchmaking event
Practical strategies and effective tools for keeping participants engaged at a business matchmaking event and maximizing what the day produces.
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How to sell sponsorship for your business matchmaking event
Practical strategies for attracting sponsors and building proposals that produce real return for your business matchmaking event, including tailored packages.
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How to teach participants to get the most from a matchmaking event
How to prepare the participants of a business matchmaking event so they optimize their results, with practical strategies for preparation, approach and follow-up.
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How to turn business matchmaking into a source of income
Practical strategies for monetizing business matchmaking with technology, marketing and partnerships, and turning your events into a sustainable source of revenue.
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Managing business matchmaking at large-scale events
Strategies and technology for managing business matchmaking efficiently at large-scale events, and for optimizing the matching, the logistics and the results.
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Marketing for business matchmaking: how to attract the right audience
How to use audience segmentation and digital marketing to attract qualified participants and ensure the success of your business matchmaking event.
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Business matchmaking that connects: how to encourage real exchange
Strategies for producing authentic exchange at a business matchmaking event, and why continuous assessment of the results is what builds lasting connections.
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Setting up the right room for a business matchmaking event
How to lay out the space and choose the technology that turns a business matchmaking event into productive meetings, from table arrangement and signage to...
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The playbook for running a matchmaking event
The decisions that shape your event, what to ask on the registration form, and what to put in front of the sponsor afterward. It is what we would tell you on a call if you asked where to start.
- The decisions that shape your event, in the right order
- The checklist for the day before and the day itself
- The mistakes that cost the most, and how to dodge them