FOR EVENT ORGANIZERS
Your event creates the spark.
We make the connections last.
Your event builds community. Connect Networks gives that community somewhere to go — so the relationships, the energy, and the intelligence your event generates keep compounding long after it ends. More renewals. Stronger year-round engagement. A network that grows between events, not just at them.
THE PROBLEM
Great events light a fire.
We keep it burning.
Connect Networks starts before your event does — matching participants for structured 1:1 peer conversations so they arrive with relationships already forming, not hoping to find them in a crowded room.
The bigger opportunity is the people who can't be there. Connect engages your community year-round — including the members, alumni, and constituents who never make it to the room — with structured peer conversations that create real relationships regardless of whether someone attended. Your event becomes the center of something larger, not the only moment that matters.
Most event attendees cite "networking" as a primary reason for attending — and rate it as the hardest thing to do well. The hallway conversation they were hoping for either never happens, or happens and then disappears.
WHAT CONNECT DOES FOR EVENTS
Turn your event into a network that outlasts it.
Pre-event matching
Start building relationships before attendees arrive. Connect matches participants based on shared interests, challenges, and goals—so attendees show up with a list of people they already know and are continuing (versus starting) conversations with.
Intelligence from your community
Anonymized themes from peer conversations reveal what your attendees are actually working on, struggling with, and thinking about — giving you a real-time signal that reshapes future programming.
Non-attendee engagement
People often can’t or don’t show up for your event. That doesn’t mean they’re not interested. Connect engages them, giving them a way to network and stay connected—even if they’re not at the main event.
Increased event value
Attendees who make meaningful connections are more likely to return, more likely to refer others, and more likely to describe your event as essential rather than optional.
Post-event momentum
The connections that start at your event continue with biweekly peer matching after it ends. Your event becomes the beginning of an ongoing community, not a one-time gathering.
Zero staff burden
Matching, scheduling, reminders, and reporting are fully automated. You focus on the event. Connect handles the connection infrastructure before, during, and after.
THE TIMELINE
Before, during, and after.
01
Before your event
Attendees create profiles and receive curated peer matches in the weeks leading up to your event. They arrive already knowing who they want to find—and why.
02
During your event
Scheduled 1:1 meetings are built into the program—or run alongside it. Every attendee has at least one meaningful conversation that was designed specifically for them.
03
After your event
Biweekly peer matching continues for as long as you want. The community your event created keeps meeting, keeps learning, and keeps growing—without you having to run it.
I've got lots of connections in my LinkedIn network, but this helps me meet entirely new kinds of people.
CYNTHIA LEUNG
Los Angeles, USA
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