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Tired of the awkward introductions and not knowing who to speak with? Enter Remo's newest Networking Recommendations feature.
With this feature, your guests will be able to see a personalized list of who they should meet at your event AND tailored talking points to even help them jumpstart the conversation.
Let's take a look at what this feature is and how it works!
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What is Networking Recommendations in Remo?
Put simply, Networking Recommendations is your guests' fast track to an enhanced and more effective networking experience. It can be overwhelming at an event with 50+ people to know who to speak with and about what (especially if you're a bit shy). That's why we built a Networking Recommendations feature.
Using information collected from guests, we use AI to analyze pairs of users that have a common interest or goal (i.e. users that would have a meaningful conversation). We also generate customized talking points based on commonalities, shared experiences, and even collaboration opportunities for a pair of users to discuss!
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How Enable Networking Recommendations
Networking Recommendations is an event-level feature - which means as the host, you can decide if you want the feature available at each of your events!
To enable the feature:
1. Go to your My Events page
2. Find your created event and click on the pencil icon to head to your Event Settings
To enable networking recommendations, you need to create your event first. Check out this article for more information on creating your event.
3. Click on "Advanced", and then "Registration"
4. Turn the Networking Recommendations toggle ON
5. This will automatically add 4 registration questions to your registration form:
- What are your networking goals for attending this event?
- What expertise or resources can you offer fellow attendees?
- LinkedIn Profile URL (optional question)
- Company Website URL (optional questions)
These questions are essential to give us the information we need to suggest relevant matches for your attendees. As such they cannot be removed or deleted, unless you disable the Networking Recommendations feature.
As an event host, you can still add your own custom registration questions to your form to collect the information you need from guests as well. The 4 added questions do not count towards your question limit.
That's it! Your event is ready to start collecting registrations!
If you choose to disable Networking Recommendations, you can simply return to this page and toggle Networking Recommendations OFF
Please note, networking recommendations can only be disabled up to 2 hours before the event starts.
Registration Process for Guests
As mentioned above, for any event with Networking Recommendations enabled, 4 questions will be added to your registration form. This means, when guests register for your event, they will be asked these 4 questions as part of their registration flow:
- What are your networking goals for attending this event? (required question)
- For example - looking for a partnership, funding, mentorship, or even new customers
- What expertise or resources can you offer fellow attendees? (required question)
- For example - they can offer services, consulting, investment, a tool/product
- LinkedIn Profile URL (optional question)
- Company Website URL (optional questions)
An Important Note on Registration: Matching begins 2 hours before an event starts. To ensure a guest is matched, they must register on Remo and answer the required questions at least 2 hours before the event starts.
Any registrations made after this time will not be included in the matching process, and those guests will not be able to see recommended matches during the event.
How Networking Recommendations Work Inside an Event
If networking recommendations are enabled, once your event starts and a guest joins they will be able to instantly view all their recommended connections that are present at the event.
1. Guests can view their recommended connections by clicking "Connections" in their bottom bar. This opens up a list of their recommended connections.
When a guest first joins, they'll also see a small pop-up inviting them to check out their recommended connections now or later
2. For each recommended connection, the guest will be able to see:
- Their profile information (like name, headline)
- A short bio about who they are
- Suggested talking points or conversation starters (highlights common interests/experiences and collaboration opportunities)
3. While the tab is open, all recommended connections for a guest will also light up on the floor plan itself, so they can easily see where their recommended connections are.
4. If they don't want to search the floor plan, guests can also locate exactly what floor or table a recommended connection is on by clicking the locate button
Alternatively, they can also invite a recommended connection join them at their current table using the invite to table functionality
5. When speaking with a recommended connection, your guests will also see a "Recommended" badge on the other users' video tile. If you hover over the badge (or click on mobile), you'll be able to see the suggested talking points for easier reference.
6. If a guest has enjoyed having a conversation with a recommended match, they can also click "Request Contact Info" - this will open a direct 1-1 message with the recommended match asking them for contact details to continue a conversation post-event.
7. Guests can also rate the quality of their match by clicking the Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down buttons
Rating information is kept securely and only used to evaluate the quality of matches. The ratings are not sent to the other user or used to train the algorithm.
There you have it! A look into Remo's new Networking Recommendations feature ✨
Frequently Asked Questions about Networking Recommendations
How does the algorithm determine a recommended connection?
Our matchmaking algorithm will analyze all attendee profiles and responses to the registration questions to suggest connections based on complementary goals/experiences and opportunities for business collaboration. It takes multiple factors into account, like interests, past experience, and preferences, to create personalized recommendations that help guests form valuable, meaningful connections.
How is attendee data collected for matchmaking being stored?
Remo respects your and your guests' privacy. We only collect the information we need for matchmaking purposes including name, title, industry, networking goals, expertise/resources, linkedin URL, and company URL. Any sensitive data (like name) is safely stored and encrypted, and all collected data is anonymized, so cannot be used to uniquely identify users.
Can I edit the mandatory registration questions?
At the moment, you cannot edit these 4 questions that are added (as we need to collect specific information to suggest relevant connections). You can however add your own questions to the form to collect additional information. You can also rearrange the order in which questions are presented to your guests.
What happens if an attendee registers for the event less than 2 hours before it starts?
We begin the process of matching all registered attendees 2 hours before an event starts. This means if an attendee registers after that time, unfortunately they will not be included in the matching, and as such they will not have any recommended connections at the event as of now.
What's the best attendee size for meaningful connections?
In general we've seen this feature work best for events with 50+ users and events that feature some opportunity for free-form networking. That being said, the minimum size we recommend when using this feature is about 20-30 attendees.