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The latest articles from the Grip team.

7 reasons why you should use interactive floor plans and wayfinding at your next event

Are you looking for ways to improve the participant experience at your next event, increase your Net Promoter Score or generate more sponsorship revenue?

Improving AI-powered matchmaking: Using Sentence-BERT to better understand participants’ profiles

As technology continues to advance, the realm of event management is witnessing a significant transformation. AI-powered event matchmaking is one example. It’s now helping event organizers connect like-minded individuals leading to more meaningful relationships being established at their events.

Speed networking: boost your participants’ efficiency and demonstrate ROI

Speed networking is a fast and efficient way to expand your business contacts. By offering it to your participants, you can enable them to efficiently meet a host of people who might be valuable, helping you demonstrate ROI.

10 cool features every mobile event app should have

Custom branded event apps, walking routes on floorplans and personalized event agendas: what cool (and useful) features should your event mobile app have?

Meeting checklist: How to setup your room for magical meetings

As the economic downturn worsens, Grip has seen a record 80% increase in demand for events where meetings are a core part of the experience. But how do you create the right environment for your participants to meet? Simply putting them in a room with tables and chairs isn’t enough. You need to think about the participants’ event experience and work backwards from that.

Hosted buyer: my highlight at PCMA Convening Leaders 2023

Grip CEO and Founder, Tim Groot, shares his take on PCMA Convening Leaders 2023. Read on to learn more about the event, the content and also how Grip's MustMeet product was used to power the event's hosted buyer program.

Why you need matchmaking at events in 2023

As an event organizer, you’re always looking for ways to improve the quality of your virtual or in-person events. A good way to do this is by simply creating more networking opportunities for your participants. But how do you go about it? Matchmaking is the key. This is the process that helps event organizers connect participants with each other, based on their interests and objectives. By utilizing an intelligent matchmaking event platform, you can create more targeted and customized networking opportunities for your attendees, sponsors and exhibitors. See below for how you can implement matchmaking at your next event.

The secret to connecting buyers at your next event

When it comes to meeting new people for the first time, such as a ‘buyer’ meeting a ‘supplier’, you want a decision to be made at the end of that meeting. As an event organizer, you want that billion-dollar deal to be a result of a transformational meeting that happened at your show.

Is it worth exhibiting at in-person events anymore?

With so many ways to reach customers, do you really need to exhibit at in-person events these days?