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The latest articles from the Grip team.

14 Event Networking Formats: Types, Examples & Best Practices

From speed networking to roundtables and hosted meetings: a complete guide to event networking formats, with tips on choosing the right one for your audience.

How to pitch event matchmaking to your leadership team

How do you create a business case and get your leadership team on board to implement matchmaking and the right event networking software?

How to ensure George Clooney and other VIP participants get 5-star event experiences

What do Bill Gates, Henry Kissinger and George Clooney all have in common? They’ve all attended an event and used Grip recently.

Mastering meetings: The best questions to ask when networking in 2023

Networking can be a daunting task but it’s an essential part of business that delivers incredible value, if done correctly.

How to get the most from networking at business events to boost event engagement

Struggling to network at events? Or are you planning your next event and are uncertain about audience event engagement during networking sessions? You're not alone.

The ultimate event tech stack: getting your data architecture right

The recent UFI Exhibition Barometer shows digitization is proving to be a major challenge for conference, events and exhibition organizers.

Data ownership: The ultimate checklist for organizers

Data ownership has quickly become a hot topic amongst organisers, and Douglas Emslie at Tarsus said it best during the UFI Live session: "This is the Amazon moment, going into the bookstore, this is Facebook coming after media companies ten years ago, the barbarians are at the gate!"

Ecosystem events: The strategy behind the world’s biggest events

Many events aim to be the connector of an industry. But only few are able to do so successfully. These ‘ecosystem events’ bring together an entire industry and grow with it. As a result, meetings are a critical part of the success of these events.

B2B Relationships Report: why event organizers are deploying pre-scheduled meetings

Pre-scheduled meetings are having a moment. 67% of event organizers revealed they are looking to run one or more pre-scheduled meetings programs at their events in the next 12 months. But why is this?