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Are there any business networking events tonight?

What is the best sequence of events for a business networking event? Speed dating? Table of people?

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    Disclaimer I don't have direct experience in this but per http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/226954 Here are some tips to help you host an effective, engaging and entertaining event: If you have a large enough office, hold your gathering there to give your business exposure. Don't try to distract from the purpose of the event -- networking -- by dominating the event with speeches or presentations. Plan the mixer no less than eight weeks in advance. Invite many guests and get people to donate door prizes. Encourage all your guests to bring information on their products or services. Have one or more large tables set aside with a sign for this purpose. Designate several "visitor hosts" to greet guests as they arrive and make sure they fill out nametags. Have just a few chairs available to keep people moving and mingling. Conduct a short networking exercise. For example, have each guest meet three people he or she hasn't met before or ask guests to find someone in a similar line of business. Have a "Meet Your (Business) Match" mixer with designated areas for specific business professions such as finance, real estate and health care. Another idea: Have everyone pick a card out of a hat with the name of one half of a famous duo on it so that guests keep meeting people until they run into their "partner." At the end of the mixer, spend no more than 10 minutes making announcements and giving door prizes.

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In a perfect world, you would have people check in using their LinkedIn accounts, install an app powered by http://www.newaer.com (indoor GPS), and walk up directly to people who meet your interest. I might make that app for my next hackathon project, so thanks for the inspiration. :) Pay attention to room acoustics and room space. Rooms with hardwood floor and large glass windows will not absorb the sound and the ambient volume level will steadily rise. What tends to work in the absence of this is letting people pre-reregister in advance and putting their first name, last name, and company on the name tags. The first name must be pretty big. I like to put my Twitter name on my tag as well. At a recent meetup held outdoors, I talked to about 20 people out of 200, but that is primarily because the space was a little too cramped. Attempting to formalize the process by techniques like speed dating will likely not help you.

Leonid S. Knyshov

Indoor GPS is a bit of an oxymoron. @NewAer leverages signal strength between two devices, like a phone and a WiFi access point, or a phone with another tablet.  This is a vast improvement on LBS (location Based Services.)

Dave Mathews

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