Turn the meetup into introductions the week after

Why post-event networking introductions stall

At a meetup, people talk to five or six others at most. The person they most needed to meet was across the room. Afterwards the organiser creates an attendee group, a few people post their pitch, and by the following week it is silent.

The useful asks come later: on Tuesday a founder realises she needs a logistics partner she half-heard about on the panel. Without a route for that ask, the event's value stops at the venue door.

Set up an event in Milvao

1. 1Create a group in Milvao named after the event, and a join link that expires in 7 or 30 days so it can't be reused long after.
2. 2Show the link on a slide or a printed QR code at the venue, and post it in the attendee group. Attendees tap it and send the message to join.
3. 3Attendees finish a short profile: name, city, skills and any questions you add, such as company name.
4. 4After the event, attendees send requests to your community's number. Milvao matches them across everyone who has turned on introduction requests, including your existing members.
5. 5Revoke the link when registration should close. Attendees who joined stay joined.

Requests that come after an event

Made-up samples of what attendees send in the days after a meetup.

• "Met people from food processing at Saturday's meetup. Looking for a cold storage partner near Ludhiana." (sample)
• "Want to talk to someone who has done D2C marketplace listings, the topic of the panel." (sample)
• "Need a CA who works with startups, ideally someone who attended." (sample)

Milvao can't target only people who attended. Matching runs across your whole community, so an existing member who fits may be asked instead, which is often what the attendee wants anyway. Limiting a request to one group is planned.

Verifying attendees and measuring the event

Event links get forwarded. Anyone who joins with a link shows as Joined by link until your team verifies them, so you can check names against the registration list and remove people who shouldn't be there. Removing someone from the event group doesn't touch their other groups. See verifying members.

The links list shows how many people joined with each link, which helps compare events. On the Metrics page, pick the two weeks after the event to see requests received, offers, acceptances and completed introductions. The Members breakdown shows joins by group. See pilot metrics.

Limits for event follow-up

• Milvao doesn't sell tickets, check people in or send event announcements.
• It can't find a person by name or description. Requests are matched on skills and city.
• Attendees need a complete profile before they can send a request.
• Attendees become members of your community in Milvao, so check your plan's member limit before a large event.