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Industry Networking Events

A shortlist of events worth the ticket, a sharp introduction, conversation skills that work with strangers, and a follow-up routine that turns badges and business cards into lasting professional relationships.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for Industry Networking Events, and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

What it installs.

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Pillar

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202

Starter tasks

🧭 Career Growth

Industry Networking Events

Getting value from conferences, meetups and industry events with preparation, conversations and follow-up afterwards.

  1. Twelve-month networking goals for events
  2. Shortlist of industry events worth attending
  3. Event budget and employer funding request
  4. Thirty-second introduction for event conversations
  5. Contact capture system for people you meet
  6. Event-ready kit for conferences and meetups
  7. Annual calendar of events and registration dates
  8. Map of your current industry network
  9. Follow-up message templates for after events
  10. Forty-eight-hour post-event follow-up routine
  11. Monthly local industry meetup habit
  12. Quarterly review of your event pipeline
  13. Keep-in-touch rhythm for event contacts
  14. Event return log of time, cost and outcomes
  15. Pre-event research on attendees and speakers
  16. Weekly scan for upcoming events and openings
  17. Yearly review of your event mix
  18. Shareable event summary for your team
  19. Starting conversations with strangers at events
  20. Joining and leaving group conversations gracefully
  21. Better questions than what do you do
  22. Remembering names and conversation details
  23. Getting more from talks and sessions
  24. Small talk across cultures at international events
  25. Networking energy plan for introverts
  26. Making the most of the hallway track
  27. Flagship conference versus regional events
  28. Virtual versus in-person event decision
  29. Choosing a professional association for its events
  30. Turning an event contact into a coffee meeting
  31. Making introductions between people you met
  32. Dropping events that no longer pay off
  33. Preparing for your next major conference
  34. Trade show visit plan with target exhibitors
  35. First visit to a new industry meetup
  36. Conference dinner and evening reception plan
  37. Volunteering at an industry conference
  38. Hosting a small industry dinner
  39. Event networking during an active job search
  40. Events for entering a new industry
  41. Representing your employer at industry events
  42. Event networking with limited evenings as a parent or carer
  43. Building a network in a new city through events
  44. Event access needs and accessibility requests
  45. Personal safety and boundaries at evening events
  46. Organising a recurring industry meetup
  47. Running a roundtable or breakfast at a conference
  48. Becoming a regular at one flagship conference
  49. Joining an event programme committee
  50. Two-year review of which events produced opportunities

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

Twelve-month networking goals for events

People who go to events without a reason usually spend the evening talking to colleagues they already know. Writing down two or three specific aims for the next year, such as meeting five people in a target company, finding a co-author or learning how a neighbouring field works, decides which events you attend and who you look for once you are there.

First tasks

  • Write down the three career outcomes you want from the next twelve months
  • Turn each outcome into a networking aim that names people or a group
  • Match each aim to conferences, meetups or trade shows that would serve it
  • Pin the goals note next to your event calendar
  • Rewrite the networking goals for the coming year @recurring(yearly)

Shortlist of industry events worth attending

Every field has dozens of conferences, meetups and expos competing for your diary, and most are vendor showcases with a thin audience of the people you want to meet. Comparing a longlist on audience, cost, format and past attendee reviews leaves you with a short list you can defend to yourself and to whoever pays.

First tasks

  • Ask two respected peers which industry events they would never miss
  • Build a longlist of twelve events from associations and event listings
  • Score each event on audience, total cost, format and goal fit
  • Cut the list to four to six events and note why each stayed

Event budget and employer funding request

A major conference with flights and hotel can cost more than a month's rent, and many employers will pay if someone asks in the right way before the budget is set. Working out the real cost of your shortlist and writing a short case that names what the team gets back turns a personal expense into a training or business line.

First tasks

  • Find your employer's conference and training spend policy
  • Total the ticket, travel, hotel and meal costs for each shortlisted event
  • Draft a one-page request naming what the team gets back
  • Send the request to your manager and book a time to discuss it
  • Submit next year's event budget request before planning season @recurring(yearly)

Make it yours.

Install Industry Networking Events, then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

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