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Congratulations, You're About To Win The Game Called Networking

By Sponsor in Arts & Entertainment on May 4, 2016 5:00AM

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It's probably been a whirlwind now that you've amped up your professional people-meeting skills, transforming from a cheese-and-cracker snacking, white-wine-sipping wallflower to a bona-fide fearless networker—AKA she who has cast business cards into the realm of recycled obscurity. Congratulations grasshopper, you now have the chops to go out and meet everybody—and you've proven it! (Though, we admit: cheese, wine, and social-butterflying are definitely not mutually exclusive.)

Or, if you're wondering how on earth is all that possible, we recommend you pause and revisit our primer on how Wavework is revolutionizing the event-networking game, and how the app can come in pretty handy—even when you least expect it. Because Wavework isn't just making a good time of where the Business Casuals roam—the app connects event attendees at baseball games and soccer matches to those at concerts and fashion shows—it even flexed its people-powered muscles at the Superbowl!

With filtered searches, in-app messaging capabilities, and a fun little feature called waving, Wavework turns networking from obligation into opportunity, all with the tap of a button. And because Wavework is geo-fenced (meaning it only connects you to others at your event), you don't have to worry about anyone trying to connect from across the street—where it seems everyone is wearing a cape for some inexplicable reason?

Anyway, what to do after the event? The fun doesn't end there. Wavework lets you search for other events by city and name, and the app seamlessly archives messages and notes, so you can stay in touch. Plus, for chosen VIP contacts, Wavework alerts you if and when they check into future events—so go ahead, selectivity is encouraged.

The networking revolution is here, and we encourage you to join the party. Even better? Wavework is aiming to be at all events in the coming months. So stop lollygagging and start waving today! To learn more, check out their website and download Wavework on the App Store today—because it's not who you know, it's who you don't know.

This post is brought to you by Wavework.