Matchmaking (App)
Matchmaking is a feature designed to encourage networking and promote connections between users using tags created in the settings. This article describes matchmaking features and setup.
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Matchmaking is a feature designed to encourage networking and promote connections between users using tags created in the settings. This article describes matchmaking features and setup.
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Matchmaking can generate connections between people at your event. The connections are based on overlapping interest as indicated by users in the app. The match can be based on shared interest, industry, region and more depending on which matchmaking tags you allow users to select. The matchmaking tags you create are to be selected (or not) by users of the app. What tags users will select depends on the relevance of the tag for the user who is selecting. People with a certain overlap in tags will be matched by the matchmaking system, based on the amount of matches you want for each person. That way people who may miss each other wandering around your event may be connecting in the app still based on relevance of tags. Read more about the matchmaking logic and settings in further section. Matchmaking methods
You can quick + easily create your matchmaking tag in the Admin panel by completing the followings steps:
From the Admin Panel, click on 'Matchmaking'.
Click on the blue button, 'Change tags'.
Click '+New tag'
Enter the 'Name' of the tag.
Click Add tag.
✅ Your first Matchmaking tag is created
You can easily add multiple matchmaking tags in one go by completing the following steps:
From the Admin Panel, click on 'Matchmaking'.
Click on the blue button, 'Change tags'.
Click 'Bulk add'
Enter the name of the tag
Click 'add new tag' to add another tag
Click 'submit' the bulk add the tags
Please read the below carefully as it is crucial to the success of the matchmaking system and help your users get the most from the event.
Once a matchmaking tag is created in the Admin Panel, it appears as an interest option for the app users, it is then up to them to select the interests that apply to them.
Weighted matchmaking tags allows you to combine multiple matchmaking tags. You can assign multiple tags to match with the respective tag. The weights assigned to the tags determine to what extent the matched tags are relevant for one another. This allows you to differentiate which interest groups or topics will get more focus at the event. Also it allows to have a more diverse matchmaking logic, where not only exact matches but also related tags are combined.
Here's an example: You have a group of people at your event from the technology sector. Technology can be interpreted from different perspectives and is relevant for different more specific backgrounds. Therefore, you assign to the matchmaking tag 'Technology' multiple matching tags: 'Technology', 'AI', 'Development' and 'Supply chain'. However, you do not for all matchmaking tags 'Technology' to match 1 on 1, so you assign different weights to each tags depending on the relevance and so desire to create matches between people with respective tags.
To set a weight to a matchmaking tag, you can complete the following steps:
From the Admin Panel, go to 'Matchmaking'.
Click on the blue button, 'Change Tags'.
Either create a new tag or edit an existing tag (all tags must be created before you can add the weight).
In the section 'Matching tags' type the name of another tag that you want to set the weight against.
Choose the weight of the tag between 1 and -1 (the higher the number, the more matches will be generated)
There are two different ways of matchmaking users. Flick between the tabs below to find out how you can do this.
Select the number of matches each user should have using the drop-down menu.
Click on '(Re)calculate matches'.
4. Review the number of matches and select 'Save to database' to notify users of their matches.
Note: At least 10 users must have registered their interests before you can connect users.
Note that these matchmaking tags will also be used for the feature.
Additional settings for matchmaking within the admin panel can be found .
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