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58% -- percentage of event attendees citing networking as primary reason for attending for in-person event attendees (2025)
58% of attendees say networking is their primary reason for attending in-person events according to Freeman's 2025 Networking Trends Report.
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https://www.all-along.com/field-notes/conference-icebreaker-questions-pdf ↗
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Conference icebreaker questions: the printable PDF list
Conference icebreaker questions: the printable PDF list
The best icebreaker questions give attendees a problem to share or a decision to compare, not a social performance like 'tell us something surprising'.
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The best conference icebreaker questions hand people …
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in-person event attendees: 58% percentage of event attendees citing networking as primary reason for attending. Source: Freeman (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/freeman-networking-primary-reason-2025
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