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65% -- increase in followup conversation quality for Personalised pre-event connections (2026)
Personalised pre-event connections generate 65% higher quality follow-up conversations compared to generic during-event introductions according to the 2026 LinkedIn Engagement Study.
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2026
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45
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95
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LinkedIn
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https://www.all-along.com/field-notes/pre-event-networking ↗
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Why your event networking should start before day one
Why your event networking should start before day one
Attendees who use pre-event information to plan who to meet are 3.2 times more likely to rate an event highly valuable (Freeman, 2025).
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Pre-event networking works in three phases: research six to four weeks …
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Personalised pre-event connections: 65% increase in followup conversation quality. Source: LinkedIn (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/pre-event-connections-followup-quality
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/pre-event-connections-followup-quality" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>65%</strong> -- increase in followup conversation quality for Personalised pre-event connections<br><small>Source: LinkedIn (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/pre-event-connections-followup-quality" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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