The “Top performing” section within the Community analytics dashboard displays these individual metrics to the organizer:

• Most popular session
• Most popular speaker
• Most popular exhibitor
• Most popular sponsor
• Most contacted user
• Best networker
• Most active user

Previously, the system would compute metrics for organizers based on determining factors we thought best fit the description. Now, these individual metrics allow organizers to decide on their own what determining factors make someone the most popular speaker, exhibitor, etc.

Organizers can also filter based on the metrics displayed at the top of the box, keeping in mind that the results may change depending on the chosen metric.

We hope organizers enjoy this addition to the Community dashboard! Keep an eye on future releases as we work towards more exciting metrics.

Swapcard now offers the ability for someone not logged into Swapcard, or not registered to any of the Community's events, to access the Community and its content through the Guest Mode.

Each Community now has a new Guest Mode Group, and it's possible to set the permissions for this group.

It’s also possible to define whether Guests can view each Community in the “Groups & permissions” section.

The Guest Mode is a great way to open your Community to external people and allow them to discover your content and activities. It can also increase the visibility and engagement of your Community.

After the release of Groups and Permissions at the Community level, we can now use these groups to define who can see the Community View, but also which People should be showcased in a Community People View.

Using Groups to define Community View Visibility

In the “Visibility” tab of any Community View, you can define which Community Group can see the content:

Any People member of an Event Group linked to a Community Group toggled in this menu, will have access to the content.

Using Groups to define Community People View Content

In the “Data” tab of any Community People View, you can define which Community Group’s members should be displayed in the view:

Since we’ve made all the views at Community level visible, including exhibitors, items, people, and sessions, we are now giving organizers the ability to define permissions within a Community.

Groups will exist in a Community in the same way they exist at the Event level. In each group setting, you can define what anyone in the group can do and can see.

How to set group rights in a Community?

In the Community Builder section in the Studio, there is a new option called “Groups & permissions.” Here, you’ll find a page that lists all the groups in a Community.

Each Community contains three basic pre-built groups, which includes:

• Companies
• Speakers
• Members

There is the option of creating additional groups by clicking on the “Add a group” button, which opens the following window:

In this window, you can name the new group and decide whether to create it with the same settings as an existing group or not.

Clicking on a group will then open the following settings panel, which is the same regardless of the group. Keep in mind that the basic “Speakers” and “Companies” groups cannot be renamed:

As with events, you can define:

• Which people the group members are able to see (selecting among all the Community groups)
• Which exhibitors the group members are able to see (ability to apply a field value condition)
• Which sessions the group members are able to see (ability to apply a field value condition)
• Which items the group members are able to see (ability to restrict to some specific Item types)

Once the group side panel is set, the rules should be applied in the event app. This means if a user is a member of one or several groups, they should only be able to see what the higher-ranked group they’re a member of allows them to see.

How’s it possible to be in a Community group without being directly assigned to the group?

For now, we don’t provide registration at the Community level nor do we provide the Data Manager at the Community level. As such, it’s not possible to assign someone directly to a Community group.

While waiting for these two features, we found a way to make any Event Group member an indirect member of a Community Group. Each Event Group is now linked to a Community Group as a relation child <> parent.

This means that if User X is a member of Event Group A which is a child of the parent Community Group B, when diving into the Community level, the rights of Community Group B are applied.

What happens if…

• User X is a member of Event Group A which is a child of the parent Community Group B

AND

• User X is a member of Event Group C which is a child of the parent Community Group D

AND

• User X is a member of Event Group E which is a child of the parent Community Group F

👉 At Community Level, User X will have the rights of the highest-ranked group among Group B, D, and F.

How to define the link between an Event Group and a Community Group?

At the Event level in Studio, from any Event group side panel, there is a new option to define the Community parent group :

The dropdown lists all the existing Community Groups.

By default :

• Default Event Speakers Group should be linked to Default Community Speakers Group
• Default Event Exhibitors Group should be linked to Default Community Companies Group
• Default Event Attendees Group should be linked to Default Community Members Group
• Custom Event Group should be linked to Default Community Members Group

What’s coming next?

Next, we plan to release:

• The ability to restrict the visibility of Community views using Community Groups
• The guest mode at Community Level
• The ability to turn any Community view into a widget

Stay tuned!

Several new exciting features have been added to the Swapcard platform, including the launch of Community. In order to stay consistent with the Community feature, we removed and added several columns to the contact export Excel file.

We removed outdated fields like Skills, Second job title, and Owners. Also, we added new fields:

• state: Part of the address.
• scoring: Score given to the contact.
• event of first connection:  The event where the contact was made.
• community of first connection: The community where the contact was made.
• other communities in common: Common communities, for example, “Community A, Community B, …”
• other events in common: Common events, for example, “Event A, Event B, …”

Attendees can export the contact list in Event App > My profile > My Contacts > Export my contacts.

This new information gives attendees more details about the contacts they’ve made at an event or a community so they can better organize their connections.

A newsfeed is a place where you can engage with your audience all year round, which is why we’re excited to announce that you’ll soon be able to link any of your event’s newsfeeds to your community newsfeed!

How can I link an existing newsfeed channel to my community newsfeed?

From the studio, in the community section, organizers can access the “Data” tab when they create a newsfeed view.

Then, using the search bar, you can find existing feed channels that have been created from your events. Select the one you want to link to make it appear on your community newsfeed.

The name of the event appears under each feed channel.

To remove a channel from the selection, simply hover over the channel and click on “x.” The channel will be removed from the selection and will still be available on the linked event.

ℹ️ Any member of your community will be able to view, post, comment, and react to any newsfeed you’ve made accessible in the community view, regardless of their event settings.

This latest community update will help you easily navigate around your Community by recommending similar exhibitors, sessions, or items to the topics you like.

How does this work?

Similar to events, the information a user provides trains the AI to find connections between all topics you like in the Community.

Of course, similar recommendations will respect the restricted groups and restricted content set up by the organizer and will exclude them accordingly. There is also the option to switch on/off similar recommendations at both the Event level and the Community level.

Which recommendations does this include?

They include:

• Similar session recommendations
• Similar item recommendations
• Similar exhibitor recommendations

A Swapcard community is a powerful way to engage with your audience year-round. The newsfeed is a great way to make your audience interact and it is now available for the community.

How does it work?

From the studio, in the community section, organizers must first create the feed view for the content display.

Organizers can then choose the label and the color for the newsfeed view

The community newsfeed view

Once the newsfeed view is created, attendees will see a new tab for the newsfeed on the community home page. There they can easily share posts and interesting articles that will kickstart conversations with any member of the community.

It is now possible to signup/bookmark for Sessions in a Community the same way it’s done at an event.

You’ll find the Sessions you’ve registered for in the “My schedule” and “My videos (on-demand sessions)” tab from the “My favorites view.

How to enable session registration in a Community?

For each session, which for now is only configurable at the event level in Studio, go to the session details section, navigate to “Preferences,”  and you’ll find a new toggle saying:

“Allow community members to register for the session”

• If this toggle is turned on and the session is visible to the community, any community member will be able to register for it
• If this toggle is turned off and the session is visible to the community, no community members will be able to register for it. Only event members from the event the session has been created from will be able to register.

Community is live and bringing you more connections!

We want to help you get to know each other better by recommending people you should connect with.

How does this work?

Similar to events, the information a user provides trains the AI to find connections between all people in the Community. The user then chooses whether to accept the connection or not.

Of course, the recommendations respect restricted groups and restricted content set up by the organizer and will exclude them accordingly. Besides, it is possible to switch on/off the personalized recommendations at Event level and Community level.

Which recommendations does this include?

They include:

• People recommendations
• Session recommendations
• Item recommendations
• Exhibitor recommendations