Today BAB is taking a trip outside the confines of Berlin (well virtually anyway) and talking to one of the “Masters” of the virtual meetings world, Matthijs Otto from Network Tables in Amsterdam.   We first met in London way back in the day and I was immensely impressed by the idea of Network Tables which at the time was a way to get people sitting and talking together at events who actually wanted to meet and had things in common.   An individual attendee at a sales conference, for example, would host a table and people would register to sit at that table, meaning the host had some control over his or her table and the guest would later feel obliged to attend knowing they had a place reserved for them.   Network Tables has won many awards for increasing attendee participation and engagement at events of all kinds. In fact, the original drive for the idea was to serve the exhibition community by allowing meetings to be established between parties who had real interests so that exhibitors were not just randomly talking to passers-by and visitors did not feel overwhelmed by the large trade fairs.    Things have moved on a lot since then and even as far back as 2017 Network Tables were hosting virtual events for upwards of 20,000 participants!! This meant they were well placed to when the pandemic caused a shift last year to virtual and hybrid events – and indeed they were able to count themselves amongst the winners in 2020 with strong revenue growth (I know – makes you want to cry!)   Matthijs lives in Amsterdam and in fact many years ago he was the first person to show me his WeWork office and explain their co-working concept. Little did I know then I was also going to be part of the Berlin WeWork community for a few years myself!  Ahh Bless, those were the days.   Links: https://www.networktables.com [email protected]   Mark Felstead: [email protected]   Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart   A Podcast Company - is the leading podcast production company for brands, organizations, institutions, individuals, and entrepreneurs. Our team sets you up with the right equipment, training, and guidance to ensure you sound amazing. - https://www.apodcastcompany.com and www.podcastsyndicator.com