Many knowledge-sharing events like conferences and workshops struggle with maintaining meaningful engagement after the event ends. While attendees gain valuable insights during the event, these often remain isolated rather than being shared and built upon collectively. This represents a missed opportunity for both organizers wanting to demonstrate event value and participants who could benefit from others' perspectives.

A Structured Approach to Post-Event Engagement

One way to address this could be through a systematic method combining discussion prompts with targeted outreach. This might involve:

• Creating open-ended discussion threads on appropriate platforms asking participants to share key takeaways
• Personally inviting specific attendees with valuable perspectives to contribute
• Moderating discussions to highlight particularly insightful responses
• Synthesizing collected insights into shareable formats like summary documents or visual representations

This differs from standard post-event surveys by focusing on public, community-building interactions rather than private feedback collection. The approach could benefit event organizers through richer impact understanding, attendees through continued networking opportunities, and even those who couldn't attend through access to distilled insights.

Implementation Strategies

A simple MVP might involve:

1. Starting with one recent high-quality event
2. Creating a single discussion thread where attendees are most active
3. Personally messaging 10-20 promising contributors
4. Compiling responses into a simple summary document

For full implementation, this could expand to standardized engagement prompt templates, systems for tracking potential contributors, and multiple content repurposing formats. Potential monetization approaches might include offering it as a premium post-event service for organizers or creating sponsored summary documents.

Comparison with Existing Solutions

Unlike private post-event surveys, this creates ongoing community value. Compared to generic event discussion sections, it offers more focused prompts and outreach for higher-quality contributions. And unlike social media hashtag aggregation, it provides coherent discussion threads with facilitated reflection rather than scattered posts.

This approach might work particularly well for knowledge-focused events with engaged attendees, potentially creating a new standard for post-event engagement that benefits all stakeholders.