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== Motivating Attendees and Maintaining Engagement ==
Keeping your attendees motivated and retaining engagement is vital in building your community. This can be broken down into two steps that are identify is to: Identify and providing Providing appropriately. It is a always a good start to identify what your attendees want out of your events. Some major incentives at events include:
*Provided food
*Prizes for competition
*Networking opportunitiesfrom big companies, to meet like minded individuals etc*Skills development and learning opportunities
Being able to provide these resource resources in an efficient and appropriate manner is important. It is a good idea to reflect on how you've provided and evaluate on the effectivenessof it.
Ultimately at the end of the day you are providing for your community to grow and build upon itself. To identify what your community needs can be simple if you are perspective and observant from previous experiences. Even having a conversation, survey or a debrief session with those involved can be the missing key in maintaining your attendees' motivation.