As a meetings and events planning professional, you are no stranger to networking. Connecting people face-to-face in social settings is what you do.
But how do you network with your other planners and how to you encourage your attendees to interact before and after the events you plan?

Certain has put together a short list of the best social networking sites for meetings and events planners.

MPI GROUPSPACE
Meeting Professionals International has created the MPI Groupspace as a fantastic to for industry professionals to set up  their own networks around the topics and interests that matter to them. Each group that is created has a blog, message board, wiki library, document library and space for customizing their group homepage. Professionals can explore existing communities and create new ones.

FACEBOOK
Well known to anyone who has been online in the last few years, Facebook bills itself as “a social utility that connects you with the people around you.” Facebook is not only a great place to connect with friends, classmates and coworkers, its “Groups” and “Become a Fan of” features enable you to connect with other meetings and events industry professionals and organizations who have a presence on Facebook.

EVENT CROWD
Event Crowd is the international online community for everyone working in the world of exhibitions, events and live marketing. Event Crowd creates contacts, makes introductions and delivers business. Visitors to the site can view an activity feed of posts by users, browse best practices and view media.

CROWDVINE
Creating a community around your events is now possible with CrowdVine for Conferences. This professional networking tool helps attendees build their professional relationships and networks pre and post-event.

CERTAIN
Certain Registration is an online software available to meetings and events planners on-demand. It is designed to leverage dynamic, custom registration websites to help planners bring  people of similar interests together to meet face-to-face. As a supplement to its core product line, Certain also brings meeting and event planners best practices on everything from green meetings to credit card security via blog, white papers, articles and media accessible from its main website.