twine for Zoom

Speed networking and matchmaking on ZoomHi everyone! 👋

We are thrilled to be releasing twine for Zoom, the ultimate Zoom Breakout Room management and speed networking tool! 🎉

So it’s been a crazy journey for us over here at twine. Our original mission was to end loneliness.

Our first app, due to launch in March, 2020, was a face to face serendipity app that was somewhere between Sofar Sounds and a Church for the Rest of Us. 🤝 Then Covid happened, and it became clear that the problem of the Moment was how to connect people, meaningfully, online.

It also became clear that we had to bring our tech to where the people were, and the people were on Zoom. 🖥️ In February, we teamed up with the amazing team over at Glimpse, and together we have put the finishing touches on twine for Zoom; the first app to bring true serendipity to Zoom.💫

Here’s what you can do on twine for Zoom: 🪢 Automatically sort participants into roulette style Breakout Rooms for timed, back-to-back small group or 1:1 conversations 👀 Set custom sorting rules for Breakout Rooms based on any variable you choose; match mentors with mentees, HR with new hires, students with research assistants… 🗺️ Create themed tables in Map Mode; participants can hop in and out of Breakout Rooms as they please 💬 Message across Breakout Rooms, with individuals, or with the whole group; return to your messages even once the meeting has ended. 💥Click through icebreakers while in a Breakout Room to get the conversation flowing. 🧑‍🤝‍🧑Use pre-set templates such as “Speed Networking” or “Mentor/Mentee” for one-click setup

Here’s what you’ll be able to do with t4z in the coming weeks: ✅ Assign tasks to Breakout Rooms and monitor progress as the host 🔍 Customize & upload your own conversation prompts 📽️ Embed video, audio, images 📊 Detailed analytics dashboards & participant profiles

I use twine for Zoom at every all hands. I use it on my big family Zooms. 👪 We use it when we hire new folks, to help them meet and get to know the whole team. We are getting approached by universities, by dating communities, by DAOs, by non profits - anybody who wants to build connection amongst a community.

If your team has a meeting today, feel free to open the twine for Zoom app and run a couple rounds! I’ll be here all day welcoming feedback.

Finally, a special shout out to the amazing @helenamerk and @brian_li3 for starting this exciting project nearly 12 months ago - we wouldn’t be here without you all! 🙏