Ever go to a wedding and get stuck at a table with a bunch of people you don’t know? There is the awkward “hi, I’m so and so” as you sit down before you move into the “how do you know the bride and groom?” conversation. Social Tables, a new social seating tool based in DC, was created to alleviate that exact scenario. Social Tables is an event planning platform that helps you build an active community for your guests. The sleek, easy-to-use interface is ideal for event planners as well as regular folk planning a big or small event.
How the site works is by allowing planners, brides, whomever, to create an event, upload their guests from another site, arrange them at their tables, tag them and connect them through social networking. Now your guests can get to know one another before the event or find out who will be attending a networking function. If one doen’t wish to allow their guests to socialize before the event (because we all know nobody wants their guests complaining about where they are sitting or asking to sit somewhere specific), then the event can be shared with guests after the event. This allows guests to continue their networking or connect with that person they talked to all night through dinner. And finally, if you don’t want to connect your guests, you can skip the invitation and use the site as a seating management tool.
The best function of the site is the ability to share your seating with whomever you like. Therefore, the caterer, planner, host, florist, all the vendors who need to be can see and use the same seating chart. RSVP’s can be collected on the site and all key players will know where things stand. Oh and all of this is FREE (for now anyway).
Anyone planning an event should check out Social Tables. It will remove the stress of seating.
Check out the how-to video to learn more about this great tool! Social Tables How to
