Networking slots are the times when attendees can book 1:1 meetings. Each slot has a start time, a length and a networking area. Attendees see them as the 1:1 meetings track on the Schedule page and pick one when they suggest a meeting.
Before you start
You need to be an organization admin or an event admin.
Use schedule must be on, and the event dates must be set under Details.
Set up your networking areas under Networking > Networking Areas first. Every slot belongs to one area, and the area's meeting points or capacity limit how many meetings fit in the slot. Every event has a default area. See Set up networking areas and meeting points.
If Meeting slots is off under Networking > Settings, creating a slot turns it on.
Warning: Deleting a networking slot deletes every meeting booked in it. Brella does not send the participants a cancellation notice; the admin panel lists the cancelled meetings so you can inform them.
Where to find it
Content > Schedule > Timeslots in the admin panel. Open the day's tab, then select New networking slot above the table.
Plan the meeting windows
For an in-person event, place slots around the program and allow time to move between sessions and meeting points. Use Buffer between meetings for this gap.
For a virtual or hybrid event with attendees in different time zones, consider a broader networking window, including time before or after the main program. Check that attendees in each region have usable meeting times. Attendees can block times they cannot use in Change my availability.
For example, plan an onsite networking break near the meeting area and a separate virtual window that works across your main attendee regions. Use networking areas to separate meeting locations. Their Allowed meeting types setting controls whether they accept 1:1 meetings, Group meetings, or both. Optional Tags, such as Interviews or Sponsor office hours, can help your team identify slots while managing the agenda. Tags do not set meeting permissions.
You can also plan separate windows for 15-minute networking meetings and 30-minute interviews. Create each series with its own Duration and location. Explain each window's purpose and location before attendees start booking. See Plan your event communications.
Create networking slots
One form creates a series of back-to-back slots.
Open the tab of the day.
Select New networking slot. The Add new networking slot drawer opens.
Check the Date.
Choose the Start time of the first slot.
Set the Duration of one slot.
Set the Buffer between meetings, the gap between two slots.
Enter the Number of meeting slots, 1 to 100.
Choose the Location: the networking area where these meetings take place. The default area is preselected.
Optional: choose Tags.
Check the Summary. It shows Start time, Duration, Buffer and Meeting slots. Select Preview all meeting slots to see every slot's start and end time.
Select Create.
If Meeting slots is off for the event, the dialog Enable meeting slots? appears ("Creating a networking slot will automatically enable meeting slots for your event. Would you like to continue?"). Select Enable meeting slots.
Each slot starts when the previous one ends plus the buffer. For example, 15-minute slots with a 5-minute buffer from 10:00 give 10:00–10:15, 10:20–10:35, 10:40–10:55. One slot serves every attendee: all attendees can book a meeting in the same slot, up to the area's capacity.
Edit a networking slot
Select Edit in the slot's row. The Edit networking slot form has Date, Start time, Duration, Location and Tags; the buffer and count apply only when creating. Select Update.
A slot with 5 or more meetings that are not canceled or rejected can't change its start time ("cannot be changed because meetings have been booked already"). Cancel meetings first.
Moving a slot to an area that is too small for its accepted meetings fails with Cannot Change Location. The message names both areas, the number of accepted meetings and the new area's capacity. Increase the new area's capacity or cancel meetings.
Moving a slot to an area whose Allowed meeting types (1:1 or group) don't fit the existing meetings fails ("does not support the existing meeting types").
Delete a networking slot
Select Delete in the row and confirm. Delete is disabled when the Meetings column shows 5 or more; the tooltip reads "This timeslot cannot be deleted because it has 5 or more accepted or pending meetings." and quotes the count. After deleting, the notification Following meetings were cancelled lists each deleted meeting with the requester's and receiver's name and email. See Filter, edit and delete sessions and networking slots.
Settings
Field | What it does | Default |
Date | Day of the slots, within the event dates. | The selected day |
Start time | Start of the first slot, event time zone. | Empty |
Duration | Length of each slot. | Shown in the form |
Buffer between meetings | Gap between two slots. Creation only. | Shown in the form |
Number of meeting slots | How many slots to create in a row. 1 to 100. Creation only. | 1 |
Location | The networking area of the slots. | The event's default area |
Tags | Optional tags. | None |
The 1:1 meetings track
Every event has one networking track, created with the event and named 1:1 meetings. All networking slots belong to it; you can't choose another track. In the admin panel it appears under Content > Schedule > Tracks only while Meeting slots is on.
To edit it, open Tracks, select the 1:1 meetings row, change Track name, Track cover image, Track description or Track is sponsored with one or more sponsors, and select Save changes. Track color and Show highlighted speakers are locked for this track, its switch can't be turned off, and it can't be deleted.
The default description is "Connect with matches in seconds based on their networking interests and goals".
What attendees see
The Schedule page (or the name your organizer gave it) shows the 1:1 meetings track (or the name you gave it) as its own column. The track shows only the slots where the attendee has a meeting or a meeting request; free slots are not shown. A tile shows the other person's picture or initials, the start time, and the request status (New request, Reschedule, Pending) or, once accepted, the meeting point such as "Table 4". A reserved meeting point with a custom label shows the label too, for example "VIP • Table 4", or only "VIP" when its number is hidden. When the networking area hides table numbers, the tile shows the meeting point name without a number.
Attendees who opted out of networking during onboarding don't see the track column, unless you arranged a meeting for them in the admin panel. The column is also hidden while Meeting slots is off.
Selecting the track header opens the track page with the description, Sponsored by when you added sponsors, and Meetings (N) with the attendee's own meetings. Without meetings it says "You haven’t booked any meetings yet" with a Book meetings button.
When attendees suggest a meeting, they pick one of your slots. Managed meetings programs book their generated meetings into these slots too.
Change my availability on the schedule's Settings screen in the app lets attendees block slots they can't attend.
The mobile app and the web app show the same screens.
Limits
1 to 100 slots per creation.
Slots must lie within the event dates.
Networking slots can't use session registration (RSVP), sponsors, child sessions, speakers or links.
Slots with 5 or more meetings that are not canceled or rejected can't be deleted or moved to another start time.
Attendees who opted out of networking don't see the track.
Troubleshooting
The 1:1 meetings track is missing under Tracks
Meeting slots is off under Networking > Settings. Turn it on, or create a networking slot.
"Couldn't update track, please try again." when saving the 1:1 meetings track
Saving the track re-checks every networking slot. One of them is invalid, usually because it now falls outside the event dates. Fix or delete that slot, then save again.
Attendees can't book a meeting in a slot
The networking area is full for that slot, one of the two already has a meeting at that time, or one of them has blocked the time in Change my availability.