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From venues to vendors, organisers to attendees - we share insights and innovations that make events better for everyone in the community.

How to Create a Sense of Belonging at Events (And Why It Drives Return Attendance)
April 22, 2026Chris Igos

How to Create a Sense of Belonging at Events (And Why It Drives Return Attendance)

Learn how creating belonging at events improves engagement, strengthens connection, and drives return attendance and long-term value.

The Hidden Reason Attendees Disengage From Event Apps
April 20, 2026Rhea Mae Mangubat

The Hidden Reason Attendees Disengage From Event Apps

Event apps aren’t competing with each other—they’re compared to the best digital experiences users have daily. Learn how to reduce friction and improve attendee engagement.

How to Increase Event App Adoption Without Adding More Features
April 17, 2026Chris Igos

How to Increase Event App Adoption Without Adding More Features

This article breaks down the real reasons attendees stop using event apps and outlines proven ways to increase engagement by reducing friction, simplifying the experience, and making value easier to access during live events.

Why Your Event App Isn’t Driving Engagement (Even If It Has All the Features)
April 16, 2026Chris Igos

Why Your Event App Isn’t Driving Engagement (Even If It Has All the Features)

Event apps are often seen as the answer to engagement, but more features do not always lead to better outcomes. This article explores why engagement is a behaviour problem, not just a technology problem.

Understanding the Unique Needs of Event Communities: A Comprehensive Exploration
September 12, 2025Gavin Tye

Understanding the Unique Needs of Event Communities: A Comprehensive Exploration

Discover SixSides, a cutting-edge event platform that transforms how associations and community-driven organisations manage events. By integrating engagement, media capture, and reporting into a unified system, SixSides resolves fragmented planning and amplifies community impact. Serving mission-driven organisations in tech, health, and education across Australia, New Zealand, and beyond, SixSides thrives through real-time analytics and gamified networking. Elevate your event strategy with tools designed for enriching experiences and substantial sponsor ROI. Join SixSides in championing events as catalysts for long-term growth and community connection.

SixSides Meeting Bookings: Configurable and ROI-Ready
August 29, 2025Gavin Tye

SixSides Meeting Bookings: Configurable and ROI-Ready

How to design and ship in-app meeting bookings for events, capture outcomes, and report real ROI without slowing your team down.

Not All Value Is Equal: Understanding Every Side of Your Event Community
August 22, 2025Gavin Tye

Not All Value Is Equal: Understanding Every Side of Your Event Community

Discover why not all value is equal at events. Learn how associations, organisers, sponsors, speakers, attendees, and volunteers each define ROI differently.

Why Human Connection Will Always Be the True Measure of an Event
August 19, 2025Gavin Tye

Why Human Connection Will Always Be the True Measure of an Event

Discover why human connection is the true ROI of events. Learn how tools like SixSides’ “Tag You’re IT” game help associations build stronger communities.

Our company values
August 18, 2025Mitchell Davis

Our company values

A behind-the-scenes look at the five core values guiding how we’re building SixSides and supporting event organisers to create real community impact.

When should bootstrappers pay themselves?
August 12, 2025Mitchell Davis

When should bootstrappers pay themselves?

A practical guide for bootstrapped founders on deciding how much to pay themselves, using lessons from event budgeting to create a sustainable and disciplined revenue split.

How to write grant applications that actually get noticed (even if you’re bootstrapped)
July 29, 2025Gavin Tye

How to write grant applications that actually get noticed (even if you’re bootstrapped)

How to write grant applications (or funding proposals) that actually get noticed - even as a small, bootstrapped business.

Build a SaaS company, not a financial mess
July 21, 2025Gavin Tye

Build a SaaS company, not a financial mess

We interviewed our accountant to uncover how bootstrapped SaaS founders can avoid financial chaos and build on solid foundations.

Five reasons we chose WorkOS over rolling our own auth
July 01, 2025Mitchell Davis

Five reasons we chose WorkOS over rolling our own auth

Why our bootstrapped SaaS chose WorkOS over building our own authentication, and how it helped us launch secure, scalable user sign-in in days.

How we use Cloudflare's Durable Objects to globally scale our SaaS event platform
June 03, 2025Mitchell Davis

How we use Cloudflare's Durable Objects to globally scale our SaaS event platform

A behind-the-scenes look at how we're using Cloudflare Durable Objects and regional databases to build a fast, cost-effective global infrastructure for our bootstrapped SaaS.

Why I'm joining the Vinnies CEO Sleepout: A personal reflection on homelessness
May 20, 2025Gavin Tye

Why I'm joining the Vinnies CEO Sleepout: A personal reflection on homelessness

Gavin Tye shares his personal story of childhood homelessness and why he's participating in the 2025 Vinnies CEO Sleepout on the Gold Coast. Learn how one night can help make a difference.