If you've ever given a talk, taught a workshop, or presented at a conference, you know the moment: the session ends, a few people come up afterward, and you scramble to hand out cards or awkwardly ask people to email you. Everyone else who wanted to connect — the ones who didn't make it to the front of the room — just leaves. That's not a small leak. For most speakers, the people still in their seats scrolling their phone during the Q&A are as interested as the ones lining up afterward; they just don't have a fast way to act on it.
A digital business card fixes the mechanics of this. A QR code on your closing slide, in the event program, or in the speaker bio in the event app means the entire room can save your info at once — no line, no handwriting, no running out of cards halfway through a conference series.
Where this applies beyond speakers
- Teachers and school staff: open days, parent-teacher conferences, professional development sessions, and district events all involve handing your contact info to people who may need it months later.
- Academics and researchers: a QR code on a poster presentation lets passersby save your details and the paper without interrupting you mid-conversation with someone else.
- Workshop facilitators: attendees who want the resources, slides, or a follow-up conversation should have one clear way to get it — not a scramble to write down an email at the end.
What actually matters for this use case
- A closing-slide-ready QR code, sized and simple enough to scan from the back of a room.
- No app required for the recipient. A room of 200 people saving your contact at once only works if nobody has to stop and download something first.
- A place for your slides, resources, or talk materials, not just your contact info — attendees leaving a session usually want both.
- Lead capture that doesn't feel like a form wall. After a talk, people are willing to leave their email for the slides or a follow-up resource — but only if it's fast and doesn't feel like a sales funnel.
Where Cardlyx fits
Cardlyx works well for this because the card itself does double duty — contact info and a link to whatever you want to share (slides, resources, your site) in one place, shareable by QR code that works from a screen at the back of a lecture hall or auditorium. If you're using the lead capture gate, the optional setting fits this context better than mandatory — someone leaving their email for your slides should feel like a fair trade, not a wall between them and information they already came for.
Captured contacts sync automatically to HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, or Zoho if you're tracking speaking engagements as part of a broader personal brand or business pipeline — useful if a chunk of your work (consulting, courses, coaching) comes from people who saw you speak.
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