At least that is what happened to the 28 participants that Glenn O'Neil surveyed at LIFT07. Fascinating research and surprising conclusions:

• These 28 participants had considerable networks prior to the conference - reaching some 30% of all participants.
• These networks increased after the conference - the 28 people were then connected to some 50% of all participants.
• Based on the sample of 28 participants, most participants doubled their networks at LIFT07 - e.g. if you went to the conference knowing five people, you would likely meet another five people at the conference - thus doubling your network to ten.

Here is the network map before the conference:

Then after:

Full report available on Glenn O'Neill's blog. We are looking for more great insights from Glenn and his new venture, Owl Re, our survey partner for LIFT08.