BuddySOS Guides
Practical playbooks for keeping a group together at large events. Festivals, conferences, trade shows, theme parks, and anywhere a crowd can swallow your people.
Foundations
The core playbook for keeping any group together at any large event.
Keeping a Group Together at Large Events: The Complete Guide
Festivals, conferences, trade shows, theme parks. The same problem, and one plan that works across all of them.
Read the guide →Group Texts vs a Coordination App at Events
The group chat is great for planning the trip. It falls apart the moment the event starts.
Read the guide →Event playbooks
Coordination guides for specific event types: conferences, trade shows, and more.
How to Keep Your Team Together at a Conference
Sessions end at different times, the venue spans hotels, and the work thread buries logistics. This playbook keeps the team coordinated anyway.
Read the guide →Group Coordination at Trade Shows and Expos
A trade show is a conference with a sales floor. The team divides to cover ground, which means nobody is together.
Read the guide →How to Not Lose Your Friends at a Music Festival
A festival crowd swallows people fast. A short plan made the night before keeps your group together all weekend.
Read the guide →For the organizer
You ended up responsible for everyone else. These guides are for you.
When things go wrong
Separation, emergencies, and the plans that hold up under pressure.
What to Do If You Get Separated From Your Group
You realize you are alone in a crowd of fifty thousand. This guide is the plan.
Read the guide →Building a Group Emergency Plan
A meet point handles a separation. An emergency needs more than a meet point.
Read the guide →Comparisons
How the options stack up for group coordination.
Put the playbook to work. Free.
BuddySOS is free on iOS and Android. Create a group, send the invite link, and the next event runs on a shared map with a hold-to-send SOS.
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