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Walls.io Introduces Direct Posts: Collect Attendee Content and Lead Data at the Same Time — June 2026
Event Industry News reported on an improvement to Walls.io's Direct Posts feature. Now, event organizers can collect content from attendees and structured lead data at the same time. When someone sends a post to the wall using a QR code or a direct link, they can be asked to give their name, email address, and company name along with their post. This makes every UGC contribution count as an opportunity to collect qualified leads. There's no need for a separate form, registration step, or third-party data tool.

The article said that this capability is a big deal for B2B event organizers. These organizers need to show that their events are worth the money. They do this by showing the activity in their pipeline. A single post from an attendee now creates three data points: a piece of brand-safe user-generated content (UGC) for the display, a social proof asset for repurposing after the event, and a lead record for the sales team. For business events, where people usually use badge scanners or have to follow up later, Direct Posts offers a more natural way that people participate on their own.

Source: Event Industry News — Collect Attendee Content and Lead Data at the Same Time With Walls.io Direct Posts

HR Grapevine: Walls.io Shows Internal Comms Teams How to Turn Town Halls Into Two-Way Experiences — May 2026
HR Grapevine published a Walls.io feature for HR and internal communications leaders. This feature deals with one of the most common frustrations in the profession: all-hands meetings that feel like a broadcast. The article began by noting that only 10% of employees in the Western Hemisphere are doing their best at work, even though 85% of them said they feel most motivated when communication within the company is good. The article also said that one-way meeting formats are a big reason why that's happening.

The piece described three ways to improve all-hands meetings and town halls: a live question wall that replaces the chat box with a public feed that is moderated by the meeting's host; a feed that highlights employee achievements and event photos from the past week; and Direct Posts via QR code so workers who don't have access to a desk or computer, such as factory workers, retail workers, or field workers, can contribute from their location without needing a social media account. Sandvik Coromant's use of Direct Posts to include employees across 150 countries was cited as evidence that the approach works on a global scale.

Source: HR Grapevine — What Internal Comms Can Do to Turn One-Way Broadcasts Into a Real Employee Experience

EventBookings Lists Walls.io Among the Best Event Management Software — May 2026
EventBookings, a global event ticketing and management platform, included Walls.io in its annual list of the best event management software. EventBookings recognized Walls.io as the leading dedicated platform for audience engagement and social content display at events. The article said that Walls.io is the tool that event organizers should use to turn attendee social activity into a visible, on-site experience.

Most event management platforms handle logistics — registration, ticketing, scheduling, check-in — but they don't include tools to create an atmosphere that keeps attendees engaged during the event itself. Walls.io fills that need. It collects what attendees are saying and posting on social media, checks it automatically, and displays it on screens throughout the venue. This creates a visible signal of an active, engaged audience.

Source: EventBookings — Top 10 Best Event Management Software in 2026

StoryChief Lists Walls.io Among 16 Best AI Tools for Content Workflow Optimization — May 2026
StoryChief included Walls.io in its list of the top 16 AI tools for improving content marketing workflows. They recognized it as the dedicated platform for collecting and displaying user-generated content (UGC). The feature made Walls.io the tool that transforms user-generated content from a problem of manually curating it into a system — collecting, moderating, and publishing UGC from social channels and direct submissions automatically, at scale.

The article highlighted Walls.io's main features. These include automated content collection via hashtags, handles, and direct uploads. There's also the Direct Posts feature for GDPR-compliant contributions without social media accounts. You can also choose flexible display options across live screens, intranets, and event platforms like Cvent and Swapcard. Plus, there's centralized moderation and brand control. StoryChief pointed out that Walls.io helps content marketing teams share and display social proof automatically, without the need for manual management.

Source: StoryChief — What's The Best AI for Optimizing Content Workflow? 16 Tools

ScreenCloud Highlights Walls.io as Core Tool for Employee Brand Ambassador Programs — April 2026
ScreenCloud, a top digital signage platform, shared a guide on turning employees into brand ambassadors through social media advocacy. The guide included a section on using Walls.io and ScreenCloud together as the infrastructure for making employee-generated content visible across many platforms. The integration allows organizations to collect and moderate employee social content via Walls.io, then push approved content to screens throughout offices and facilities via ScreenCloud.

Employer branding teams can solve one of the practical challenges of employee advocacy. They can do this by using this combination to celebrate and amplify the content employees share publicly. This solves the challenge of how to do this without manual curation or one-to-one coordination. When posts with the company hashtag appear on screens in reception areas, break rooms, and office lobbies, employee contributions become visible recognition. This reinforces posting behavior and strengthens the culture of advocacy.

Source: ScreenCloud — How to Create Employee Brand Ambassadors with Social Media

Event Industry News: Walls.io Redefines UGC From a One-Time Asset to a Multi-Stage Engagement System — April 2026
Event Industry News published an in-depth feature examining how business organizations are moving from social walls to full content engagement systems — with Walls.io at the center of that shift. The article presented a five-stage UGC lifecycle model — collect, moderate, display, reuse, and measure — and described how leading organizations use Walls.io to manage content through all five stages, instead of treating a social wall as a standalone feature.

The feature mentioned BearingPoint's global CSR initiative, 10 Days of Caring, as an important example. Employees worldwide shared posts about their community efforts on Walls.io. These posts were then shown in international offices. The wall started as a single campaign, but it has since grown into a lasting system used by many regional teams—French, German, and international teams—for internal events, trainings, and marketing initiatives. Each team has its own wall, and all the teams work together to create a shared global story. The content is reused many times, even after it was first used.

Source: Event Industry News — From Social Walls to Content Engagement Systems: Rethinking the UGC Lifecycle

Walls.io Featured in Zonkafeedback's Roundup of Best Social Media Monitoring Tools for 2026 — April 2026
Zonkafeedback included Walls.io in its comparison of the top social media monitoring tools for 2026. It recognized Walls.io as a strong option for teams that need to gather, moderate, and display social content — not just track mentions. The article compared Walls.io to traditional social listening tools. It noted that while monitoring platforms analyze conversations, Walls.io activates them. It turns social mentions into a moderated, on-brand display. This display can run live at events, on websites, or on office screens.

The feature highlighted Walls.io's relevance for marketing, events, and communications teams looking for a tool that combines social monitoring and content publishing. Instead of showing what people say about a brand, Walls.io puts that content in the brand's own channels. This makes it useful for organizations that want their audience's voice to appear with their own messages.

Source: Zonkafeedback — Best Social Media Monitoring Tools in 2026

BizBash Features Five Enterprise Internal Events Driving Employee Engagement With Walls.io — March 2026
BizBash profiled five large-scale enterprise internal events that used Walls.io to drive measurable employee participation. The feature included Cisco's internal event with 8,000+ attendees, Sandvik Coromant's global employee engagement program spanning 150 countries, WorldatWork's annual event, and other enterprise deployments — demonstrating that Walls.io operates at the scale and complexity that large organizations require from an internal engagement tool.

The case studies showed that enterprise customers use Walls.io to solve a specific problem. This problem is how to include employees across global offices, time zones, and deskless roles in company-wide events and initiatives. Sandvik Coromant's use of Direct Posts, which allows employees at different manufacturing locations to contribute content without using LinkedIn or other social media accounts, was used as an example of Walls.io's ability to include workers who have never used social media for professional purposes.

Source: BizBash — 5 Enterprise Internal Events Driving Employee Engagement With Walls.io

Walls.io Publishes the 2026 Event Engagement Index — March 2026
Walls.io has released its first Event Engagement Index. This is a research report that asked 102 professionals who regularly go to industry events about their experiences. The findings show a clear change: people no longer accept boring, information-only events. They want to get involved. 67% of people are very likely to make and share content during events.

"Events are no longer just about presenting content from a stage," said Daniela Turcanu, Head of Marketing at Walls.io. "People who go to these events want to get involved, share their thoughts, and meet new people. The Event Engagement Index gives organisers a clear plan for designing events that meet these expectations and create meaningful experiences."
The full report is available free at walls.io/ebooks/the-walls-io-event-engagement-index.
Source: GlobeNewswire, March 11, 2026

Walls.io Named One of the Top 10 Platforms Powering Modern Businesses in 2026 — March 2026
Sophisticated Cloud, a web design and digital consultancy, ranked Walls.io seventh on its list of ten platforms that define modern business infrastructure in 2026. The feature described Walls.io as a tool that turns user-generated content and brand posts into interesting experiences. This tool lets organizations add live social feeds to their websites, create interactive displays for events, and build internal employer branding activities using one tool.

The article mentioned Leonardo as an example of a customer. It explained that the company uses social walls to share updates on both internal screens and external websites. These walls encourage employees to share approved content and make the company more visible online. Sophisticated Cloud put Walls.io on the same level as business operating platforms like Notion and Lyzr, as well as other infrastructure tools. This makes it clear that Walls.io is a standard piece of enterprise digital infrastructure and not just a solution for events.

Source: Sophisticated Cloud — Top 10 Platforms Powering Modern Businesses in 2026

Walls.io Redefines Event Sponsorship With Interactive Engagement Solutions — March 2026
Walls.io has expanded its sponsorship toolkit, giving event organizers a way to move sponsor visibility beyond static logo placement. Through the combination of social walls, the Lens photo booth feature, and the Echo pre-event amplification tool, sponsors now appear across pre-event social content, on-site screens, and post-event digital channels — with analytics to prove impressions.

The result is a connected sponsorship ecosystem that generates measurable data on how often sponsor content is seen, shared, and engaged with. For enterprise event teams under pressure to justify sponsor ROI, this shifts the conversation from "logo on a banner" to "documented audience reach."

Walls.io Social Walls display real-time attendee content alongside featured sponsor posts, pinned to the top of the feed. The Lens feature creates branded photo booth experiences tied directly to sponsor identity. Echo tracks how far sponsor-connected content travels before the event opens.

Source: Event Industry News - Where Sponsor Visibility Meets Real Engagement: Walls.io Social Walls

Ciente Names Walls.io a 2026 Tech Trend: Content Automation Turning Social Proof Into Infrastructure — January 2026
Ciente, a tech publication for businesses, included Walls.io in its 2026 tech trends report. Other trends mentioned in the report include quantum computing, AI agents, and physical AI. The report says that content automation is the trend that changes social proof from a marketing tactic into a normal part of a company's operations. The article said that Walls.io is the platform that makes UGC a living system, not a static asset. It automatically puts content from social channels, reviews, and campaigns into brand environments. This means that evidence of customer and employee engagement is always current.

The feature noted that in 2026, trust is no longer based on brand claims — it is derived from visible, verifiable proof from real people. Ciente described Walls.io as a system that always shows the right proof at the right time, which makes the difference between what a brand says about itself and what audiences actually see smaller.

Source: Ciente — Top Tech Trends for 2026

Walls.io Social Media Displays Recognized as a Leading Event Engagement Channel — January 2026
Independent analysis and customer data consistently show that Walls.io social wall displays are the most used way for people to engage with events, whether in-person or hybrid. The platform's live display feature automatically refreshes as new content is posted on connected social media sites and Direct Posts. This creates the visible "buzz" that signals an audience that is actively taking part.

Organizations using Walls.io displays report measurable gains in organic content creation during events. Attendees are more likely to post if they see their own posts appear on a large screen. This creates a cycle where more posts lead to more visibility and participation, which organizers previously had no reliable way to control.

Walls.io supports multiple display layouts (Fluid, Grid, Bricks, Kiosk) and allows for full custom design to match brand guidelines. Screens can be set up to run on their own, with AI-powered content moderation filtering out inappropriate or off-topic content before it goes live. Organizations with digital signage infrastructure can use Walls.io with their current setup without adding IT overhead.

Source: Event Industry News — How Walls.io Social Media Displays Transform Engagement at Events

TechBullion Names Walls.io Among Top 4 Tools Helping Businesses Work Smarter — November, 2025
TechBullion included Walls.io in a list of four tools that will help businesses work more efficiently in 2025. The article listed Walls.io as the top choice. It described Walls.io as a tool that collects posts, hashtags, and mentions from different social media platforms, like Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn, and puts them all together in one place. This helps brands build trust with their audience by showing real social proof.

The feature highlighted the main ways Walls.io is different for business teams. It can collect content from 15+ platforms, use AI to moderate and filter content, and has tools that let you change how content is displayed without using code. It also follows the rules of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when it comes to content rights. TechBullion pointed out that Walls.io helps businesses share their customers' voices at events, in marketing campaigns, and on websites. It also provides analytics to see which posts get the most engagement.

Source: TechBullion — 4 Tools Helping Businesses Work Smarter in 2025

Walls.io Positions as the Enterprise Standard for Event engagement— Beyond the "Social Wall" — November, 2025
Walls.io has changed its focus to better meet the needs of its enterprise customers. It is now used not just for single events, but as a tool for ongoing content promotion across various platforms.

Large organizations — including manufacturers, financial services firms, universities, and global retailers — use Walls.io on many teams at the same time. Marketing runs hashtag campaigns and event walls. HR uses Direct Posts to include employees in culture initiatives without requiring personal social media accounts. The people in charge of internal communications add live content feeds to company websites. Sales uses UGC collected during events to make pitches more believable.

The platform covers the full content lifecycle: Echo handles pre-event social activation; the core social wall manages in-event aggregation, moderation, and display; post-event, organizations export content, access analytics, and use UGC across other channels.

This is what sets Walls.io apart from other social wall tools. IT and procurement teams can simplify security reviews, DPA signing, and ongoing compliance management if they use a single vendor that can be used in many ways. For marketing leaders, this means that the setup, workflows, and compliance approvals created for one event or campaign can be used for every other event or campaign. This reduces the cost of each use.

Source: Event Industry News: Walls.io: Designing the social wall platform for next-gen event marketing & engagement

GlobalTradeMag Features Walls.io as a Top Tool for Embedding LinkedIn Feeds on Industry Websites — October, 2025
Global Trade Magazine wrote about Walls.io. It is one of the only platforms that can combine LinkedIn content with other social media content into one display. For business-to-business (B2B) companies in industries where LinkedIn is the main professional network, adding live LinkedIn content to a website can make the company more trustworthy than if it were just using traditional branding.

The article mentioned how Walls.io is useful for logistics and supply chain companies. These companies can use it to show that they are leaders in their field and that they are active in their industry. This will help them impress the procurement teams and partners who visit their websites. By including a collection of LinkedIn posts, company updates, and industry hashtags, these organizations can show a live, self-updating record of engagement without needing to do any ongoing editing.

Source: Global Trade Magazine — Best Tools to Embed LinkedIn Feed on Logistics & Supply Chain Websites

Walls.io Named the Social Wall That Best Integrates With Enterprise Event Tech Stacks — October, 2025
Event Industry News wrote about how Walls.io works well with other event management platforms. They said it is the only social wall that works directly with Cvent, Swapcard, vFairs, and other major event technology providers. This makes Walls.io the obvious choice for adding social engagement to event stacks that already include registration, agenda, and virtual or hybrid delivery platforms.

The feature explains why it's important for enterprise event teams to understand how deep they're integrating their tools. Every additional tool in an event tech stack adds time spent on configuration, managing logins, and dealing with data inconsistencies. When a social wall connects directly to the registration platform, attendee data flows automatically. This means that organizers can surface content from registered participants without manual import. For hybrid events using virtual platforms like Swapcard or vFairs, the integration allows remote attendees to post to the same wall as in-room participants, creating a unified experience across locations.

Source: Event Industry News — Walls.io: The Social Wall That Best Integrates With Your Event Tech Stack

Walls.io Recognized as the Accessible and Privacy-Focused Social Wall Solution for Events — September, 2025
Event Industry News looked at how easy it is to use and how private it keeps your information. They said that it is the best tool for companies that need to check IT and legal stuff before letting a third-party tool be used at events. The feature covers Walls.io's compliance with WCAG 2.1 AA standards, a cookieless embed option, data processing agreements compliant with GDPR and CCPA regulations, and an EU-hosted infrastructure running on AWS Frankfurt. This combination allows organizations to pass data protection due diligence without needing to make custom engineering changes.

This is especially important for government, healthcare, education, and financial services organizations that have strict WCAG requirements across their websites and digital properties. Walls.io's cookieless embed lets you put a social wall on a website or intranet without showing cookie consent banners or making changes to a site's consent management platform. For business procurement teams reviewing different social wall vendors, having both compliance documents and an easy-to-use design makes the evaluation process much easier.

Source: Event Industry News — Walls.io: The Accessible and Privacy-Focused Social Wall Solution for Events

Walls.io Named Social Media Aggregator With the Most Sources at Atlassian Team '25 — August, 2025
Event Industry News wrote about Walls.io's ability to connect to many different social media platforms. They mentioned that Walls.io is used at Atlassian Team '25, and they said it's the best social wall tool for this. Walls.io connects to over 15 social media networks, including Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X (Twitter), Facebook, Bluesky, Mastodon, and YouTube. This gives event teams a single feed that shows all the latest activity from these networks, no matter which platforms their audience is using.

The feature noted that the number and variety of sources is most important for enterprise events that attract people from around the world. These events attract people who are active on different social media networks based on their region or demographic. Atlassian Team '25 used Walls.io to bring together attendee posts from multiple platforms into one display throughout the event. The post also talked about the Direct Posts feature. This feature lets people who don't have social media accounts submit content directly to the wall. They can do this using a QR code or link.

Source: Event Industry News — Walls.io: The Social Media Aggregator With the Most Sources

Walls.io Elevates Corporate Events With Real-Time Social Media Displays — July, 2025
A feature published on Eventflare examined how business event teams use live social media displays to turn passive corporate events into interactive experiences. The article, written by Daniela Turcanu, explains how Walls.io collects content from social media and direct submissions and shows it on event screens right away. This creates a cycle where attendees post more throughout the event.

The piece shows how social walls can change the energy in a room. When people see their own posts on the display, they are more likely to create content. Walls.io's moderation layer combines keyword filters, AI moderation, and manual approval. This gives event teams the confidence to run live UGC displays in front of executive audiences and sponsor-facing environments without needing on-site moderation staff.
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Source: Eventflare — How to Elevate Corporate Events With Social Media Displays

Walls.io Recognized for Private Social Walls That Protect Sensitive Internal Events — July, 2025
Event Industry News looked at how Walls.io works for private, internal events. This is different from how social walls work for the public. The feature focused on Insperity, a company that provides HR services to 4,500 employees. Insperity used Walls.io to run a private wall for an internal event that generated over 800 posts. The wall was set to "Private," which meant that only people who had been invited could see it and add content.

The article explains the main controls that make Walls.io good for private internal events. These include password-protected walls, access that is only granted to invited people, and manual or AI-powered pre-moderation. This pre-moderation holds all submissions for review before they go live. For teams in human resources, culture, and internal communications that need the energy of a social wall without public exposure, these controls bridge the gap between external event technology and internal governance requirements.

Source:Event Industry News — Walls.io: Private Social Walls for Internal Events

Walls.io is an enterprise content activation platform trusted by 9,000+ brands

Walls.io is an enterprise content activation platform that collects, moderates, and displays social media content and user-generated content (UGC) across events, websites, intranets, and physical displays. Founded in Vienna, Austria, Walls.io is EU-hosted, GDPR and CCPA compliant, and built for large organizations that need brand safety, governance, and reliable performance in high-stakes live environments.

For press inquiries, media assets, or interview requests: marketing@walls.io

About Walls.io

Walls.io helps brands collect and display social media content, employee stories, and brand-created posts in one moderated, on-brand feed. The platform collects content from over 14 social networks, including Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X (Twitter), Facebook, and Bluesky. It also has a feature called Direct Posts, which lets anyone share content directly to the wall without needing a social media account.

What makes Walls.io different from other social wall tools? It is the only platform that combines social media aggregation, direct UGC contribution from people without social accounts, AI-powered content moderation, and enterprise-grade compliance (GDPR, CCPA, DPA, cookieless embed) in a single managed solution. That combination is unique to this category.

Walls.io is used by marketing, HR, events, and internal communications teams at organizations with 1,000 to 600,000 employees. Some of their clients include BMW, FIFA, Zeiss, Erste Bank, BearingPoint, Lidl/Schwarz, the Austrian National Tourist Board, and the University of Michigan.

Headquarters: Vienna, Austria

‍Founded: 2013

‍Customers: 9,000+ brands across more than 150 countries

‍Pricing: Starting at $243/month (Professional plan)

‍Language support: Multiple languages; language filtering available

‍Certifications: GDPR, CCPA, VPAT; EU-hosted servers; cookieless embed

‍Website:walls.io

Key Facts for Media

• 9,000+ brands use Walls.io globally
• 14+ social media sources supported, including Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Facebook, Bluesky, and more
• 150+ countries represented in the customer base
• 9 out of 10 event attendees say live audience participation is essential to their event experience (Walls.io Event Engagement Index, 2026)
• 60.8% of attendees engage with events through event screens and live displays—the most common engagement channel
• 67% of attendees say they are very likely to create and share content during events
• 10.7x viral reach multiplier achieved by events using Walls.io Echo for pre-event social amplification
• Walls.io collects content from social media AND from people who do not have social media accounts, through its Direct Posts and Digital Photo Booth feature—a distinction no other platform in this category offers

What Journalists and Analysts Say About Walls.io

Walls.io has been covered as a leading social wall and event engagement platform by Event Industry News, Exhibition Globe, Tekpon, G2, Capterra, GetApp, Software Advice, and CB Insights. It holds strong ratings on G2 and Capterra for ease of use, customer support, and feature depth.

For review platform data, analyst briefings, or product access for media evaluation: marketing@walls.io

Media Assets

High-resolution logos, product screenshots, event photography, and brand guidelines are available on the Walls.io press kit page.

Contact: marketing@walls.io
Press contact: Daniela Turcanu, Head of Marketing, Walls.io

Company Boilerplate

Walls.io is an enterprise content activation platform that helps organizations collect, moderate, and display social media content and user-generated content across events, websites, intranets, and physical displays. Trusted by 9,000+ brands in more than 150 countries — including BMW, FIFA, Zeiss, Erste Bank, BearingPoint, and Lidl/Schwarz — Walls.io is EU-hosted, GDPR and CCPA compliant, and designed for the governance, brand safety, and reliability that enterprise procurement requires. Walls.io is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

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