Contact information cannot be exchanged during the initial meeting to reduce pressure when accepting or rejecting a suitor face-to-face. The organizers will forward the contact information if both participants included each other on the list. When the event concludes, participants can submit a list to the organizers of candidates they would like to share their contact information with.
a ringing bell, glass clinks or a whistle blow) is given to alert participants to move on to the next date. At the end of each interval a signal (e.g. Participants are rotated to meet each other over a series of short " dates" typically lasting from three to eight minutes depending on the organization running the event. Usually, advance registration is required for speed dating events.
Speed dating is a formalized matchmaking process with the purpose of encouraging eligible singles to meet a large number of new potential partners in a very short period of time.