How to set up Webinars

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When to Set up Webinars?

On your Commonplace project, you have the opportunity to set up a virtual town hall that can either be set up as a ‘meeting’ or a ‘webinar’. Both have different functionalities. 

Meetings are designed to be collaborative. All participants can screen share and turn on their video and audio as and when they want to participate.

Webinars are designed to be informative. Only the host and any designated panelists can share their video, audio and screen as shown in the image below. Webinar attendees are ‘view only’. They can interact via Q&A, chat, and answering polling questions. Think of a webinar like a conference.

How to set up Webinars?

Essentially, a Webinar is a Zoom webinar that community members can sign up for via the Commonplace project site. Community members sign up through the link on the project page which takes them to a sign up page.

The virtual town hall meeting sign up link is presented within the design feedback section of your  site. 

As local people visit your Commonplace to engage and give their feedback, they will also see the Virtual Town Hall sign up. 

By keeping the sign up, the news posts, and the virtual town hall meeting itself all on the same platform, it creates a straightforward process for the community. They know where to come for all their information, and won’t have to use a separate platform to join the virtual town hall. 

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