As YES campaigners lead the independence movement in 2021, virtual events will continue to be the only game in town.

Virtual is an environment we have to master. 

With a finite amount of time, money and resources, the virtual meetings and virtual events that campaigners run have to be as productive and as meaningful as possible.

“This best practice virtual event will help YES campaigners run events that will create great content, allow attendees to make the right connections and ensure great coverage of their events” - William Thomson, YES campaigner and founder Virtual Event Campus

We will help campaigners:

• Generate revenue online to fund other activities
• Use events to educate and inform their members, other yes voters and undecided voters
• Choose the best platform and also find the best technology to support their events
• Decide where to show their events and how to attract more attendees
• Create truly shareable content

TICKETS cover Friday or Saturday or BOTH days. Register now. 

6pm to 9.30pm 26th / 27th March

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PROGRAMME FRIDAY….

Supercharge your YES virtual events

6.00 Drop in and out of a conversation or two with other attendees

6.15 Welcome PLUS our virtual events jargon buster

Includes a wee tour of Hopin as attendees share their thoughts on the virtual events they have run or attended so far.

Kevin Gibney, Independence Live

6.30 “Simon, you are on mute!” ….why we need to talk about Zoom

Zoom is the default platform for many independence events and most event organisers. In this session, we will look at the ‘Zoom to Zoom’ and discuss the highs and lows of that platform and start to look at the alternatives. Because there are loads of alternatives.

7.00 How to promote your virtual events

So you have done all the hard work. You have your platform and all your speakers. But aren’t you forgetting something? Ah yes the attendees!

How do you make sure your event cuts through the digital noise? Who should be your target market? Where should you stream to?

Contributions from Phantom Power and Indy PosterBoy

7.20 BREAK

7.35 BREAKOUT ROOMS

Attendees will jump into rooms to chat about their virtual events but also to come up with the killer questions on virtual events that THEY NEED answered.

7.50 Go for it! Full-on-rapid-fire Q & A

Questions from attendees. 

Answer from William Thomson, YES campaigner, and founder of the Virtual Event Campus

8.20 YES Panel

A panel of local YES groups who have delivered virtual events will talk about their experiences. 

8.40 The Indy Quiz

An interactive session with BIG prizes to be won. Well, some small prizes if we are being honest. 

9.00 Final thoughts 

Final thoughts from our attendees plus an opportunity to get together with those in your YES groups or to chat with randoms. 

9.30 END

PROGRAMME SATURDAY….

6.00 Drop in and out of a conversation or two with other attendees

6.15 Welcome (we will be testing our another platform today called Balloon)

Wee tour of Balloon and thoughts and feedback from yesterday’s event. 

6.30 The power of virtual events

Most of our biggest YES organizations have run virtual events over the last twelve months. We have pulled together a panel to hear about their experiences. 

7.00 The “tech stack” you have to consider

The “destination platform” eg. Zoom, Hopin or Balloon is the basis of your virtual event but there are a lot of other apps and platforms that you can use to add a zip to your events. 

7.20 BREAK

7.35 BREAKOUT ROOMS 

Open discussions on the areas attendees most want to cover. 

8.00 The how and why of extending the shelf life of your event

Once your event is over, perhaps it is actually only just beginning. We will look at how to extend the life of your event to maximise the impact of your content. 

8.20 ON-DEMAND access to several best practice sessions from the Virtual Event Campus.

8.50 Further thoughts and planning

Final thoughts from our attendees plus an opportunity to get together with those in your YES groups or to chat with randoms. 

9.30 END