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Sunday 15 Nov 2020
12:25 pm – 12:50 pm Organizing
1:00 pm – 1:55 pm First Hour
Ineffable Con and more
Zoom One
Dr Rachael Livermore is a co-chair of The Ineffable Con.
The Ineffable Con is a convention for fans of the book/ TV series Good Omens, which, like many events, had to work out how to become virtual in 2020.
We’ll share what we’ve learned in the planning stages about the specific demands of virtual events (particularly in the realms of accessibility and scheduling for multiple time zones). The convention takes place on October 16-18 so by the 25th we’ll have lots to say about how it went and be able to give an honest review of the Accelevents platform.
More info, and link to the group/forum is on the Page for this presentation.
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2:00 pm – 2:55 pm Second Hour
Scheduling Tools
Steve Davidsonzoom one
Steve Davidson is the publisher of Amazing Stories magazine.
He put on a virtual convention; AmazingCon in June 2020.
He will talk about the tools he developed that allowed him to schedule 42 readings, along with workshops and performances, in a very short timeframe.
More info, and link to the group/forum is on the Page for this presentation.
3:00 pm – 3:55 pm Third Hour
3:00 pm – 3:25 pm 1st Half
Kickback: freeform video conferencing
Donji Yamada-DessertZoom One
Donji Yamada-Dessert will demonstrate Kickback, an app for hosting virtual networking events where you can move around and talk to people, and have side conversations, just like you would in real life.
More info, and link to the group/forum is on the Page for this presentation.
3:30 pm – 3:55 pm 2nd Half
XEO: a tool for audience engagement
Perry LawrenceZoom One
Perry Lawrence of Streaming Prophets will demonstrate XEO. It is an audience participation and engagement tool used by the NFL for stadium interaction. Now this tool is available to you for your virtual events! XEO let’s your audience interact with votes, sounds, sentiment sliders, polls, quizzes, games and more.
More info, and link to the group/forum is on the Page for this presentation.
4:00 pm – 4:55 pm Fourth Hour
4:00 pm – 4:25 pm 1st Half
Mixily ticketing and event hosting platform
Zoom One
Miraya Berke will demo Mixily, an alternative to Eventbrite with lower fees and advanced tools.
More info, and link to the group/forum is on the Page for this presentation.
4:30 pm – 4:55 pm 2nd Half
2020 Mars Society Virtual Convention
Youtube
James Burk volunteers as the IT Director for The Mars Society; who are pioneering the exploration of Mars.Â
He was the lead organizer and event technologist for the 2020 Mars Society Virtual Convention, which had over 10,000 attendees, over 150 speakers, and was seen by over 100,000 people via live streaming on Youtube and Facebook Live. As part of the conference, he interviewed Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla.
As this talk was pre-recorded, you can watch it anytime on the presentation page. This session is to give us an opportunity to discuss it, and on video ask questions. My plan is to do a short follow up video incorporating the questions. There is a  presentation group/forum  for further discussion and resources
Virtual Con Con Info
Jay KusnetzZoom One
I (Jay Kusnetz) will go over the what it took to get to this point. Tools used, workflows, etc. Ideas for continuing, such as having meetings every other week.