Here's a guide that can help with virtual events:
Benefits of hosting a virtual event
- Accessible - Anyone can join regardless of their location. Plus, you may have a recording afterward for anyone who'd like to watch at a later point.
- Easy to set up - It's relatively quick to set up an online event if you have the right tools.
- Scalable - For public events, an unlimited number of people can join.
Examples
Below are a few examples of events and webinars from August 2020:
- Notion Session for Beginners (Korean)
Tools we recommend
- Zoom: you can use Zoom video calls for up to 100 people in one room.
- Crowdcast: this platform is great for public events with 1-3 speakers. You can also stream Crowdcast directly to your YouTube channel.
You are not required to use these tools - they're just recommendations!
Setting up
- Choose a date.
- Pick a format for your event. Having a "co-pilot" can be very helpful - consider bringing someone else on board to host with you.
- Bullet journaling
- Digital organization
- Knowledge management for startups
- Building an operating system for your company
- Inspiring creativity and thought
- Building a second brain and PARA
- Creating your morning workflow
- Building your personal wiki
- Ramp up your learning habits
- Coding and design processes
- Computing pioneers and history
- Self improvement, personal growth
- Documentation for fast growing startups
- Modern education, alternative teaching systems
- How to manage your finances
- Managing a creator schedule (YouTube, Newsletters, etc)
- Goals & OKRs in Notion
- Building a no code website
- Creating a knowledge base from scratch
- Building CRMs in Notion
- Digital organization workshop
- Simplification and unification of your tooling systems
- Advanced formulas in Notion
- How to build a beautiful resume
Guest presentation
Invite a speaker to give a talk. For a smaller crowd of 1-30 people, we'd recommend using Zoom. However, if you're looking to broadcast this to an audience larger than 30 people, give Crowdcast a go.
Here are some potential topics - but the content is totally up to you!
Workshop & skill building
Teach your community something new.
Here are a number of ideas for you:
Show & tell from the attendees
This works best for audiences of 5-30 people using Zoom.
Ask each attendee to share something live. That could include their Notion setup, something they've built recently, a custom template, or anything else you come up with. The goal here is learn from each other, ask questions and get inspired.
- Choose the tool you'd like to use. This depends on the format and size of the crowd.
Before
Promote your event.
- Share in Notion groups.
- Send out an email blast to your contacts.
- Reach out to other groups to promote (i.e. a design community, productivity group)
- Post on Twitter, Instagram and other social networks.
- Submit your event to our team so we can help!
- Take a practice run ahead of time. Make sure you know how the tools you're using work.
- Double check your speakers and microphone ahead of time.
- Send instructions beforehand to any speakers presenting.
- Include in the description of the event: This is a community organized event, not an official Notion team event
During
- Make sure you're in a quiet place with good internet.
- If you have a set schedule, watch the clock.
- Make sure anyone speaking has a good microphone connection.
After
Follow up with attendees.
- Include any resources, links, or products mentioned during the event.
- Ask for feedback. Here's an example survey. We'd recommend using Typeform for this.
- Post about the event on Twitter and tag @NotionHQ.
More resources
Submit your event to the community calendar.