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We're LIVE in 3 minutes with Teala Beischer to learn how to Increase Participation in a #Thoughtexchange. Join us! bit.ly/38s0ZUo Or follow this thread to learn more ⤵️ #TeVirtualEvents #TeVE #TeMasterClass #BringPeopleTogether

Here we go! Thank you to all attendees who are joining us. Teala is a Customer Success Manager that specializes in product onboarding, strategic design coaching and virtual events producer. #TeMasterClass #BringPeopleTogether

Yes we are recording this! Stay tuned for the replay link at the end of this thread. Here is what Teala will be going over today. We ran an exchange ahead of time, and you will see some resources from that exchange to help you today in this #TeVE.

Large groups? Small groups? Inclusivity? How are you completing that work that includes as much #diversity as possible Ex. Engaging with groups who speak a different language. Multi-language features are available and you can customize and target your emails. #TeVirtualEvents

What is your participation goal? Look at historical data. Think about your communications plan. Bring these to your comms/marketing teams and think about what frameworks do they already have in place to leverage & #Collaborate #BringPeopleTogether #TeVirtualEvents

Reaching out to your whole community? Social Media, video content, town halls, as many avenues of communication as possible. You can send out your exchange link after the town hall to include those that couldn't make it. #BringPeopleTogether #TeMasterClass

Don't use acronyms, and shortened forms of words, be concise and brief without these. This helps avoid terms being lost in translation. #BringPeopleTogether #EmployeeEngagement #VoE

Strategies!
We asked our whole company "What are your most effective strategies to improve participation in your exchanges?". Here are some themes from that exchange: Strategic Partners, Fun/Light, Live Exchanges, Objectives, Survey Questions & Reminders & Frequency.

In our Discover Dashboard - If you used Survey Questions (Demographics) you can look at these results while the exchange is LIVE and reach out to those teams to ensure they participate. This helps you direct & tailor your efforts! #TeVirtualEvents

Share a word cloud or top thought from your live exchange on social media & email to help entice people to jump in. Alternatively, you can share a hot topic (possibly a controversial thought) & invite participants to spend 5 mins rating thoughts to add their voice. #TeMasterClass

Teala is inviting participants to share thoughts & questions about increasing participation in a Thoughtexchange. We are seeing the connections from #crowdsourcing in real time (less than 4 minutes!). #BringPeopleTogether #TeVirtualEvents

TOP THOUGHT ⤵️
"We heard this in an exchange" creates buy in, ownership, & then participants are more excited to be involved. Reach out to stakeholder groups on a regular cadence rather than infrequently. Ex. Monthly can be a good cadence for parent exchanges in school districts

Great question. Yes, video can be more engaging! Not always the case, depends on the audience that you are reaching out to. For participants that want to know more, you could include more details (reports. stats) in the body of the email. #TeVirtualEvents

That's all for today, thank you to all who joined us! Stay tuned for the replay link ⏯️ to catch all of Teala's helpful strategies & tricks for increasing participation in your #Thoughtexchange. #BringPeopleTogether #TeVirtualEvents #TeMasterClass

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