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Many, many people who register for a free event don't make it. That's okay! About 50% of registrants attended (including us). Some could only make it for half of the event. | Many, many people who register for a free event don't make it. That's okay! About 50% of registrants attended (including us). Some could only make it for half of the event. | ||
==More on Logistics== | ==More on Logistics== | ||
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It was important to me to have a solid [[Virtual Event Code of Conduct]] that would help and protect attendees while also meeting our desires for how we want the event to look. We combined several codes of conduct and added a few additional notes that we thought were relevant for the event. | It was important to me to have a solid [[Virtual Event Code of Conduct]] that would help and protect attendees while also meeting our desires for how we want the event to look. We combined several codes of conduct and added a few additional notes that we thought were relevant for the event. | ||
==Things That Could Have Gone Better | ==Things That Could Have Gone Better== | ||
I wanted to end with a list of some things that could have gone better. One of our intentions was to have an event, learn, and then iterate. Here are some takeaways: | I wanted to end with a list of some things that could have gone better. One of our intentions was to have an event, learn, and then iterate. Here are some takeaways: | ||
* Zoom doesn't do closed captioning in breakout rooms, but it does in the main room. | * Zoom doesn't do closed captioning in breakout rooms, but it does in the main room. | ||
* We scheduled a lot of time for small group discussion rather than having a big group question and answer session. Next time, we'll plan either shorter small group discussions and Q&A time, or just have Q&A time as a big group. | * We scheduled a lot of time for small group discussion rather than having a big group question and answer session. Next time, we'll plan either shorter small group discussions and Q&A time, or just have Q&A time as a big group. | ||
* We put some effort into sharing information about attendees (and us) with other attendees beforehand. We could have done more of this, which might have been helpful for us as organizers, speakers, and for the attendees to know who they want to talk with. | * We put some effort into sharing information about attendees (and us) with other attendees beforehand. We could have done more of this, which might have been helpful for us as organizers, speakers, and for the attendees to know who they want to talk with. | ||
* Aaron and Mako did some contextualizing between presentations and small group discussions. We knew other people in the room had a lot of valuable things to say there, and next time we'd like to ask them to participate in this part. | * Aaron and Mako did some contextualizing between presentations and small group discussions. We knew other people in the room had a lot of valuable things to say there, and next time we'd like to ask them to participate in this part. | ||
* Record Zoom to the cloud. Never record Zoom to local. | * Record Zoom to the cloud. Never record Zoom to local. |