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Last August, the 2.5M member nonprofit, NARAL Pro-Choice America, set out to host a virtual event unlike any Zoom webinar they had done in the past. This online Activists’ Summit featured guest speakers Senators Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Jeff Merkley. NARAL’s stakeholders had high hopes that this event would closely match an in-person experience. But this was their first full-scale virtual conference of this magnitude. While excitement ran high going into the Activists Summit, so too did the pressure to fulfill on the hopes of thousands.
The virtual Activists Summit immersed over 1,500 attendees—doubling the attendance rate of NARAL’s previous online events—in an interactive space with multiple, simultaneous trainings, networking sessions, polls and other interactive features like 1-to-1 video calls, and Expo Booths with merchandise, a book launch, a podcast, and educational workshops on how to influence policy and decision makers around women’s rights. The event also included real-time calls to action, with “on-site” phone banking and a training on postcard writing to elected officials
Leading up to this packed two-day online conference, We & Goliath offered strategy, registration, software, training, graphics & support. To thoroughly train their team for their first large virtual conference, we led multiple technical walkthroughs, speaker trainings, a dry run, and a book launch “sneak-peak” event.
The Organization’s President and the Board of Directors were ecstatic about both the platform and the service We & Goliath provided. With 1,568 activists in attendance, the event was widely received as a success and emboldened NARAL’s base to continue with their work in spite of the limitations set by COVID. We & Goliath continues to work with NARAL as a trusted partner for virtual events, and as peers in online organizing.
Ilyse Hogue,
NARAL President
Thank you so much, this was a powerful weekend for our entire organization.”
Travis Ballie,
Deputy Organizing Director,
Elizabeth Schoetz,
Chief of Staff, NARAL
01Virtual Event Strategy
02TV-Style Livestream Production
03Speaker Trainings
04"Sneak Peek" Event
05Live Attendee Support
06Backstage Support
Three senators spoke on stage (Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Jeff Merkley) along with Ilyse Hogue, NARAL President, and speakers from the Black Lives movement.
NARAL President, Ilyse Hogue, also promoted and released her book “The Lie That Binds” during a “sneak peak” event we put on before the conference.
NARAL staff including four executives of the organization hosted trainings and discussion panels. To help them prepare, we coached speakers on their audio, video, lighting, internet and computer reliability, and online presentation tips including how to interact with the audience via chat and Q&A.
With just two days notice before the event (we forgive you!), NARAL asked us to design social sharing images for all their main stage sessions in two sizes.
This being NARAL’s first large scale virtual event, we even created a custom knowledgebase, branded with their event, colors, and logo to help everyone navigate, troubleshoot and use the platform features to the fullest.
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