How to Make Your Event Shine on Dara: Event Posting

|| For Event Organizers

This article is part of a two-part series meant to be a guide for successfully running Events, and is aimed at Organizers who typically are already in a Dara Community, and want to run a Community-led Event. If you’d like to know more about setting up a vibrant Community on Dara, go here, and if you’re unsure about the differences between Chat Groups and Channels, go here.

Whether you’re looking to improve your Community’s engagement or share your Organization’s wonderful work with Dara’s wider network, Events are an excellent way to get people interested in the things you care about. So, to start off, try and focus your event around a specific topic that you and your Speaker(s) can add value to.

Once you’ve got that figured out, head on over to the Events page on the Home tab. Press Create and start by uploading a Cover Photo. Along with your Event Name, this should convey the most important elements of your post such as whether it’s art, tech or culture-related. You can upload an image or a .gif, but try and keep things clear and legible.

Add a URL to link your post to another page, and then add the Date and Time for your Event. If your Event is being hosted online, you can leave Online Event unchanged, otherwise switch it to Offline and add it’s location.

Now, go ahead and write a Description that goes into some detail about the topics you’re going to cover, an introduction to your Speakers and why you or your Organization decided to undertake this Event. You can even add a video letting people know why they should attend your Event.

Next, if your Speaker or Host are already a Member of the Dara network, add them to your post through the Speakers and Host sections, so that viewers can find their Profiles and get to know them even better.

Coming to Details, start by telling us which Community you want this Event connected to (you’ll have to be a Member of the Community). Next, set your Event’s visibility to one of the following:

• Public & the Web.
• All Dara Members.
• Your entire Community (including Non-Affiliates).
• Just your Community Affiliates.
• Private, which means you, the Event Host and Speakers, and anyone you share your Event with.

Finally, you can add links to Supporter Organizations, the Video Room, an RSVP Survey and notices on the Max Seats you’re offering and whether or your Event is Paid or not.

Remember, you can add custom questions to your Registration form too!

Once you’ve double-checked that you’ve got all your Event details down right, move on to the next article, where we’ll be going into some detail regarding Event Sharing and Promotion, and Dara’s RSVP system.

We hope this information helps you post your first Event on Dara.

Don’t hesitate to reach out to support@dara.network if you have any questions or suggestions. Or, you can message Dara’s team directly on Dara here.

Our team is highly responsive and committed to giving you the best user experience.

-Dara’s team.