Customize your Virtual Event's Lounge, a module that contains different Chat Rooms to foster pointed conversation amongst your attendees regarding specific roles or interests.
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Note: Your Lounge is apart of yourNetworking Center, which is apart of the creation of your Virtual Event.
After you have created your Virtual Event, it is time to set up and design your event's Lounge.The Lounge has separate chat rooms that your attendees can join and chat amongst each other.These chat rooms can be set up to align with certain topics discussed during events, job roles and more.
How to Enable the Lounge
1.On your Main Series, click to theManage Event (Beta)dashboard
2.There are two ways to enable your Lounge:
- On theEvent Modulessection, enable theNetworking Centermodule.Then, scroll down and enable on theLounge
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- Go to theNetworking Centersection on the left hand menu.LocateLoungeand toggle it on.
Clicking on the Lounge on either of these methods will take you to the Lounge's Editor Page, where you'll be able to adjust the settings and see the attendee view of your lounge.On the left hand side, you can customize and design the lounge's appearance and branding, then add chat rooms.To adjust its settings, clickManagein the top right corner of your page.
How to Create Chat Rooms
To create a new chat room in your lounge, selectSessionsin the left-hand menu.ClickAdd Session.Give it atitle, subtitle, summary of the session, icon image,and select if you would like it toshow in the Lounge.
Your new chat room will then appear within the Lounge.Attendees are able to enter different rooms to chat, seamlessly transitioning between the rooms through the right hand menu that shows all the different Chat Rooms.The Chat threads will stay constant, so attendees can pick up conversation at any point during the event.Additionally, attendees can see who is in the room currently to start pointed conversation amongst those individuals.
