How to Set Up Your Virtual Event with Zoom

Learn how to get your Zoom Virtual Event up and running in a few simple steps.

1. Create your Virtual Event
2. Set up your Event
3. Create your Event page
4. Set your Livestream Preferences

• • Linking your Zoom account
  • Entering meeting information manually

  5.  Publish your Event

  7.  Start your Event

  8.  Understand Attendees' Experience

   1.  Create your Virtual Event 

Create an Event

On your Dashboard, access "Events" tab from the left sidebar menu and then choose "Virtual Event." Or, click on "Quick Actions" and select "Schedule Event."

   2.  Set Up Your Event

 Fill in some basic information about your Event.

1. Event format- Plan a virtual Event or a hybrid Event.  
2. Ticketing - Choose to sell tickets or have a free Event.
3. Single Event or Recurring Event - Is this a one-off Event, or does it repeat more than once?
4. Event time/date - When will your Event happen? Outline start times and dates. 
5. Time zone - Gathr.com pre-selects your likely time zone. You can also set it manually using this drop-down menu. 

Are you planning a multi-day virtual Event?

Some Events start on one date and end days after. For example, a conference or a convention runs from Friday, July 1, at 9:00 AM to Sunday, July 3, at 4:00 PM.        To host a multi-day event, set your Event Start Dates/Times and End Dates/Times accordingly:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Throughout your multi-day virtual Event, Attendees enjoy free re-entry to your Event Watch Page. Please be sure to put your Event schedule in your Event Description when setting up your Event page so your Attendees know what's happening and when at your Event.

   3.  Create your Event page

Build interest in your Event by adding a cover photo, title, and other descriptors.

1. Event Title- What's your Event called?
2. Cover Photo - Add a photo to display on your Event page.
3. Event Type - What kind of Event is it? (required)
4. Category - Be specific to attract your target audience (required).
5. Subcategory - Give your audience an idea of what they're attending (required).
6. Event tags - Add keywords to set off your Event in search results (optional).
7. Short Description - Give a summary of your Event.
8. Description - Give details about the Event you want your audience to know.

   4.  Set your Livestream Preferences

If you are creating a new Event, select Zoom. Then, you can either:

• • Link your Zoom Account with Gathr (recommended).
  • Input your Zoom Meeting/Webinar information manually. 

Linking your Zoom account

When you link your Zoom account, you'll be redirected to a Zoom log-in page and required to sign into Zoom.

Once that's done, you'll see an option to "Create a new Zoom meeting for me" or "Create a new Zoom webinar for me" (if you have a Webinar level Zoom account):

Next, choose from the two options:

• • Create a new Zoom meeting for me.
  • Create a new Zoom webinar for me.

Entering meeting information manually

Enter the Zoom meeting/webinar URL, meeting ID, and passcode manually.

Copy and paste the meeting URL, meeting/webinar ID, and passcode from Zoom into the fields: 

   5.  Publish your Event

Next, set and save Ticket Tiers for your Event, include any Product Add-Ons, and Publish your Event.

   6.  Start your Event

To begin your Event, you can do so directly from your Gathr Dashboard using the green Join button for your Event. 

Be sure to allow permissions to your microphone and camera, and select the blue Join Event or Join Audio by Computer so your audience can see and hear you doing your Event. 

Attendees and Panelists can join your virtual Event from their ticket confirmation / Panelist invitation emails via your Event Watch page, where they can see any additions you've made, like Audience chat, Audience map, Product Add-Ons, or donations buttons. 

Go Live - Your Event goes live when you start the meeting from your Dashboard, and your Attendees will see the embedded Zoom Event directly on the Event Watch page.