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The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is a global organisation that has worked as a completely virtual and remotely connected network since its inception in 1990. As of November 2021, the APC network comprises 62 civil society organisations and ...

These guidelines are the result of a collaborative process enriched by the collective knowledge offered and tested within our organisation and network. We want to thank everyone who directly or indirectly contributed to this work, and acknowledge active contri...

ACM Presidential Task Force on What Conferences Can Do to Replace Face to Face Meetings. (2020, May 24). Virtual Conferences A Guide to Best Practices. Association for Computing Machinery. https://www.acm.org/virtual-conferences (2020, April). Closer than e...

When considering to organise and host an online event, there will be many questions to consider such as: What do I want to accomplish? What is my goal? What format and technology should I choose?  Who are my participants? What risks are involved?  Is my ...

Nurturing an environment where each person feels seen, heard, and their experience acknowledged - contributes to a work flow that welcomes shared learning, intersectional conversations, mutual support and creative collaboration. Here are our Principles and pra...

Questions in this section Why do I want to host this event? Could this experience be an opportunity or a risk for us a team? What challenges should I consider during this process? Online events require a substantial amount of time, resources, imagina...

Questions in this section Core principles and practices Why? | Unique value and general challenges Why do I want to host this event? Could this experience be an opportunity or a risk for us a team? What challenges should I consider during this process...

Questions in this section What do I want to accomplish?  How does this event contribute strategically to the change I want to see?  What are the possibilities of my online event? An online event should be relevant to your organisational strategic pla...

Based on our learning experience, organizing and hosting an online event often feels like weaving questions, decisions and practices that are made in the name of safety, care, rights and that center people. What enables the presence, commitment and mutual le...

Accessibility is often an afterthought in online events, when it should actually be a priority and central to the planning process from the beginning. Mobility, access to the internet, electricity, private space and technology altogether remain a barrier for a...

Your risk assessment and your survey combined will help you decide on the final format as well as specific technological solutions. Who and how many persons will attend, their contexts and needs will also determine what policies need to be in place to respon...

Think about your team, your community and wider network, and tap into the pool of talents, skills, creativity, imagination, and inspiring work you all are already doing. Some general questions that can help facilitate the main workload distribution and help yo...

Questions in this section Is the timing of my event right? Time zone considerations How long should my event be? Digital fatigue and hidden time Timeline of the process APC’s lessons learned on time and care Timing and time zone(s) considerations ...

When choosing the format of your event, it’s challenging to find one-fits-all as you would want to balance your goal, content, accessibility options, safety and technology choice. Will it be a real-time synchronous or asynchronous event, or perhaps a mix of tw...

Essential to your event design are the technological platforms and tools that will be used. This determines accessibility, opportunities and possible limitations for your event. Be flexible and make sure the team designing the event involve technologists. They...

Documentation can be utilized to the extent of easing the entire process of event preparation and further used as your organisational and community archive for community knowledge building. Not only does it serve your participants for preparation and the navig...

When it comes to translation, interpretation, closed captioning and global online convenings and events held in multiple languages with hundreds of participants in different time zones, here are some lessons learned from APC experience: Consider having your...

We’ve learned from our histories and lived realities within the oppressive and exploitative ableist systems and gender norms that precarity, poverty, structural discrimination and exclusion perpetuate and deepen the red flags of our vulnerability. Those red fl...