I held the first ever Network News Call September 11th at 11am ET. It was broadcast live using YouTube. This call will covers Network news and information for the ALC community. Check out a recap from the call. This post will go over how to run the Network News Call.

The Setup

• Created an LIVE event through the ALC Network YouTube account

1. Set the Network Call Trello Board
   
   1. Move cards in Discussed Last Month to Ready to Archive
      
      
   2. Move cards in Discussed This Month to Discussed Last Month
   3. Copy INFO & RSVP card and place last weeks in Discussed This Week
      
      
      
   4. Change the dates!
      Click the edit button or just click anywhere on the description area
      You’ll see links inside parentheses (rounded brackets) for more info about Trello links, click formatting help
   5. Set the Agenda
      1. Reach out to people who might have things to share, have them add to the Trello agenda
2. Send reminder email with a link to the YouTube page and to the RSVP card
   1. Email Template below.
3. Announce on Slack in #general “Hey everyone, there is a Network News Call on [date] at 11am, Got something you want to share? Please add it to the Trello board or let me know https://trello.com/b/iGb9qN9o/”
   1. Set a reminder in #announcements for 15 minutes before event with LIVE link and Hangout link.
      • In Slack you can set a reminder like so:
        ‘/remind #announcements “Network News is going live in 15 minutes! [youtube link]” at 10:45 [date]‘ Reminder documentation
4. Do the call!
   1. Make sure you select someone to write notes on the Trello cards, this will make documentation much easier!
   2. Coordinate with people who are going to speak on the call and see if the agenda fits their needs.
   3. You must login to the ALC YouTube account and click the Start Hangout On Air button under the Live Event. From there you will be able to Go Live from the hangout.

Post Call Work

1. Move all cards to Discussed This Month and arrange them in order
2. Go through the video and add annotations for links/emails
3. Captured the time code for each card and added a link as a comment in the Trello card
4. Write the recap blog post, used Card title, description, youtube timecode link, and notes from trello to generate.
5. Added a link to the recap post to the YouTube video description.