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Chad Littlefield is one of the most respected voices in the world of human connection — co-founder of We and Me, creator of the We! Connect Cards, and host of the annual Connectors Summit. Every December, the Summit brings together facilitators, educators, and community builders from around the world.
Running a virtual event for that crowd is the ultimate test. This is an audience whose entire craft is engagement, and who come to the convening specifically looking for tools and techniques for engaging their audiences in new ways.
For multiple years running, Chad has trusted us to co-produce the gathering alongside him. We helped his team transition away from using Zoom and onto a platform that allows for meaningful engagement and connection between participants. As a result, we turned a multi-day online summit into an experience that feels less like a webinar and more like a room you don’t want to leave.
what we did
Co-produce and co-facilitate the 3-day Connectors Summit for the past few years
Design and run the full experience on Remo, our platform of choice for free-flowing connection
Support end-to-end production including Remo space design, pre-summit tech check, and run-of-show
Co-facilitate interactive sessions to demonstrate the power of the platform to attendees
Support speakers with a seamless behind-the-scenes flow
how we did it
Built for connection, not broadcast
We run the Summit on Remo, our virtual engagement platform, specifically because people can move between virtual tables and actually talk. This becomes the online equivalent of turning to the person next to you. For a summit about connection, the platform has to embody the message.
Kill the tech friction before and during the gathering
Weeks before the summit, we run an “unofficial start” tech check so everyone can troubleshoot any potential tech issues in a low-stakes warm-up. The goal is to “double the joy and halve the frustration” before the real thing begins.
Once the event kicks off, behind the scenes we produce the whole flow so speakers like Priya Parker and Peter Block can simply show up and shine.
Hands-on facilitation, not just production
Beyond running the tech, we co-facilitate programming during the summit. Chad’s team relies on us to demonstrate creative approaches and methods for engaging audiences in a virtual setting.
Techniques have included Collective Story Harvests and World Cafes. In one of the years, we hosted an interactive Pro-Action Café where the audience does the work of identifying and co-creating projects together. Consistently attendees report some of these sessions as their favorite.
As the Summit grows, we’re bringing in one of our other tools – WiseRooms – to capture the wisdom in the room in real time and turn 3 days of conversation into harvested themes and new connections that outlast the event.
