South Bay Debates

In a small town environment, local municipal races typically don’t have a lot of opportunities to engage with votes and debate hot topics. When in-person forums have been hosted in the past, attendance fluctuates… because let’s be honest - who wants to miss a baseball game to watch a debate. Providing a virtual environment for the public to watch, participate, and watch again on-demand solved a problem not only because of COVID, but also because of natural limited audience engagement for smaller elections. Using Conference Cloud technology, we planned, rehearsed, and scheduled 11 local virtual debates. Participants were able to join in a Zoom room, but the output public broadcast was a fully produced and customized experience for viewers with focus on speakers, lower-thirds, and opportunity for audience members to ask questions.