# Tips for hosting large events? **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/tips-for-hosting-large-events/146705 **Category:** Community Building **Created:** [April 3, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tips-for-hosting-large-events/146705 "2020-04-03T14:22:53Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 4
### Author: ![sunjam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sunjam/32/175682_2.png) [@sunjam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sunjam) #### Post date: [April 3, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tips-for-hosting-large-events/146705/4 "2020-04-03T22:10:23Z")
Hi, couple thoughts. For our meetings we’ll use [a live etherpad](https://pad.riseup.net/p/winetasting) as a simple tool for people to text chat (see right hand side) and ask questions + add discussion items while remaining muted. You can actually [embed these into your Discourse forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embed-etherpad-lite-pads-into-discourse/42594) with this plugin. We find this method better than Zoom’s built-in chat, which is most useful for direct written responses to a speaker. We always ask anyone not speaking in a room remain muted at all times. Best way to do this is by only using the “push to talk” feature. 150 people is a ton so ask silent listeners to turn their screens off in the event performance slows. Hope this helps. 🙂 --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tips-for-hosting-large-events/146705)._