What are some of the creative ways to involve your viewers in a live stream collaboration?

To engage viewers in events, think outside the box! Seek out activities that are open-ended and easy for everyone to join. For cooking shows, host a live cook-off where viewers can vote or challenge you with ingredients. In fitness, organize virtual challenges or workouts with video participation. Make it interactive and stay true to your brand. Be open to your audience helping co-create content, making it more lively and fun. In my experience, people are smart and can generate fantastic ideas with even the tiniest bit of encouragement. So, it's all about sparking insights, growing, learning, and having fun together in real-time!

Live streaming platforms like StreamYard, Ecamm, Wave, and Restream allow you to share viewer comments and questions to the screen. This is great for including viewers into your live show and makes them feel included. Another plus to this is it allows viewers on other channels on a multi streamed show to see comments on a channel they may not be viewing on. Screen sharing can also be a great way to visualize what the host or guests are discussing in a much richer visual way. Changes are occurring rapidly in the space allowing for more engagement options in the future.

All of the guests on our two global award-winning Linkedin Live shows, Shout Out Saturday (SOS) and Whats Good Wednesday (WGW) come directly from the audience (Positive Vibe Tribe / PVT) and everyone is invited to join LIVE. These shows and their associated special events have had a global impact. There are countless stories of people coming on, sharing their story and leaving feeling supported and more hopeful. This is not only true for those who are guests on the shows LIVE, but for those who support through comments and are part of the PVT. As a community that goes beyond the shows, people connect on and off platforms, attend one another's events and appearances, celebrate milestones together and are always there for one another.

WGW and SOS are all about the community, shining the light on others, celebrating the good, building a family that supports+loves you through everything. The goal is to create positive energy/vibes, remind people they matter+give them hope. Our content reflects the spirit of VoiceYourVibe+the purpose of our LIVE shows. Maya Angelou said it best, “people may forget what you say, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” VoiceYourVibe is all about the “feels”. It’s the heart of it all that matters. The message is universal. It’s about reaching people so that they feel seen+heard & have a safe place to come together. The purpose is to boost their spirits, ease their minds, create connection, encourage collaboration+build a family.

Having fun when you're live streaming really helps kick the Procrastination Monster ?? to the curb. In the course of almost 3 years going Live each week, I have made a ton of mistakes. Instead of being embarrassed and feeling that I'm being judged, I simply see the OOPS experiences as teachable moments. I have hosted an entire LinkedIn Live with another live stream collaborator on "when things go wrong" during your Lives. That show got a lot of engagement. I think people were happy to know that it really is okay to just laugh.

Consider using B roll video to allow for sharing more about things that can’t be easily accessed or viewed in the studio environment. Examples of this can be product or service demonstrations that allow for the use of the video while the onscreen talent provides commentary and interaction with the viewing audience. Replay viewers can also leave questions and comments that can also be answered after the show has been completed and for those who were not available for the live interaction.

Every week, we create space for others who need it; a place for people to 'be'. We've seen it, felt it, been told it. We know what it's like to feel like you don't have a community - living on a proverbial island - feeling alone, left out, unwanted, and the need to be cherished. Our giving to them is at least equal to their giving to us. Our shows provide positive experiences that change narratives for both our audience and us. The benefits our community receives are similar to what we’re experiencing and it keeps us and them coming back. Connectivity, community, support, and love are reasons why we all return. We anticipate how we’re going to, and want to, feel and we’re excited about walking away feeling better than we did before.