Example Live Session plans

If you're hosting live sessions on Zoom, these example session plans may help you to decide how to run your session. These are just examples to get you started: you are most welcome to host your Live session(s) in whatever way you'd like. 

Example session plan 1: Small group co-creating (1 hour)

• 17:00 - Start and introductions (introduce yourself, greet other members, let them know where in the world you are and find out where the other members are joining from) - if the group is small, you could invite members to speak.
• 17:05 - Share what you'll be working on during the session and invite any other members to speak and share their work too.
• 17:10 - (or before or after, depending on group size) - You could choose to keep your microphones on through the next part, or you could let members know you'll be muting your microphone now and request them to do the same so you can all carry on with your artwork. Tell them what time they can expect to hear from you next. 
• 17:50 - Unmute yourself if you were muted, and let members know there are 10 minutes left. Share your progress with the group and reflect on how your session is going/has gone. Invite other members to share their progress. Ask them how they got on. You could open the conversation to other members to help each other solve any challenges or offer support.
• 18:00 - Let members know it's the end of the session and they're welcome to stay in the room. If you're staying in the room for longer, you could say how long for. 

Example session plan 2: Large group co-creating (1 hour)

• 17:00 - Start and introductions (introduce yourself, greet other members, let them know where in the world you are and find out where the other members are joining from).  If there are 15+ members, you could ask members to mute their microphones and then invite them by name to speak if they want, or just wave if they'd rather not speak - or you could suggest they share their answers by typing in the Zoom chat.
• 17:05 - Share what you'll be working on during the session and invite any other members to hold their work up to their camera.
• 17:10 - (or before or after, depending on group size) - Let members know you'll be muting your microphone now and request them to keep their microphones off too so you can all carry on with your artwork. Tell them what time they can expect to hear from you next. 
• 17:55 - Unmute yourself and let members know there are 5 minutes left. Share your progress with the group and reflect on how your session is going/has gone. Invite other members to hold their artwork to their camera to show the progress they've made in the session.
• 18:00 - Let members know it's the end of the session and they're welcome to stay in the room. If you're staying in the room for longer, you could say how long for. 

Example session plan 3: Art discussion and feedback session (1 hour)

If your session will be a discussion around a theme, make it really clear in the description so participants can prepare what they want to bring or ponder their answers to a discussion question. Here's how that type of session might run:

• 17:00 - Start and introductions (introduce yourself, greet other members, let them know where in the world you are and find out where the other members are joining from).  If there are 15+ members, you could ask members to mute their microphones and then invite them by name to speak if they want, or just wave if they'd rather not speak - or you could suggest they share their answers by typing in the Zoom chat.
• 17:05 - Remind the group of the discussion question you'd posed and then give your own answer to it or reason for asking. Then ask the question to the group and see where the conversation goes. 
• 17:30 - Ask if anyone would like any group input on any artworks they're planning or are in the process of creating. See where the conversation goes
• 17:45 - Have a backup discussion question ready, or see where the conversation goes.
• 18:00 - Let members know it's the end of the session and they're welcome to stay in the room. If you're staying in the room for longer, you could say how long for. If anyone didn't get feedback on their work, remind them they can request feedback when they upload in the website.