What Makes Online Events Different
Online events remove geography as a barrier. For taron's audience of Africans on the continent and in the diaspora, that matters. An attendee in Nairobi and one in Toronto can be in the same event at the same time, engaging with the same content and the same people.
The tradeoff is that the spontaneity of physical presence — the hallway conversation, the networking over food — requires more deliberate design online. Good hosts account for this. Good attendees take advantage of the features and opportunities that well-run online events provide.
Getting Ready to Join
Confirm your access link — Your event access details are typically in your confirmation notification or on the event page in your taron account. Locate these before the event starts, not as it's beginning.
Test your setup — If you plan to participate with audio or video, test your microphone and camera beforehand. A quick test 10 minutes before the event is enough to catch most technical issues.
Find a good environment — A stable internet connection, a quiet space, and a device with enough battery or a charger nearby will make the experience significantly better.
Participating Well
Join on time. Online events often start promptly, and joining late means missing context that makes the rest of the session harder to follow.
Engage through whatever mechanisms the host provides — chat, Q&A tools, reactions, or open discussion. Passive attendance is fine, but the attendees who get the most from online events are usually those who participate actively, even in small ways.
Keep your microphone muted when you're not speaking in formats where multiple people have open audio. Background noise from multiple unmuted participants makes conversation very difficult.
After the Event
Many online events are recorded. Check the event page or the host's community for a recording link, any resources mentioned during the session, or a post-event discussion thread. These are valuable if you missed anything during the live session or want to revisit something specific.
Gifting During Online Events
While you are watching a live event on taron, you can send a gift to the host in real time. Choose your currency, add a note if you like, and send — an on-screen animation plays for everyone in the stream when a gift lands. Gifts go directly to the host's wallet. See the Gifting on Live Events article for full details.
