Interactive Sessions  

The interactive sessions will be open for participation based on your registration track immediately following our Keynote Presentation on Friday. These begin at 12:30pm ET/9:30am PT and will allow you to engage and learn from our outstanding speakers with a more personalized approach. You will have the opportunity to directly ask questions and converse with the presenter using our interactive chat feature.  Speakers leading these sessions offer a range of expertise, from disability rights and advocacy, leadership, virtual engagement, and resilience.   

To ensure you don’t miss any of these incredible speakers, be sure to review the offerings on the BBLC agenda ahead of conference and design your schedule so you can participate in all of your favorite sessions. Please review the Attendee Guide to learn how to add sessions to your schedule.   

Peer to Peer Roundtables  

Peer to Peer Roundtables provide each attendee the unique opportunity to do what everyone loves most at a conference – chat with your peers! While we know this conference will be different this year since we won’t be able to be together in person, we hope you are able to join us for meaningful conversation, thoughtful idea-sharing, and brainstorming. These roundtables will be offered following the Interactive Sessions on Friday; they will be offered in 30-minute blocks from 3:30pm ET – 6:00pm ET / 12:30pm PT – 3:30pm PT.  

Roundtables will be offered to each track with specifically designed content and specially designated leaders who are experts in the topic. The roundtables will be capped at 25 participants to ensure small and engaging conversation is possible and comfortable for all involved. Be sure to sign up for your favorite roundtable topics early to save your seat. View the full conference agenda to see which topics and speakers will be hosting conversations that are relevant and important to you.    

Chat Rooms  

Chat Rooms offer a casual space for conference attendees to ask questions and learn best practices. There are chat rooms designated for important topics that are relevant to the success of each role in Best Buddies leadership. The chat rooms will be moderated by volunteer experts and staff who will be available throughout the afternoon to respond to questions, provide ideas, and help resolve challenges. The chat rooms are easy and informal; there is no need to sign up ahead of time, but attendees are encouraged to pop in and chat at their convenience throughout the afternoon. Chat rooms will be open from 3:30pm ET – 6:00pm ET / 12:30pm PT – 3:30pm PT; be sure to check the conference agenda to determine which topics you are most interested in asking questions and engaging leaders in.  

There are multiple ways to communicate with your friends or speakers. The site offers a few ways highlighted below: 

Session Chats: Speakers will be available through a chat window during their scheduled session time for Interactive Sessions. You can use this chat window much like a group text or direct messenger feature on your favorite social platforms. Anyone attending the session along with you can also chat in this feature to ask questions or share their excitement about the session! The speaker will be there to answer any questions you might have. 

Peer to Peer Roundtables: Add peer to peer roundtables to your scheduled for the opportunity to connect with leaders about a certain topic and participate in small group interactive discussions via Zoom.   

Speaker Directory: Did you miss the session you wanted to attend? That’s ok! The speakers can be reached through various outlets by searching for them in the speaker directory. If a speaker has elected to share their LinkedIn or email address, it will appear in their profile when you locate them in the directory. 

We know how much fun it is to be with your peers at the in-person experience of BBLC, so we wanted to make sure to incorporate this into the virtual event. We’ve pulled together a few different ways to engage with each other throughout the day that can be accessed within the virtual environment:  

• Selfie Station – take a selfie and post it on social media using #BBLC2020  
• Attendee Directory – find others peers and connect with them socially 
• Chat Rooms – on Friday July 17 from 3:30pm to 6:00pm ET moderated chat rooms will be available to collaborate and connect with others on a specific topic 
• Peer to Peer Roundtables – on Friday July 17 from 3:30pm to 6:00pm ET peer to peer roundtables will be available for small group discussions where attendees can connect via Zoom to collaborate and learn 

Definitely! You can evaluate a session after it has concluded. To do this, once logged into the event platform, you can fill out a quick form for any session that you added to your schedule within the site. There is an Evaluation tab on the navigation pane that will populate any evaluations that are available to you.  

If you feel you should have access to other sessions that are not visible to you, please reach out for support at bblc@dynamicevents.com or Live Chat on the conference homepage to let them know of the change that needs to be made to your registration. 

Yes, all recorded sessions will have the ability for the user to choose closed captioning in English, Chinese, Spanish & French.

No. The video will not automatically save your watch time.  You will need to start the video again, but if you know where you left off you can advance to that point within the video.  After sessions have ended, the video will be available any time to watch again.  

The chat will appear below the video recording and anyone who is signed in to that session at the time will be able to chat with one another.  The Speaker will be monitoring the chat during the scheduled session time, so please ask questions! 

Please find the Peer to Peer Roundtable you want to join on the session list and click Add to Schedule.  Once the meeting is on your schedule, the Virtual Link will appear on the session details page at the scheduled time for you to join the Zoom meeting room.  Please note, this will take you to an external link to join the meeting.  Peer to Peer Roundtable sessions will be limited capacity and therefore, by adding the meeting to your calendar you are holding your “place” in the meeting.  If you are unable to add a Peer to Peer Roundtable session to your schedule it is because the meeting is full.  

The Peer to Peer Round Table meetings are meant to be small interactive group discussions and therefore, have a limited capacity.  If you are unable to join the meeting because it is full, please engage in our other activities such as the Chat Rooms or watch On Demand Sessions.  

Yes!  You will have the opportunity to continue to watch all of the sessions post BBLC until August 17!  So, take the time to come back and continue to learn!  While the sessions and the chat features will not be monitored, you will have the opportunity to view what others asked during the live event on the interactive sessions. 

Please navigate to My Profile either on the left-hand navigation bar, or by clicking on your name in the top right corner and choosing My Profile. Update your photo, bio and all details about yourself that you would like to share.  At the bottom, make sure the box is checked that says “Show my profile in the community” so that people can find you and engage!  

Navigate to the virtual background in the left-hand navigation bar and choose an image; then, right click and choose Save Image As and save it to your desktop.  Once you are in a Zoom meeting, click on the arrow next to the Video button and choose Virtual Backgrounds.  Click on the + symbol and upload the image.  Please note, some computers may not support virtual backgrounds.