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How Skool's Calendar handles workshops
Every Skool community has a Calendar tab. To create a workshop:
1. Click + on the Calendar. 2. Set title, description, date/time, time zone. 3. Add a meeting link (Zoom, Google Meet, or use Skool's native live stream). 4. Optionally make it recurring (weekly Q&A, etc.). 5. Save.
Members see the event on the Calendar, can RSVP, and get a notification 30 minutes before start. The notification is visible in-app and pushed via the mobile apps.
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Skool's native live streaming
Skool ships a built-in live streaming feature for events scheduled on the Calendar. When the event time arrives, owners click 'Go Live' and members watch in-platform — no need to leave Skool, no separate Zoom link.
Live chat runs alongside the stream. Members react and comment in real time. Recording is automatic — the replay sits in the event after it ends.
The native stream is OK but not as full-featured as Zoom for interactive workshops. For breakouts, polls, and Q&A modes, Zoom still wins. For passive broadcast (creator talks to camera), native Skool live works fine.
What to do with workshop recordings
Three patterns:
1. Pin the recording in the feed for visibility — works for important sessions. 2. Drop the recording into a Classroom course as a lesson — creates an asset library over time. 3. Leave it on the Calendar event — replay stays linked to the original event.
Most successful Skool workshop owners do all three for major workshops: pin to feed for the first week, then move to a Classroom 'past workshops' module, while the original Calendar entry keeps the replay as well.
Getting members to actually show up
RSVP-to-attend conversion is brutal. Industry-typical attendance is 30–50% of RSVPs. To improve:
- Pin a feed post 24 hours before the workshop with the topic and one specific question you'll answer
- Send a DM to RSVPed members 1 hour before the start with the link
- Make the workshop title specific and outcome-driven, not vague
- Replay availability is a feature, not a bug — say so explicitly so members can't-make-it-but-want-the-replay still RSVP
Manual DMs at scale are painful. tools4skool handles those — schedule a DM blast to RSVPed members 1 hour before the workshop with the live link.
Automating the around-workshop work
The workshop itself is your job. The around-workshop ops can mostly be automated:
- Welcome DM for new members points them to upcoming workshops
- Reminder DM 1 hour before each workshop to RSVPed members
- Replay-link DM to people who RSVPed but didn't attend
- Tag members who attended for future segmented offers
Skool ships none of this natively. tools4skool's automation engine handles all four through triggered DM sequences with multi-condition logic.
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