Setting up an event

A quick tour of running a Samvinas event, from creating it to sharing the join code. Adapt any of this to match how your organisation works.

1. Create the event

Sign in at your Samvinas app, choose New event, and give it a name. Start from a blank flow or one of your saved templates.

2. Build the flow

Add the tools your session needs, in order — for example Brainstorm → Voting → Clustering. Each tool has:

• a Prompt (the question participants see),
• a Source and Filters (where its items come from, when you're piping data between tools),
• and a Focus button that makes it the live tool for participants.

Use the Instructions tool anywhere you want a page of standing guidance, and add Utilities like a Timer or Raise Hand from the utilities menu.

3. Share the join code

Participants join at your app's join page with the 5‑character code, or by scanning the QR. No account needed. Project the Display view if you want the results on a big screen.

4. Run it

Tap Focus on each tool as you reach it. Lock a tool to freeze responses, or hide the results tab for a reveal moment. Participants can tap the ? in the header for tool‑specific help (these pages).

5. After the event

Export a full report (or per‑tool CSVs) from the event settings for your notes and follow‑up.

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