How It Works

To create a gotoTalks Event, you need to be a member.

General considerations:
  • To set up a gotoTalks event, just click “Create a Standard Event” or “Create a Gold Event” from the main menu and fill in all your event details. Standard Events are free. For Gold Events, you'll be charged based on how long your event is and how many people you're inviting—each participant gets paid $10 per hour.
  • Give people enough time to sign up—ideally 7 to 10 days. If not enough people register, you can always postpone your event.
  • Your event must be held at a public venue (like a library, hotel conference room, church, school, etc.). Make sure the venue is officially booked before submitting your event. Events can’t be held at a private residence unless everyone attending is a close friend or relative.
  • You must have between 5 and 30 people in your audience.
  • Events can last up to 4 hours max.
  • Once your event is created, our team will review it. If it meets our guidelines, it’ll go live on the site and open for registration.
  • You’re in charge of your audience list—you can confirm or remove registrations. If more people sign up than your event can hold, they’ll be added to a waitlist. Registration closes 24 hours before the event, and after that, the waitlist will be cleared and no more changes can be made.
  • You can email your registrants to share more details about your event. Their email addresses are hidden for privacy.
  • For Standard Events, an attendance sheet isn’t required, but it’s a good idea to use one anyway.
Additional steps for Gold Events:
  • After creating your Gold Event, you’ll need to make a payment. Here’s how it works:
  • You pay $10 per hour per attendee, plus a $20/hour processing fee. The total depends on how many people you invite and how long the event is.
  • If you’re okay with the total, click “Pay” to go to PayPal and complete your payment. gotoTalks doesn’t collect any credit card info—everything is handled securely through PayPal.
  • After payment, PayPal will send you back to the gotoTalks site. You can check your payment status by clicking "Payment."
  • Attendance sheets are required for Gold Events. After the event, mark who attended in the system and email a signed attendance sheet to Contact.gotoTalks@gotoTalks.
  • Every attendee must sign the attendance sheet to get paid $10/hour.
  • If the event isn’t full, you can get reimbursed for the people who didn’t show up—*but only if you send in the signed attendance sheet*. If we don’t get the sheet on time, all registrants will be paid $10/hour whether they showed up or not. The processing fee is non-refundable.
Participants:
  • Always check your registration status before attending a gotoTalks event. If it says “Complete,” you’re good to go. If it says “Waitlist” or “Canceled,” don’t attend. Be sure to double-check your status within 24 hours of the event.
  • To check your status, go to “My registrations: Standard Event” or “My registrations: Gold Event”.
  • After the event, the organizer should update your status to “Attended.”
  • For Gold Events, your earnings will be added to your gotoTalks account. Once your balance hits $50, we’ll send $50 to your PayPal account. You’ll need a free PayPal account to get paid—check PayPal’s policies for any possible fees.