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 Using Events to Boost Engagement
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Updated 5 months ago · 2 min read

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**The Event tool can help you add interest and increase participation in your engagement strategy.**

Here are some ideas to boost engagement for your event.

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Add a FAQ
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This is an easy way to answer questions about the event such as:

- What should I bring?
- Is food provided?
- How long is the session?
- Will there be a livestream?

An easy way to add a FAQ to your event page is by using an accordion. Find out how to add an accordion to your page[ here](/articles/9180113248783-How-to-add-an-accordion-to-your-page).

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Add a Map
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Use a map to share details about the event including:

- Parking
- Public Transport
- Childcare facilities
- Toilets and other public facilities
- Emergency services

Find out more about Map Builder [here](/articles/9181356421903-Create-project-maps).

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Add a survey
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For forums and workshops, gather essential information about attendees by adding a link to participation tools such as surveys or polls. Find out about:

- Accessibility requirements
- How much parking will you need
- Catering
- Workshop topic requests
- General surveys to inform the content or structure of the session

Find out more about surveys [here.](/articles/9182830898191-Create-and-edit-a-survey)

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Adding content blocks to an Event
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**Surveys, Polls, Maps, Idea Boards** and other elements can be added to an exisiting Event in content blocks.

To add Content Blocks to an event:

1. Create an event (Click [here](/articles/9181131229711-Create-and-edit-project-events) to find out how to create an event).
2. From the Edit tab, click **Add Block.**
3. From the dropdown menu, select the type of Content Block you want to add, e.g: Survey.
4. Give this section a **Title.**
5. Choose to display all available surveys, or a custom selection.\*
6. Choose how to format the display of surveys.
7. Select **Add \[Survey\].**
8. Click **Publish.**

NB: Adding a content block will only display the content that has *already been* created for the project. All Polls, Surveys, Idea Boards, Maps etc will need to be created as an individual tool before they can be added as part of a content block.

Want to find out about adding elements to your event?

Find out about creating Surveys [here.](/articles/9182830898191-Create-and-edit-a-survey)

Find out about creating Polls [here.](/articles/9184031782799-Create-and-edit-poll)

Find out about creating Idea Boards [here.](/articles/9184062005007-Create-and-edit-an-idea-board)

Find out about creating Maps [here](/articles/9181356421903-Create-project-maps).

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