The telephone town hall. The original mass-scale, two-way conversation.
Converso runs fully managed telephone town halls, hybrid meetings, and large-scale public events for Canada's governments, unions, health authorities, and associations. You show up. We handle everything else — from script to final report.
The phone is not a fallback. It's the only channel that reaches everyone.
Video meetings require internet, a device, a login, and a quiet space. Telephone meetings require nothing except a phone. That difference matters enormously when you're trying to reach seniors, rural residents, shift workers, people with disabilities, and anyone who can't be in a room at a specific time.
Not a platform. A managed service.
Converso is not software you license. There's no dashboard your team learns to configure, no setup call with a vendor's support team, no day-before scramble. We bring an experienced producer, trained screeners, a tested script, and a verified call list. You bring the speakers. We handle the rest.
Every format. Every scale.
Whether your audience is 100 members or 150,000 constituents — telephone, video, or in-person — Converso manages the production end-to-end.
Telephone Town Halls
The core Converso product. We dial your list — residents, members, patients, constituents — and connect live attendees to a moderated two-way session. Live Q&A, polling, and full post-event reporting.
Hybrid Meetings
In-person speakers + telephone audience + online streaming + video participation — all simultaneously. Converso manages every channel so your audience is one unified meeting, not three disconnected ones.
Video Town Halls
Webinar-style events with live Q&A, polling, and breakout capability. Managed production means your speakers focus on the content — not on managing the platform.
Constituency & Member Town Halls
MLAs, MPPs, MPs, and union leaders connect directly with the people they represent. Live, two-way, with every question on the record — and a full report ready for stakeholders afterward.
Open Board Forums
Statutory public accountability meetings for health authorities, school boards, and public agencies. Telephone-first format ensures legal engagement mandates are genuinely fulfilled — not just checked off.
Emergency Town Halls
Rapid-deploy sessions during wildfires, floods, pandemics, and public health emergencies. Available 24/7. On air within 48–72 hours. The format that works when internet goes down and people need real answers fast.
Everything you need. Nothing you don't.
Every Converso telephone town hall comes fully staffed and equipped. There's no à-la-carte list of add-ons to configure.
Before the event
- ✓Kick-off and production planning meetings
- ✓Script templates and Q&A frameworks
- ✓Speaker briefings and moderator guides
- ✓Poll question development
- ✓Online registration setup (if required)
- ✓Screener and team training
- ✓Final check-in 24–48 hours before event
During & after the event
- ✓Dial-out to your phone list
- ✓Live operator screening and question management
- ✓In-session polling with real-time results
- ✓Online audio streaming simultaneously
- ✓Post-event voicemail option
- ✓Audio recording and verbatim transcript
- ✓Post-event report — 16 data points, executive summary
You show up and talk. We handle everything else.
Discovery & Estimate
We scope your audience, objectives, timeline, and language requirements. Estimate signed off before anything starts.
Production Planning
Scripts, Q&A frameworks, speaker briefings, poll questions. Every detail prepared and rehearsed.
Pre-Event Outreach
Robocalls, SMS, IVR, and email to maximize attendance. Multi-lingual options. Dial-in instructions on every channel.
Live Event
Two-way, on the record. Every comment captured. Live operators screen and connect callers. Real questions — no filtering by algorithm.
Post-Event Report
16 data points — participation rates, question themes, poll results, verbatim responses. Ready for cabinet, council, or board within days.
Tell us what you need.
Budget consultation, constituency town hall, union member meeting, health authority forum — we've run them all. Tell us about yours and we'll have a quote back within one business day.
- 100 to 150,000+ attendees
- 60 or 90-minute standard sessions
- Telephone, video, hybrid, or in-person
- CRTC-compliant calling
- WCAG AA and AODA compliant
- Multi-lingual events available
- Sole-source eligible for government clients
Get a Quote
Tell us about your event — we'll respond within one business day.