How Venue Channels Work on Todo.Today
Todo.Today is built around local creators.
The platform helps people discover real-life events, classes, workshops, gatherings, and experiences, while giving visibility to the facilitators, teachers, hosts, organizers, and venues that make them happen.
Venues are an important part of the local community, but Todo.Today is not meant to become a simple venue schedule board. The platform works best when the people leading the events are also part of the platform.
What is a Venue Channel?
A Venue Channel is a Creator Channel connected to a claimed venue.
It gives the venue a public page on Todo.Today, where people can see information about the venue and upcoming events happening there.
The special part is that a Venue Channel can also show events submitted by different facilitators, as long as they selected that venue as the location.
For example, if a yoga teacher submits a class and selects your venue, the event can appear on both the teacher’s Creator Channel and your Venue Channel.
This means the venue can show a full schedule without needing to submit the same events again.
Why We Created Venue Channels
Venue Channels were created to make things easier and cleaner.
Before Venue Channels, the same event could be submitted twice: once by the facilitator and once by the venue. This creates duplicates, confusion, and extra moderation work.
Venue Channels solve this by letting each event stay connected to the right creator, while still appearing on the venue’s page.
The ideal flow is simple:
The facilitator submits the event.
The facilitator selects the venue.
The event appears on the facilitator’s channel.
The event also appears on the venue channel.
This gives visibility to both the facilitator and the venue.
Why Facilitators Should Submit Their Own Events
Todo.Today is a community-driven platform. The main engine of the platform is the creators themselves.
Many facilitators teach in different venues. Their Creator Channel helps people follow their work, see where they are teaching, and discover their upcoming events.
When facilitators submit their own events, they stay responsible for the information they publish. They can update the details, cancel the event if needed, and keep their audience informed.
This also helps Todo.Today keep visibility fair and balanced across the local creator community.
Can a Venue Submit Events?
Yes, venues can submit events.
This makes sense when the venue is the actual organizer, or when the event is managed directly by the venue.
But when an event is led by a facilitator who already has a Todo.Today account, the best practice is for the facilitator to submit and manage the event.
If a venue submits many facilitator-led events under the venue account, Todo.Today treats them as events from one creator: the venue.
That means the events are grouped under the venue account, not separately under each facilitator.
How This Affects Visibility
Todo.Today gives visibility based on quality, balance, timing, relevance, and creator participation.
Submitting many events from one venue account does not automatically create more visibility.
A creator with 20 events does not automatically get more exposure than a creator with 2 or 3 good events.
When facilitators submit their own events, the events are connected to the right creator, which gives clearer ownership and better visibility across the platform.
When a venue submits the full schedule centrally, those events can still appear on the Venue Channel, but they may receive lower visibility in other discovery areas compared to creator-submitted events.
This may affect visibility on the website, app, search, recommendations, and WhatsApp or Telegram digest consideration.
Best Practice for Venues
The best way for venues to use Todo.Today is to ask each facilitator to submit their own events and select the venue as the location.
The venue still gets a complete schedule through the Venue Channel.
The facilitator keeps their own Creator Channel and event ownership.
The audience gets clearer information about who is leading the event.
This keeps Todo.Today organized, fair, and community-driven.
Summary
Venue Channels help venues show everything happening in their space.
They are designed to support venues without replacing the role of facilitators.
Best setup:
Facilitators submit their own events.
They select the venue as the location.
The event appears on both the Creator Channel and the Venue Channel.
This gives the best visibility to everyone and keeps Todo.Today focused on the local creator community.