The LinkedIn Events feature helps you organize online and offline events. As a LinkedIn member, you can create an Event with the LinkedIn Live format to stream your event on LinkedIn using Socialive, a LinkedIn Preferred Partner. This article provides the steps to:

1. Create a LinkedIn Event

2. Go Live into a LinkedIn Event from Socialive

Find out more ways to go live on LinkedIn.

Prerequisites

To broadcast to a LinkedIn page or profile from Socialive, you need to:

• Be an approved LinkedIn Live Video broadcaster

• Be a Socialive Administrator in your Socialive account

• Have your LinkedIn company pages or profile connected to Socialive

Process

Creating a LinkedIn Event

Follow the steps in this LinkedIn Help article to create a LinkedIn Event. Make sure to select LinkedIn Live as the Event format.

Going Live into a LinkedIn Event from Socialive

Once you have created your LinkedIn Event with the LinkedIn Live event format, follow the steps below in Socialive.

1. In Socialive Studio, under the Broadcast Live tab, click the LinkedIn logo.

2. In the pop-up that appears:

   

   1. Toggle the LinkedIn page or profile you want to broadcast to.

   2. Under "Where to Post?", select "Scheduled broadcast".

   3. Under "Select an Upcoming Broadcast", select the LinkedIn Event you created.

   4. Select if you want to enable automatic close captions (CC).

   5. Click Done.

3. Setup your broadcast, and when you are ready click Start Broadcast. LinkedIn allows you to start your broadcast up to 15 minutes before or 2 hours after the scheduled start time.

4. Wait for the broadcast to start on LinkedIn's end. You will see a loading icon on the right-side panel, next to your LinkedIn page or profile name. Once the broadcast is live on LinkedIn, click the Open Link icon to open the see the broadcast on LinkedIn.

   

5. When you are ready to end your broadcast, click End Broadcast in Socialive. The broadcast will end, and the LinkedIn video post will display that you were previously live.

Resources

• Creating a LinkedIn Event

• Post a Targeted LinkedIn Live Event on the Feed

• LinkedIn Live Video

• Recent Changes to LinkedIn Live and Events

Still looking for an answer?

Contact Socialive Support via live chat, email at support@socialive.us, or submit a support ticket.