Your members are scattered. Reaching all of them shouldn't be the hardest part of governance.
You've called the assembly and sent the notice — but your membership is scattered across remote communities, urban centres and the diaspora. Fully managed virtual assemblies and ratification votes with phone. We handle the outreach, voting, moderation and the full record. Every voice counts; every voice on the record.
"We found Converso to be a professional, reliable, and deeply respectful partner throughout our engagement. Their team demonstrated a genuine understanding of the importance of these gatherings to our Nation. We are confident in recommending Converso to other First Nations communities seeking a trusted partner to help them fulfill their constitutional and democratic obligations to their members."
Decisions made without the full community aren't just incomplete — they're vulnerable to challenge.
First Nations and Indigenous organizations face a geographic reality few other sectors contend with at the same scale. Communities are often situated in remote areas, while many members live off-reserve in cities hundreds of kilometres away. Meaningful consultation, participation, and engagement should not depend on someone's ability to afford travel, take time away from work or family, or spend hours on the road just to have their voice heard.
And beyond the logistics, there is a harder feeling that leaders carry: the sense that a decision made without genuinely hearing from the broader membership — especially when so many are geographically dispersed — doesn't truly reflect the community's will. Governance obligations require demonstrated engagement. But the deeper obligation is to the people themselves. An assembly that reaches a fraction of members is not just a procedural risk. It's a legitimacy risk.
Every type of Indigenous community engagement, fully managed.
From a constitutional People's Assembly to an emergency community notification, Converso handles every detail so your Chief and Council can focus on the conversation, not the technology.
AGMs & General Assemblies
Annual General Meetings and People's Assemblies that fulfill constitutional and governance requirements, reaching on-reserve and off-reserve members alike. Live deliberation, real-time motions, and a complete event record. Your governance obligations met, your community voice heard.
Explore Meetings →Chief & Council Elections
Secure, secret-ballot Chief and Council elections conducted by telephone, fully managed and independently auditable. Reach every eligible voter on your member list, conduct the election live, and deliver a complete vote record. Meets FNEA and custom election code requirements.
Explore Voting →Community Consultations
Consultation processes that are genuinely inclusive, not just technically compliant. Resource development decisions, land management, treaty negotiations, strategic planning. Every affected community member given a real opportunity to participate, and every comment on the record for UNDRIP compliance.
Explore Advocacy →Emergency Communications
Environmental emergencies, health crises, wildfire evacuations, boil-water advisories, when leadership needs to reach every community member immediately, Converso deploys within hours. Voice broadcast, IVR, and SMS available 24/7, any day of the year, across all time zones.
Explore Emergency Response →Member Town Halls
Regular member town halls that keep the community informed and connected to leadership, fiscal updates, program announcements, policy discussions. Members join by phone or video conference from any location, ask real questions of Chief and Council, and receive answers live on the record.
Explore Meetings →Language & Cultural Support
Community events that honour cultural protocols, with support for Indigenous language interpretation, culturally appropriate facilitation, and event formats that reflect your Nation's governance traditions. Events can be conducted with simultaneous translation in Indigenous or official languages where required.
Explore Meetings →Heiltsuk Nation: People's Assembly on BC's central coast
The Heiltsuk Nation, whose territory spans the central coast of British Columbia around Bella Bella, has one of the richest governance traditions in Canada, the People's Assembly, rooted in potlatch traditions where collective deliberation affirms social order. Under the Heiltsuk Constitution, the People's Assembly is one of six governing institutions, giving members the authority to make recommendations to Joint Leadership, consult on draft legislation, and approve constitutional amendments.
The challenge: Heiltsuk members are distributed across coastal BC, the Lower Mainland, and cities across Canada. Convening a constitutionally valid People's Assembly, one where every eligible member, 18+, has a genuine opportunity to participate, requires reaching people wherever they are.
Converso produced the Heiltsuk People's Assembly by telephone and video conference simultaneously, calling registered community members across BC and beyond, connecting them live into the session either by phone or video, and providing a complete attendance and participation record. Every member had the same opportunity to hear from leadership and have their voice heard, whether they were in Bella Bella or Vancouver.
- ✓Pre-event outreach to all members by video conference link, email, and telephone call
- ✓Live video and telephone connection
- ✓Real-time Q&A with Chiefs, Council, & members
- ✓Live voting on resolutions
- ✓Complete attendance record
- ✓Audio and video recording and transcription
Coconino County / City of Flagstaff: Census 2020 Virtual Town Hall
As the 2020 Census end date loomed, Coconino County and the City of Flagstaff needed to drastically increase Census compliance rates among community members. They needed to connect live, answer questions, and provide clear direction to people in remote areas with reduced or non-existent internet connectivity, while also providing two-way communication for those speaking Spanish, Navajo, or Dineh as their first language.
Converso targeted rural phone numbers by zip code, created an online registration page shared through the County's and City's media platforms, and sent a pre-recorded outreach call 24 hours before the event. During the live session, critical messaging was delivered by the Moderator and Speaker Panel, with translation offered in Spanish and Navajo by live question screeners.
- ✓12,514 landlines dialed out
- ✓2,322 live answered outbound calls
- ✓Spanish & Navajo translation live
- ✓Cast live to Facebook Live
- ✓Audio, video & data report delivered
- ✓Remotely produced by Converso
You lead the community. We handle everything else.
Converso is not a platform your communications team configures. It is a fully managed service, staffed by experienced Canadian professionals from the first planning call to the final governance record.
Tell us about your event
Share your community profile, governance requirements, geographic reach, and any language needs. We scope it and return a proposal within one business day.
We design and produce everything
Member outreach across every community, scripting, elder and council briefings, live facilitation, and a complete defensible governance record. Fully managed.
You show up and lead
You bring the authority, the culture, and the relationships. We make sure every member — in community or across the diaspora — has a genuine voice. Transcript, analytics, and post-event report delivered the next morning.
Serving First Nations, Indigenous organization and government engagement of Indigenous people across North America.
Know what your community actually thinks. Start here.
Tell us about your event — audience, timeline, and goals. We'll scope it and return a proposal within one business day.
Picture this: community members on the line from wherever they are — Bella Bella, Brampton, or anywhere across the diaspora — questions answered live by leadership, every voice on the record. The full event report in your hands the next morning. A consultation that holds up.
Going through the motions → Leading with confidence.
Organizations that genuinely hear from the people they serve don't just make better decisions — they build the trust to lead.
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