Stage
Stage turns a live session into something an audience can watch. A meeting is for the people doing the work; a Stage is the public-facing view — a clean, branded surface anyone can open with a link, no Cohort account required.
The two sides of a Stage
| Surface | Who uses it | What it shows |
|---|---|---|
| Control console | You (the operator) | Behind-the-scenes controls — choose who’s visible on stage, clear the current speaker. |
| Audience view | The public | A clean roundtable of participants, the active speaker highlighted, and live captions. No dashboard, no controls. |
Running a Stage
- Open Stage and create a new stage session.
- Open the control console for that stage. From here you decide who the audience sees — promote the current speaker to the stage, or clear it.
- Share the public link (
/stage/<your-stage>). Anyone with the link sees the audience view — no sign-in.
The audience view updates live: as you change the visible speaker on the control console, the public roundtable highlights them and shows captions of what’s being said.
The audience view is public and read-only. It exposes only the stage session itself — the visible speaker and captions you choose to show. It does not expose your Room, its members, or your dashboard.