Your community spans thousands of kilometres. Every member deserves to be heard.
Reaching members across remote communities, coastal territories, and urban diaspora requires more than an email or a band newsletter. Converso delivers live, two-way community consultations, AGMs, and People's Assemblies directly to every community member by phone — no internet required, no travel necessary, every voice on the record.
Most community members never make it to the assembly hall — and leadership knows it.
First Nations and Indigenous organizations face a geographic reality no other sector contends with at the same scale. Communities are spread across coastal territories, boreal forests, and prairie reserves — while thousands of members live off-reserve in cities hours away. Meaningful consultation shouldn't require a flight or a satellite connection.
We are the direct line between leadership and community — wherever community members live.
When Heiltsuk Nation convenes a People's Assembly, the challenge is not finding the room — it is reaching every eligible citizen, from those who live in the community on BC's central coast to those who have moved to Vancouver, Calgary, or beyond. Converso's telephone platform calls every registered number on your member list, connects them live into the session, and gives every citizen the opportunity to hear from leadership and have their voice on the record. No app. No internet. No travel. Just a phone call that reaches everyone, and a community governance process that is actually inclusive.
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 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 or bilingual (EN/FR) 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 citizens the authority to make recommendations to Joint Leadership, consult on draft legislation, and approve constitutional amendments.
The challenge: Heiltsuk citizens are distributed across coastal BC, the Lower Mainland, and cities across Canada. Convening a constitutionally valid People's Assembly — one where every eligible citizen, 18+, has a genuine opportunity to participate — requires reaching people wherever they are.
Converso produced the Heiltsuk People's Assembly by telephone, calling registered community members across BC and beyond, connecting them live into the session, and providing a complete attendance and participation record. Every citizen had the same opportunity to hear from leadership and have their voice recorded — whether they were in Bella Bella or Vancouver.
- ✓Pre-call outreach to all registered members
- ✓Live telephone connection — no internet needed
- ✓Real-time Q&A with Chief & Council
- ✓Live voting on resolutions
- ✓Complete attendance record
- ✓Audio recording & transcript
Community consultation — reaching remote and urban members at once
When a First Nation needs to consult its membership on a major decision — resource development, land management, a proposed agreement with Crown or industry — the consultation process must be genuine. A poorly-attended information session does not constitute meaningful consultation under UNDRIP.
The geographic challenge is real: many First Nations have members dispersed across multiple provinces, with significant off-reserve urban populations in cities like Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Toronto. An in-person consultation on reserve will only reach a fraction of the membership. A video conference will exclude members without reliable internet or the technical comfort to use it.
Converso's telephone platform solves this by calling every eligible member directly — whether they are in a remote coastal community or in a downtown apartment. The call reaches them on their landline or mobile phone, connects them live to the session, and gives them the opportunity to hear from leadership, ask questions, and have their position recorded.
The complete event record — attendance, audio, transcript, question themes — provides defensible documentation of a genuine consultation process, for governance files, legal proceedings, or reporting to membership.
Step 1 — Scoping: We review your member list, geographic distribution, language requirements, and the nature of the consultation. Most quotes returned within one business day.
Step 2 — Pre-event outreach: Robocall, SMS, and IVR to every registered member phone number. Every member receives advance notice with the dial-in time and details.
Step 3 — Live session: Chief and Council on the line. Members connected by phone from anywhere. Live Q&A, real-time polling, and cultural facilitation as required.
Step 4 — Record delivered: Complete attendance log, audio recording, verbatim transcript, and question summary delivered to your team for governance and legal files.
Plan your next consultation →Community governance done right — inclusive, live, and on the record.
Converso understands that Indigenous governance processes carry constitutional and cultural weight. Our track record of reaching dispersed memberships — and producing a complete, defensible event record — is why Nations trust us to deliver their most important community events.
"The People's Assembly is not just a meeting — it is a constitutional function of our Nation. Converso allows us to hold it in a way that genuinely reaches our citizens wherever they are. That is not a small thing. That is the difference between a real assembly and a box-ticking exercise."
"We have members from the Yukon to Toronto. Getting them to a meeting in person is not realistic. Getting them all on the same telephone call — with leadership live, taking real questions — absolutely is. Converso makes that possible. It changes what community consultation actually means for a Nation like ours."
"UNDRIP requires free, prior, and informed consent — and that means genuinely reaching people, not just sending a notice. Converso's telephone platform reaches our off-reserve members, our elders in remote communities, and our urban diaspora all at once. The documentation they produce is exactly what we need for our consultation records."
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.
Discovery & Scoping
We review your member list, geographic distribution, language requirements, and governance protocols. We understand that each Nation is unique — and we tailor every event accordingly. Most quotes returned within one business day.
Event Planning
Scripts, Q&A format, resolution procedures, cultural protocols, language interpretation logistics. Every detail prepared and approved before event day. Your Chief and Council see exactly what will happen before it does.
Member Outreach
Robocall, SMS, and IVR to every registered member phone number — on-reserve and off-reserve, across all provinces and territories. Every member receives advance notice of the event time and dial-in details.
Live Event
Two-way, on the record. Members join by phone from any location — no internet required. Live Q&A with Chief and Council. Real-time voting on resolutions or elections. Live operators — no automated systems. Culturally appropriate moderation.
Governance Record
Complete attendance log, audio recording, verbatim transcript, resolution outcomes, and question themes — delivered to your team for governance files, legal proceedings, and reporting to membership. Every community voice documented.
Serving First Nations, governments, and Indigenous organizations across Canada.
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Tell us about your next community engagement.
AGM, People's Assembly, Chief & Council election, community consultation, or emergency communication — we will scope it, staff it, and deliver it. Every event fully documented and governance-ready.
- Reaches on-reserve and off-reserve members — no internet required
- Multi-language support including Indigenous and official languages
- Complete governance record — attendance, audio, transcript, resolutions
- UNDRIP-compliant consultation documentation provided
- 24/7 availability for emergency community communications
- Canadian-owned and operated — data on Canadian servers
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