Event Invite Email Template — Office Hours on a Dark Card
A warm, community-minded event invite with a dark-backed card hero, date block, and bullet agenda. Designed for SaaS developer communities.
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The prompt
Two ways to build this email in plain language. The fastest is Temway's in-editor assistant — open the chat drawer in the email editor and paste the recipe below. Or connect Claude or ChatGPT via Temway's MCP and paste it there; the agent builds the email step by step. Either way, adapt the copy and colors to your brand.
- An email is a top-to-bottom stack of blocks — the recipe follows that order.
- A
[layout]step becomes a single image (great for heroes); everything else stays live text and links. - Theme the footer to match — the recipe's last step does exactly that.
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A weekly office-hours invite that leads with the date. A layout hero drops a warm, rounded card on a dark backdrop — an orange date block, the session title, and a pill CTA — then hands off to a native section with the what-to-expect agenda and a second CTA, closing with a recording promise and a soft preference line.
Snapshot
- Goal: drive registrations for a recurring live community call.
- Audience & tone: developers in a SaaS community. Warm, casual, no slides — “bring your questions”.
- Palette: page
#ededee· container#ffffff· text#20242b/#6d6f74(muted) · accent#c2410c - Font:
Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, sans-serif - Artwork: none — fully native blocks.
Build recipe
Each step is one block in the flat stack, top to bottom.
[native]= a real email block.[layout]= a free-form layout embedded as a single image.
- [native] Logo — logo. Brand mark, left-aligned.
- [native] Kicker — text. “Weekly office hours”, fontSize: 14, color
#c2410c, left, uppercase. - [native] Headline — text. “Ask us anything, live”, fontSize: 28, color
#20242b, left. - [native] Body copy 1 — text. “This Thursday at 11am PT, the team hops on a call to answer questions and preview what ships next. No slides, no pitch.”, fontSize: 16, color
#20242b, left. - [native] Primary CTA — button. Label “Save your spot”, fill
#c2410c, color#ffffff, shapeStyle: ‘0_1’, left. - [native] Story title — text. “What to expect”, fontSize: 20, color
#20242b, left. - [native] Body copy 2 — text. “Live Q&A for your gnarliest bug, a sneak peek at what ships next, and a chance to tell us what is broken or missing.”, fontSize: 16, color
#20242b, left. - [native] Body copy 3 — text. “Can’t make it live? Save your spot anyway — we send the recording to everyone who signs up.”, fontSize: 16, color
#6d6f74, left. - [native] Footer rule — divider. short (96px) rule, 1px, color
#e9e9e9. - [native] Footer social — social. Icon row, social.color
#c2410c, style circle-outline, center. - [native] Footer address — address. Postal address + unsubscribe, address.color
#6d6f74, address.fontFamilyTrebuchet MS, Helvetica, sans-serif, center.
Make it yours
- Swap the date block (“30”, “Jul”) and the meta line for your event’s day, month, and time.
- Rewrite the three agenda bullets to match what your session actually offers.
- Recolor the orange accent (
#f2784b/ deep#c1502b) to your brand, applied in the date block, both buttons, and the footer.
About events & invitations email templates
An event email carries a deadline no other category has: the event date itself, which only gets more urgent as it approaches. Early-bird pricing, RSVP mechanics, and an escalating countdown all follow directly from that one fixed point.
See all events & invitations templates →How far in advance should an event invitation email send?
For the early-bird templates below, four to six weeks ahead with a distinct early-bird deadline works well; the last-tickets templates are built for a final push in the 48-72 hours before the event.
What has to be in an event invitation besides the date?
Date, time (with timezone if remote), location or join link, and one clear RSVP action — the templates below keep those four elements above the fold before any agenda detail.
Can I use one of these templates for a virtual event instead of an in-person one?
Yes — swap the location line for a join link and timezone. The layout and countdown mechanics work the same for webinars and workshops as for in-person galas or conferences.
Do the event templates support a countdown timer?
Yes — several below use Temway's countdown block, which renders as a live countdown in supporting email clients and a static fallback everywhere else.