It is important to acknowledge speakers and authors by displaying their names with events or agenda items in which they starred, or with content pieces they created.
Adding speakers or authors to your community
By adding individuals to the list of speakers in your community, you will be able to quickly select speakers or authors when configuring events, agenda items, or content pieces. This list can be found on the Speakers page in your dashboard, as shown below:
Follow the steps below to add individuals to the speaker list on the Speakers page:
Go to your dashboard.
Navigate to the Speakers page listed on the main menu on the left.
Click on +New Speaker on the top-right.
Fill in the necessary information and upload a profile picture.
Click on Save.
Note: Authors are regarded as speakers and therefore will be listed as speakers in the Speakers page.
Adding speakers to an event or an agenda item
If you would like to add speakers to an event or an agenda item, follow these steps first to go to the event overview page:
Go to your dashboard.
Navigate to the Events page listed on the main menu on the left.
Select the event which you will add speakers to.
Adding speakers to an event
From your event overview page, follow the steps below to add speakers to an event:
Click on Event Setup to expand the collapsible list and select Speakers.
Click on +Add Speaker.
Select the speaker from the list (search for the speaker if necessary) and click on Add. The list of speakers loaded here corresponds to the data in your community's Speakers page.
If the speaker you want to add is not on the list, click on +New Speaker, fill in the necessary information, and click on Save and Add.
Note: You can only add one speaker at a time.
Adding speakers to an agenda item
Once you have arrived at your event overview page, you can follow these steps to add speakers to one of your agenda items:
Click on Event Setup to expand the collapsible list and select Agenda.
Find an existing agenda item to which you would like to add speakers, and click on Edit to open up a slide-in pop-up called Edit Agenda on the right.
Scroll down on the pop-up to find +Add Speaker and click on it.
Click on the corresponding radio button for the relevant speaker from the list (search for the speaker if necessary) and select Submit.
If the speaker you want to add is not on the list, click on +New Speaker, fill in the necessary information, click on Save and Add, and then select Submit.
Note: Speakers you've added within the event agenda will be listed in your community's Speakers page (i.e., your speaker database at the community level).
Adding a speaker to an event or agenda item does not mean they're registered for the event. You can manually register them, or send them the link to register for the event to ensure they have access to the event.
Adding speakers or authors to a content piece (video, blog, or resource)
If you would like to add speakers or authors to a piece of video/blog/resource content:
Go to your dashboard.
On the main menu on the left, click on Content to expand the collapsible list.
Select Videos, Blogs, or Resources, depending on the type of content you would like to add speakers or authors to.
Choose the course of action below:
If you are adding speakers or authors to an existing content piece, click on the appropriate content piece on the list, select Edit Video/Blog/Resource on the top right.
If you are creating a new content piece, click on +New Video/Blog/Resource on the top right.
Click on +Add Speaker for videos. For blogs and resources, click on +Add Author.
Select the speaker or author from the list (search for the speaker or author if necessary) and click on Add. The list of speakers or authors loaded here corresponds to the data in your community's Speakers page.
If the speaker or author you want to add is not on the list, click on +New Speaker or +New Author, fill in the necessary information, and click on Save and Add.
Click on Submit.
Linking speakers or authors to member profiles
Linking a speaker or author profile to a member profile allows the system to record their contributions and display the events where they have spoken, or content they have authored on their member profile.
Learn more about Community Contributions and badging here.
Note: You will need the email address of the speaker or author to add them as a member or link to their member profile.
Follow the steps below to link speakers or authors to member profiles:
Go to your dashboard and navigate to the Speakers page.
Find the speaker or author you would like to link to a member profile and click on Link as member on the right. (Remember that authors are listed as speakers on the Speakers page.)
Enter the email address for the member profile that you would like to link the speaker to, and click on Enroll as member.
Depending on whether there is a preexisting member account with the given email address, the linked speaker's Account Activation Status will either be Active member or Inactive member.
If the member account associated with the email address entered for the speaker is not in the system, an account will be created for that speaker with Inactive member as Account Activation Status. As soon as the speaker logs in with the given email address and claims their account, their Account Activation Status will switch from Inactive member to Active member. On the other hand, if that member account already exists in the system, the speaker will be marked as Active member.
Note: No emails will be sent to the speaker during this process.
You can unlink the speaker or author from the member profile at any time by clicking on Unlink member on the list.
