Creating & Assigning Speakers

When speakers complete the submission form, a new speaker contact is created within your Sessionboard event. Event admins can add additional speakers to a submission without completing a submission form.

Create Speaker Contact

1. Within the Speaker or Contacts module, select the orange "Add" button at the top right-hand corner of the screen.
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2. Select the "Add New Person" button in the pop-up window.
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3. Add all of the speaker's information (i.e. name, phone number, address).

   1. NOTE: First name, last name, and email are required

4. Click "Save" once complete

Assign a Speaker to a Session

1. Once a speaker is created as a contact, navigate to the Sessions module and click the pencil bolt icon next to the session to which you want to add the speaker.
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2. Within the session page, navigate to the "Participants" tab and locate the "Session Participants" box. Here, you will want to search for the speaker's name to attach them to the session.
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3. Once complete, click the "Save" button at the bottom of the pop-up window.

Bulk Assign Speakers to Sessions

Within the session page, navigate to the Participants tab and select 'Bulk edit' to the left of the Speakers field

Within the pop-up model, search for a contact by name or email and click on the checkbox to the left of their name to add them to the session. 

Once complete, select the orange Save button to add the speakers to your session.