What's new in Sessionboard Awards

New features and improvements to Sessionboard Awards, newest first. An update appears here once it is live for every organization.

November 13, 2026

Sessionboard Awards is now available as a self-serve product A dedicated Awards workspace at /awards/:orgId lets organizers sign up for Sessionboard Awards directly, without going through the platform. The workspace includes Home, Programs, nominations, reviews, Winners, Results, Apps (AI assistants and Public API), and Billing. Features requiring an Enterprise plan — a second review round, entry fees and payments, SSO, and a named CSM — appear as locked Enterprise items that open the upgrade page. Read the guide

Run an awards program without a Platform contract Sessionboard Awards is now available as a self-serve product at /awards, in the same workspace as Marketing and Learning. Organizers can sign up, create programs, manage categories, collect nominations, run one review pass, pick winners and announce results — all without a Platform event. A second review round, entry fees/payments, SSO and a named CSM are locked to Enterprise Awards and show an upgrade prompt on self-serve plans. Read the guide

Open a public People's Choice vote in your awards program A new People's Choice panel lets you open a public vote on any program. Set how many votes each visitor may cast per nomination, then share the link. Results appear alongside your reviewer scores. Organizers can also Hide nominator and nominee names from reviewers directly from the program settings. Read the guide

Reviewers get a dedicated home page on the Site, and the builder gains a "View as Invited guest" preview Signed-in reviewers now land on a Reviewer Home instead of the nominee home. It shows a greeting, how many reviews remain, the next round due (round, program, deadline), a Continue reviewing button, their assigned rounds with progress and instructions, and a How scoring works four-step guide. Reviewers who also submit see a See open programs link to switch to the nominee home. In the Site builder, organizers can now choose View as Invited guest to preview how an invite-only event page appears to someone who has been invited but is not signed in. Read the guide