Accessing and Using the PheedLoop Speaker Portal

The Speaker Portal is a one-stop-shop where speakers at your event are able to go in and fully customize their event experience. Speaker Portals can provide Event Managers and Speakers with flexibility, customization and other capabilities. Read below to learn more about the Speaker Portal functionality.

Giving Speakers Access to the Speaker Portal

1. From the Event Dashboard, navigate to Speakers > Speakers
2. Select the checkbox of your speaker(s)
3. Above the Speaker table select Actions > Welcome Email

Speakers will be sent an email giving them access to the speaker portal. This email can be customized in the Communications tab.

1. From the Event Dashboard, navigate to Communications > Email Templates 
2. Select Speaker Welcome from the list

The email itself will contain a magic login link for the speaker to access their portal. Please note that the New Speaker Portal requires a login before accessing the Speaker Portal. You can review who has been sent a speaker welcome email in the Event Dashboard.

1. From the Event Dashboard, navigate to Communications > Email Templates
2. Select Speaker Welcome
3. Above the Email Templates table select Actions > Review Sent Emails

Customizing your Speaker Portal

With the Speaker Portal, Speakers have access to features including the ability to edit profile information, update headshots, upload session files, and more.

1. From the Event Dashboard, navigate to Speakers > Portal
2. Edit your settings as necessary, you will be able to hide and lock tabs among other options from the Speaker Portal
   1. Quick tip: if you would like to take a look at the speaker portal yourself, you can do so by adding your email in the Speakers tab on the Event Dashboard. If you don’t want your profile to be visible you can toggle off the following checkboxes: Speaker is Visible, Show Profile in Website Directory, Show Profile in Website Card Array, Show Profile in App.

Setting up Live Polls and Q&A in the Speaker Portal

Please note that the Advanced Audience Interaction power-up is required to use this feature.

Before setting up Live Polls and Q&A you will need to enable the option for the session.

1. From the Event Dashboard, navigate to Sessions > Sessions
2. Select the session you would like to adjust from the list
3. Scroll down to Options 
4. Toggle on Enable Live Polls and Enable Q&A checkboxes

Now that the Enable Live Polls and Enable Q&A checkboxes are enabled, speakers can set them up via the Speaker Portal.

1. From the Speaker Portal, navigate to Sessions
2. Select the session you would like to adjust from the list
3. Create polls from the Polls tab by selecting Add New Poll
4. In the Q&A tab, any questions left by attendees can be answered here

In addition, team members can also access the Live Polls and Q&A from the Virtual Portal if they want to play a moderator role during a session.

1. From the Virtual Portal, navigate to Backstage 
2. Select your session and navigate to Polls and Q&A
3. Create your polls in the Poll Editor
4. To activate your poll, click into the Enable and Disable toggle
5. Q&A is set up automatically, allowing attendees to ask questions throughout the session which team members can answer