Customizing and Enabling Speaker Roles

Please note, use of this feature requires the New Speaker Portal to be enabled in your Event Dashboard.

PheedLoop offers customizable roles for speakers that can be assigned in sessions. While not mandatory, it can greatly enhance the clarity, attractiveness, and overall effectiveness of a session’s description.

By categorizing speakers according to roles, such as keynote speakers, panelists, workshop leaders, or moderators, the audience can easily identify who and what each speaker does. This is a great way of highlighting your speakers and giving them specific recognition at your event.

The Speaker roles will be available and seen within the Event Website, the Event App and the Proposals System. 

Creating Speaker Roles 

Contrary to their name, Speaker Roles are located under Sessions in the Event Dashboard. When creating a Speaker Role, event organizers can display the speakers as either a card or text.

Displaying as a card will include the Speaker’s picture and title while text will only display the speaker’s name. If the speaker does not have a picture then their initials will be displayed along with a randomized color as their background.

To create a speaker role: 

1. From the Event Dashboard, navigate to Sessions > Speaker Roles 
2. Above the Speaker Roles table, select Create 
3. Fill out the Name field 
4. If you would like to prevent the role from appearing publicly, toggle on Hidden Role 
5. Under Display Type, select Card or Text 
6. Select Save Changes 

Assigning Speaker Roles 

1. From the Event Dashboard, navigate to Sessions > Sessions 
2. Select the session you would like to edit from the list 
3. Navigate to Speakers 
4. Under Select Role, select the role(s) for the session 
5. Select Add 
6. Under Add Speaker, select the Speaker and Role 
   1. Please note speakers can only be associated with one role per session 
7. Select Add 
8. Select Save Changes

Re-Ordering Speakers 

Speakers can be dragged and dropped into roles for easier management. 

1. From the Event Dashboard, navigate to Sessions > Sessions 
2. Select the session you would like to edit from the list 
3. Navigate to Speakers 
4. Select and hold the speaker’s name and drag them to the intended role 
   1. To unassign a role, select the garbage icon next to the speaker’s name. 
5. Select Save Changes 

Viewing Speaker Roles on the Virtual Portal, and Event Website 

Virtual Portal 

1. From the Virtual Portal, navigate to Sessions 
2. Speaker Roles will appear within the session page 

Event Website 

1. From the Event Website, navigate to Sessions 
2. Speaker Roles will appear on the session list and within the session page 

Applying Speaker Roles to the Proposal Process 

As an event organizer, speaker roles can be included in proposal applications. This can be configured on the event dashboard and certain roles can be included or excluded as necessary. 

1. Form the Event Dashboard, navigate to Proposals > Calls 
2. Select the Call you would like to edit from the list or select Create to make a new proposal 
3. Scroll down to Advanced 
4. Under Speaker Roles, select the Speaker Roles you would like to make available for Speakers to use 
5. Select Save Changes 

Changing Speaker Roles from the Submission Portal 

An alternative for speakers is changing Speaker Roles from the Submission Portal. 

1. From the Submission Portal, navigate to Edit Profile
2. Under General, select the speaker role in the Speaker Role field 
3. Select Save Profile

Co-Speakers can also be edited from the Submission Portal. 

1. From the Submission Portal, navigate to Co-Speakers 
2. Select the speaker role in the Speaker Role field 
3. Select Save Co-Speaker