This article explains how you can link a speaker profile to a profile of a user on the attendee list and what the advantages of that are
Why link speakers to user profiles?
Speaker profiles from the event data in your studio, can be linked to the user profiles that the speakers themselves maintain. As a result, attendees who click on a speaker profile through the daily programme or a list of speakers, will see the speaker's user profile with the interactive features Connect, Meeting and Conversation, their biography (if available) and below that the sessions that the person participates in.
Please note that when opening the speaker profile from the attendee list, the linked sessions are not shown.
When not linking a speaker to a user profile, attendees can only interact with this speaker through the attendee list; not when clicking the speaker in the session or presentation.
Please note that it's required to sign-in to the app to use the interactive features. When the attendees are not signed in, they will always see the default speaker profile. The interactive features won't be visible and they cannot access the attendee list.
How to link speakers to user profiles?
Speakers can be linked to user profiles in 3 ways:
- Manually
- With Excel
- Through channel import
Manually
Go to Data and open Persons. Click the person you want to link. On the person's detail page, you find the section General. Below Linked user, start writing the name of the attendee to be linked.
Excel
When the user is not yet on the attendee list, you need to fill in three columns in the Excel file: email, firstName and lastName. The user is then created in the community and added to the attendee list. If the person is already in your community you only need to provide information in the column email. The user is then added to this event's attendee list.
After importing the sheet, the speaker and user profiles are linked.
Channel import
A speaker in the data should have the following information: email, firstName and lastName. It's important to give the fields the exact same strings. If this is not possible, check with your Customer Success Manager.
After running the channel, the speaker and user profiles are linked. Users that were not yet in the attendee list, are created.