Event People are featured participants of an event who play special roles, such as Guest Speakers, Mentors, Facilitators, Judges, and more. This documentation provides a comprehensive guide on how to add and manage Event People for your community's events.

Overview

Event People are individuals who take on specific roles to facilitate, guide, judge, or present during the event. Adding and featuring event people on your event pages is integral to the success of attracting attendees to any event. 

The following are types of event people who can be featured in an event:

• Speaker
• Panelist
• Host
• Moderator
• Judge
• Facilitator
• Mentor

Enabling event people for events

To allow organizers to add event people to events, Admins must first enable this option through the event type. Please see the People section in the Configure event types article for more details

Adding and managing event people for events

To add Event People to an event, navigate to the People's tab within your event management dashboard. Through this tab, organizers can add existing event people, create and add new event people or view and sort added event people.

Adding existing event people

1. Open the People's Tab
   • Navigate to the "People" tab of your event management interface.

2. Select Role to Assign

   • Click on the "Add [role]" link next to the specific role you wish to fill.

3. Search for Existing Event People

   • Type the name of the user you want to add into the search bar.

   • Review the search results presented.

4. Add Event Person to Role

   • Click "Add" under the user’s name to assign them to the selected role.

5. Complete or Continue Adding

   • To continue adding more participants, repeat the search and add process.

   • To finish, close the pop-up and return to the main view of the "People" tab.

6. If No Matching Event People Exist

   • Refer to the next section on how to create and add new event participants.

Create and add new event people

1. Open the People's Tab
   • Navigate to the "People" tab of your event management interface.

2. Select Role to Assign

   • Click on the "Add [role]" link next to the specific role you wish to fill.

   • This action will open the Add people form.

3. Complete the 'Add people' form

   • Required Fields:
     • First Name: Enter the participant's first name.
     • Last Name: Enter the participant's last name.
   • Optional Details for Profile Display:
     • Title: Provide the participant's formal job title.
     • Company Name: Enter the name of the participant's organization.
     • Biography: Write a brief bio or description to highlight the participant's background.
     • Social Links:
       • X (formerly Twitter) Accounts: Add personal or corporate profiles.
       • LinkedIn Profile: Include the participant's LinkedIn URL.

   • Finalize the Addition

     • Review the information entered for accuracy.

     • Save the details to add the new event person to your event.

       

It is recommended to include at least one of the Personal X account or LinkedIn Profile. This aids in easily identifying the person and helps prevent the creation of duplicate records.

Managing event people

• Edit Profile: Select Edit from the menu on a person's card to edit their profile information.
• Remove Person: Select Remove to remove an individual as an event person

Configuring display order on event page

Event organizers can customize the display order of event people on the Event Page to better highlight key participants.

1. Activate sort mode
   • Click Sort from any event person's card menu
   • All event people cards will now be movable
2. Arrange event people
   • Click and drag the dots on the left side of an event person's card to arrange the order as desired.
3. Finalize your arrangement
   • Confirm your preferred arrangement by clicking the blue check mark. This ends the sorting mode and saves the order.