5h ago

Allow speakers to view and claim unassigned "Draft Talks"

- What you want the feature to do: Allow event organizers to make unassigned "Draft Talks" visible to invited speakers. Speakers should be able to log into their dashboard, browse the available pre-scheduled drafts (which already have specific dates, times, and broadcast types set by the organizer), and claim the slot(s) they want self-service. - Why it would help your event experience: My event features multiple session formats for speakers (e.g., a Pre-Recorded Main Talk, a Live VIP slot, and a Q&A slot). Currently, letting speakers choose their own times via rolling schedules breaks my custom event timeline and ignores planned breaks. Pre-creating Draft Talks protects my schedule, but having to manually assign speakers to every single slot creates a massive administrative bottleneck. Letting them claim the drafts themselves removes me as the middleman. - How other organizers could benefit too: Any organizer running a multi-day summit with rigid time blocks, panels, or lunch breaks would benefit. It gives organizers 100% control over the event structure while still giving speakers the autonomy to choose the exact time slots and session tiers that work best for them.

Completed

4 hours ago

Thanks for suggesting this. We’ve shipped it now: organizers can create scheduled open slots, and speakers can claim available slots from their Speaker Dashboard. You can read more in the changelog here: https://heysummit.userjot.com/updates/p/let-speakers-claim-s…

4 hours ago

I so love this. Um can I ask for one more thing please. Customizable Slot categories. I know I ask for so much. For my bigger Retreats (Summits) I have a main Talk, Speaker Q&A live, Pass Talk, Lunch & Learn, etc etc. 😁

4 hours ago

Do you mean the ability to choose a category to associate with the open slots you generate?

4 hours ago

A category for the open slot so that speakers can filter by that category. it would need to be customizable by the organizer

4 hours ago

Thanks Monique. Just to clarify, would this be a category that would be linked to the talk that is ultimately created and that attendees would see, or are you seeing this as a purely internal category that only speakers would see when choosing the slot? Our preference would be that it would be a publicly published, visible category when the event is live. For example, you might want to split your event across a few categories, such as: - Marketing - Sales - Motivation When you're creating your open slots, you might want to create five slots in each category so that speakers can filter and choose which slot they want to claim. Ultimately, when a slot is claimed and the full talk details are populated, that talk would still be attached to that public-facing category (i.e., Marketing, Sales, or Motivation). Is that how you see that working? If so, let me know and we'll get this rolled out ASAP!

4 hours ago

The category could be internal-only or attendee-facing — either option works. I don’t need it for my current event, but it would be extremely helpful for the next summit I’m starting next week. For my larger summits, I usually have 30–60 total open slots across multiple days, and each slot represents a different type of session. Examples include: - Main Talk Slot - Live Q&A Slot - Upgraded Pass Day Live Talk Slot - Lunch & Learn Slot Because each speaker has 2–4 different session types, they need a quick way to filter the open slots by category so they can find the correct slot instantly. So the feature I’m requesting is: A customizable category field on each open slot, plus a filter on the speaker dashboard so they can view only the slot types relevant to them. Whether the category is internal-only or public-facing is flexible — the key is giving speakers a way to filter the list.

4 hours ago

Thanks, Monique. This has now been deployed. You can now optionally link an open slot to a category. That category will then be used to help group those open slots for speakers in their dashboard.

4 hours ago

Thank you so much once again. 😁