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  • 1.  Invited speaker program

    Posted 21 days ago

    Has anyone used the Speaker/Session management for an invited speaker program? By this is I mean using the system to invite speakers to participate in a session(s) where they are given the opportunity to decline the invitation. The only way I have been able to use the Speaker Resource Center is to ask speakers that are already confirmed to update their profiles. 


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    Claire Johns
    Director, Strategic Operations
    Society Of Cardiovascular Computed TomographyUnited States
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  • 2.  RE: Invited speaker program

    Posted 10 days ago

    Hi Claire,

    Today, SRC doesn't support a true "invited → accept/decline" workflow on sessions themselves. Once you add someone to the Speaker List and assign them to a session, SRC will show those sessions on the My Sessions page and can collect profiles, tasks, and content, but it won't track a session status like invited / accepted / declined or provide built‑in Accept/Decline buttons. Because of that, most groups use SRC the way you described: after speakers are confirmed, they're invited into SRC to update their profiles and complete tasks.

    If you want to get closer to an "invited speaker" flow, there are two main patterns we see:

    1. With Abstract Management (if you have it):

      • Run your call for speakers and use Abstract Management to accept/decline submissions.

      • Once speakers are accepted, create the sessions and speakers in Event Management and then invite those confirmed speakers into SRC for logistics and content.

    2. Without Abstract Management (SRC + EM only):

      • Use a Speaker Questionnaire in SRC (or a speaker‑only registration path) to ask speakers whether they accept or decline specific proposed sessions.

      • Use reporting on those responses to manually update which speakers remain assigned to which sessions.

    This way you can still centralize communication and content in SRC, while capturing accept/decline decisions in a structured way, even though there isn't an automated status field for that piece yet.

    Hope this helps!

    Julianna



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    Julianna Hampshire
    Lead Customer Success Advisor
    SalesforceGenericAccountUnited States
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