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Understanding the Roles and Permissions in Your Event

Written by Benjamin Dell

Use roles to give each person the access they need without sharing the event organiser's account.


Event Organiser

The Event Organiser owns the account and event. They control event management, subscription billing, payments, payouts, and who else can access the account.


Team Member

Only the Event Organiser can add Team Members. Each Team Member can receive access to selected events or every current and future event, with permissions for the event dashboard, event deletion, financials, attendee check-in, and blog authoring. Event creation is an account-level permission and is not limited by Event Tags.

  • From Account Dashboard > Team > Manage Groups & Access, a group can grant access to every event or to events carrying selected Event Tags.

  • The permissions selected for the group are inherited by its members on matching events.

  • Permissions set directly on one Team Member can add access beyond the group.

  • An Event Exclusion takes precedence when that person must not access a particular event.


Team Group settings showing Event Tags, All Events, and inherited permissions



Host

You only need to set up a Host when using one of HeySummit's native webinar integrations. Hosts primarily connect a webinar-provider account to live sessions.

  • Hosts do not have access to other events or your billing information.

  • A Host only receives event access when you send their login details.

  • The Host starts the webinar, but they can leave after the stream starts. If needed, they can assign co-host rights to a speaker in the webinar provider.


To add one, go to Event Setup > Webinar Hosts > Add Host. After adding their details, open the action menu and select Send login details.


Speaker

Speakers present talks, join panels, or contribute to meetings. Their role inside the session is controlled by the webinar or content provider. An Event Organiser, Host, or Team Member can add a Speaker. Speakers use the Speaker Dashboard to edit their profile and sessions. They can see the total number of attendees registered for their talk, but not attendee names or email addresses. Learn more about the Speaker Dashboard.


Affiliate

Affiliates may be attendees or Speakers who join your partner programme to earn commission for sharing the event. They can use the Affiliate Dashboard, but cannot access your event settings. Learn more about affiliates.


Attendee

Attendees have registered for the event or purchased a ticket. They can use the attendee-facing event site and access the sessions included with their ticket. Learn more about the attendee experience.

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