SpeakerStack – An Organizing Tool for Speakers

Speaking in front of a large audience is about more than just having great stage presence. In many cases, it means having the right documents right at hand. SpeakerStack is a tool that speakers and show organizers can use to organize content and engage audiences in the most effective ways possible.

If you’ve ever been invited to speak at a large conference or meeting, you know the drill. Event organizers need access to your bio, audience members need access to your slides, and you need access to all the handouts and video clips you’re planning on showing during your presentation. SpeakerStack has created a streamlined portal where all of this information can be stored. Events and sessions that you’ve booked are automatically added to your calendar, and the details of your upcoming engagements are seamlessly provided to your fans. When your speaking engagement is through, you can upload your presentation or handouts to SpeakerStack and easily share the content with members of the live audience.

SpeakerStack also offers tools that make it easier for organizers to collect and distribute information from multiple speakers at large events. Using a straightforward online workflow and approvals process, conference organizers can generate speaker profiles, collect handouts and documents, and handle hundreds of other tasks typically involved in managing speakers for conferences and other events.

Practical Uses:

• Organize all of your presentations for speaking engagements in one place
• Keep track of all the speakers scheduled to present at your conference
• Share a public speaking profile with fans to promote your upcoming engagements
• Automatically add new speaking engagements to your online calendar

Insider Tips:

• SpeakerStack supports all major file formats
• Connect SpeakerStackk to your Dropbox, GoogleDrive, SkyDrive, or Box account
• Speakers can use FTP to transfer files to SpeakerStack
• Organizers can require pre-approval of all speaker presentations

What we liked:

• SpeakerStack sends organizers automated emails when and SMS notifications
• Organizers can review the presentations their speakers are giving beforehand
• SpeakerStack pulls information from a speaker’s social media profiles into his or her online bio
• Organizers can easily export their data from SpeakerStack

What we didn’t like:

• SpeakerStack’s API is still listed as “coming soon”

Alternatives:

• BusyConf – http://busyconf.com
• Lanyrd – http://lanyrd.com

Company Info:

• Launched: April 2014
• Privately Held
• Headquarters: Austin, Texas
• Founded by: Quotient Labs
• Web site: http://speakerstack.com

Costs:

• Free for speakers
• Organizers pay $5 for each speaker