Managing the Speaker List

Chuck Azubuine
Chuck Azubuine
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Go to Main Navigation Bar >Meetings >select a meeting > select agenda item>  Speaker List tab 

If it is enabled in the meeting, participants are able to Request to Speak on any agenda item.

Administrators and/or the Chairperson will have to Activate the Speaker's List prior to receiving any requests. The Chairperson must have the Manage Speaker's List setting enabled in the attendee group.

Public Request to Speak

To allow a member of the public to speak on an item, when you click on Add Speaker to the Speaker List, go to the New Speaker tab.  Enter their name and click "Add as Last Speaker" or "Add as New Speaker" to simply add the public speaker into the queue to speak.

NOTE: There will be just one Speaker list per agenda item.  

Request to Speak - Members

To open requests to speak, click the Active toggle under the Request to Speak tab on the agenda item. This will enable a Request to Speak label for that item in the list of agenda items. This will also have the Speaker List be shown in the Public Display, if enabled for the agenda item.

This will enable the Speaker List Control Panel, which allows the Administrator and the Chairperson to manage the speakers list. 

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As requests are submitted, the requester's name will appear in the selected order. Clicking on a speaker's name will allow you to set a time that the individual is allowed to speak. Click the Start Time button to start the timer or Pause Time to type in the time to rest the timer. To reset the time, type in the time and click on Start Time. 

Users who have not spoken will have the ability to delete their request. A confirmation will appear then their name should be removed from the speakers list, and the button in their app will be re-enabled (so that they can make a request again, if they wish).

 

Adding a Speaker

To Add a Speaker to the list, click on Add Speaker and select the Speaker. Choose whether the speaker should be added Next on the list, or at the End.

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The Add Speaker function allows the Admin or Chair to add a speaker to the Request to Speak queue. Continue adding speakers to the queue using the Add as Last Speaker or Add as Next Speaker.

 

The speaker list can be shown on the Public Display and the timer will countdown accordingly.  

 

From the Administrator's view, once they click Speaker Completed, that speaker will have a check mark beside their name.

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Once the Speaker's turn is up, selecting the next speaker's name will show and it will remove the completed speaker's name from public display. Requests can be submitted multiple times.

 

From the Administrator's view, if any speaker takes more than the allotted time, the time will go into the negative and the timer will turn red. On the public display, the timer will start counting up to account of the extra time being used. 

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