Make your speakers famous (on social media, at least)
A quick guide to creating Social Banners in Sessionize — no design skills needed.
You've accepted some great sessions — now what? You could email your speakers a Canva template and hope for the best, or you could let Sessionize handle the whole thing in about two minutes. The Social Banners feature generates ready-to-share graphics for every accepted session, complete with the speaker's photo, session title, and your event branding. Here's how to set it up.
What do you actually get?
Each banner is a clean, social-ready image your speakers can drop straight into a LinkedIn post or Instagram story. No extra tools, no back-and-forth — just download and share.
- Posts and stories — sized for both landscape posts and portrait stories.
- Your brand, your look — custom backgrounds, fonts, colors, and your event logo.
- Speakers can self-serve — give speakers direct access so they can download and share themselves.
Let's build your banners
1. Find the Social Banners page
Head to your Sessionize organizer dashboard and click Social Banners in the left menu. That's your home base for everything banner-related.
2. Pick a session to work with
The screen is split into two halves — Properties on the left (your controls) and a live Preview on the right. Use the dropdown above the preview to choose a session, or just click Previous / Next to browse through them all.
3. Sort out the background
Open the Background dropdown and pick your style:
- Built-in templates — great if you just want something decent, fast.
- Solid color — simple and clean. Pick any hex you like.
- Upload your own image — full control over the look. Go for 1920×1080px for posts or 1080×1920px for stories. Once it's uploaded, drag the text overlay around the preview to position it just right.
4. Add your fonts, colors, and logo
Pick a font and text color that fits your event vibe. You can also drop your event logo at the top of the banner — a horizontal logo works best. Don't stress too much here; the speaker photo and session details always look clean no matter what you choose.
5. Decide what info to show
Tick whatever you'd like on the banner — an intro line, the event date(s), session time (if your schedule is live), and event location. All the usual date and time formats are there to choose from.
6. Save and download
- Download this banner — just the one you're looking at.
- Download all banners — every accepted session in one ZIP file. It might take a minute if you've got a lot of sessions.
