Add an honoree

An honoree is someone your gala celebrates. They get a portrait card near the top of your event page under Honoring, a profile that opens from it, and their own link that credits them for every ticket bought through it. Guests buying a journal ad can dedicate it to them.

Before you start

• Have a portrait ready. A photo from the waist up works best on the card.
• An email is optional. With one, Ovante emails the honoree their link.

Add an honoree

1. 1
   In the event, open Outreach → Committee.
2. 2
   Click Add committee member.
3. 3
   Under Role, pick Honoree. The sheet's title changes to Add honoree.
4. 4
   Under Who's hosting, click Search your contacts and pick the person, or click Add someone new and type their name.
5. 5
   Add their Email if you want them to get their link.
6. 6
   Add a Photo (a headshot) and a Portrait (the card on your page). With no portrait, the card uses the headshot.
7. 7
   Under Profile on the event page, add what guests should read: Job title, Company, Location, Industry, School, Short bio and Links.
8. 8
   Leave Show on the event page on, and click Add honoree. They appear in the list with an Honoree chip.

What happens next

• Their card shows under Honoring on your event page. Honorees appear in the order you set in Committee settings.
• Their name appears under In honor of when a guest buys a journal ad at checkout or sends their ad from the order page.
• Tickets bought through their link, and ads in their honor, count toward them on the Honorees and committee card.

Good to know

• To turn someone you added as a committee member into an honoree, open them and pick Honoree under Role.
• Show on the event page off keeps their link and their sales, and leaves them out of Honoring.
• A person can be added once per event. Adding the same contact or email again is refused.
• When the honoree has their own member account with a portrait, it replaces the one you uploaded.