---
title: "Talks"
space: "Buzz"
url: "https://docs.bwh.tech/buzz/talks"
updated: "2026-10-04"
---

The **Talks** page collects talk proposals for your event and lets you review them. Open an event and choose **Talks** in the sidebar.

![Accepting a talk proposal](/files/buzz-accept-proposal.mp4)

## Open or close proposals

Under **Quick actions**, click the **Proposals** tile, then **Open proposals** or **Close proposals**. While proposals are open, speakers can submit talks from the proposal page. Click **Proposal page** to see it, or to copy its link for your call for speakers.

Every new event gets a proposal page at `/b/<event-route>/propose-talk`.

## Review proposals

- **Proposals** shows submissions over time.
- **Review status** shows how many proposals are at each stage.
- The list below shows every proposal. Search by title or speaker, filter by **Status**, and sort by newest or oldest.

![The Talks page](/files/buzz-talks-talks-page.webp)

Click a proposal to read its description, speakers, phone number and submission date.

## Change a proposal's status

1. Open the proposal.
2. Pick a new **Review status** at the top, for example from **Review Pending** to **Accepted**.
3. Click **Update**.

![A proposal opened for review](/files/buzz-talks-proposal-drawer.webp)

:::note[Accepting a talk]
Accepting a proposal asks you to confirm with **Accept and create talk**. This puts the talk on the event's programme. Any speaker without a Buzz account gets one.
:::

## Add a speaker to a proposal

1. Open the proposal and click **Add speaker**.
2. Enter the speaker's **First name**, **Last name** and **Email**.
3. Click **Add speaker**.

## Export proposals

Under **Quick actions**, click **Download CSV** to download the proposals in the current view.

To email speakers, use [Announcements](/buzz/announcements).