Rostrum.
Tour

Every screen, in light and dark.

Each image below is a real capture of Rostrum running over invented records: a fictional speaker at a fictional company, with made-up conferences, organizers, and addresses. The Scout's screens were captured with its schedule off and no model key present, so nothing was searched or spent; its events, runs, and recommendations were written into a throwaway database. Switch the site theme and the screenshots follow.

Illustration: the view from a stage over rows of empty seats in a quiet auditorium, with a wooden lectern in the foreground lit by one small warm ember lamp.

The dashboard

Rostrum's dashboard for a fictional speaker: counts of engagements by status, the next four confirmed engagements, a call-for-proposals deadline closing in 14 days, and the number delivered this year.Rostrum's dashboard for a fictional speaker: counts of engagements by status, the next four confirmed engagements, a call-for-proposals deadline closing in 14 days, and the number delivered this year.
Counts of engagements by status, the next confirmed engagements, the calls for proposals closing in the next 30 days, how many talks were delivered this year, and how many engagements the public feed carries.

Engagements

Rostrum's engagements list: upcoming engagements first, then past ones, each with its status, event, date, and place, above filters for status, dates, talk, and public.Rostrum's engagements list: upcoming engagements first, then past ones, each with its status, event, date, and place, above filters for status, dates, talk, and public.
Every engagement in one list, upcoming first and then past, with filters for status, dates, talk, and public, and a search over title, event, organizer, and city.

One engagement

An engagement page for a confirmed keynote: a status stepper at Confirmed, the event's details, a fee and host that are private, a public summary, and the start of a prep checklist.An engagement page for a confirmed keynote: a status stepper at Confirmed, the event's details, a fee and host that are private, a public summary, and the start of a prep checklist.
The status stepper, the event's details in its own time zone, the fee and host (which stay private), the public summary that the feed carries, and the prep checklist with what is ready and what is missing.

Materials used, and the history

The Materials used card of an engagement, listing an abstract at version 3, slides at version 3, and a bio at version 2, each with Change and Unlink buttons, above the engagement's status history.The Materials used card of an engagement, listing an abstract at version 3, slides at version 3, and a bio at version 2, each with Change and Unlink buttons, above the engagement's status history.
The materials this engagement used, each pinned to a version and a role, and below them the history of every status change with its time and note.

A prospect from the Scout

A prospect engagement for a summit, with a status stepper at Prospect and a prep checklist from the Scout: an abstract and a deck missing, a bio and a headshot linked from the library.A prospect engagement for a summit, with a status stepper at Prospect and a prep checklist from the Scout: an abstract and a deck missing, a bio and a headshot linked from the library.
An engagement created by accepting a Scout recommendation, with a prep checklist built from the materials the submission needs. The bio and headshot are already linked from the library; the abstract and the deck are still missing.

Talks

Rostrum's talks list: five talks with their subtitles, levels, lengths, and statuses, one of them a draft.Rostrum's talks list: five talks with their subtitles, levels, lengths, and statuses, one of them a draft.
The talks you give more than once, with their level, length, and status, including a draft that has not been given.

One talk

A talk page with its abstract, key takeaways, tags, the engagements that gave it, and its attached materials.A talk page with its abstract, key takeaways, tags, the engagements that gave it, and its attached materials.
The abstract, takeaways, and tags, every engagement that gave the talk, newest first, and every material attached to it.

Materials

Rostrum's materials library: a table of abstracts, bios, slides, speaker notes, a handout, and recordings, with filters for kind and talk.Rostrum's materials library: a table of abstracts, bios, slides, speaker notes, a handout, and recordings, with filters for kind and talk.
The library of abstracts, bios, decks, notes, handouts, and recordings, filtered by kind, talk, or a text search.

A material and its versions

A slides material with three numbered versions, each with a note, a filename, a size, and a checksum, and a download link for each.A slides material with three numbered versions, each with a note, a filename, a size, and a checksum, and a download link for each.
A deck with three numbered versions, each with its note, its file name, size, and checksum, and a download for every one.

The feed

Rostrum's Feed page: five feed addresses with copy buttons and a preview of speaking.json with the speaker's profile and upcoming engagements.Rostrum's Feed page: five feed addresses with copy buttons and a preview of speaking.json with the speaker's profile and upcoming engagements.
The five feed addresses with copy buttons, and a preview of speaking.json built by the same code that serves it. Only public, confirmed or delivered engagements appear, and no fee or contact is ever in it.

Scout recommendations

The Scout's recommendations: a conference with a fit score of 88, its rationale, a concern, a suggested talk, a topic idea, three materials needed, and Accept, Watch, and Dismiss buttons.The Scout's recommendations: a conference with a fit score of 88, its rationale, a concern, a suggested talk, a topic idea, three materials needed, and Accept, Watch, and Dismiss buttons.
Each recommendation carries a fit score, a rationale, the best talk or new topic ideas, and the materials it would need, with Accept, Watch, and Dismiss.

Scout events

The Scout's events tab: a table of conferences, meetups, and webinars with dates, places, call-for-proposals windows, speaker benefits, and statuses.The Scout's events tab: a table of conferences, meetups, and webinars with dates, places, call-for-proposals windows, speaker benefits, and statuses.
Every event the Scout has found, with its dates, place, call-for-proposals window, speaker benefits, and your decision: new, watching, dismissed, or pursued.

Scout runs

The Scout's runs tab: four finished runs with their status, focus, counts of events and recommendations, searches, tokens, and estimated cost, one of them budget stopped.The Scout's runs tab: four finished runs with their status, focus, counts of events and recommendations, searches, tokens, and estimated cost, one of them budget stopped.
Every run with its status, focus, counts, searches, tokens, estimated cost, and log. One stopped at its spend cap and kept what it had found.

Scout settings

The Scout's settings tab: topics, keywords, home city, regions, formats, minimum audience, blackout dates, the cadence, and the per-run and monthly spend caps.The Scout's settings tab: topics, keywords, home city, regions, formats, minimum audience, blackout dates, the cadence, and the per-run and monthly spend caps.
What the Scout looks for, where you will travel, your blackout dates, the cadence, and the per-run and monthly spend caps.