Portals

Sponsor Portal (Beta)

Beta

Beta — gated feature

The Sponsor Portal is a beta feature gated by the PORTALS_ENABLED flag and a per-tenant feature flag. Contact your Blackthorn account team to enable it. Behavior and interface may change before general availability.

The Sponsor Portal gives sponsor organizations a self-service interface to manage their sponsorship profile, upload brand assets, review their sponsorship package deliverables, and stay in communication with your event team — without needing access to Forge or Salesforce.

The Sponsor Portal home screen showing the sponsor's package details and asset upload status.
The Sponsor Portal home screen showing the sponsor's package details and asset upload status.

How sponsors access the portal

When a sponsor is confirmed in Forge (Status: Confirmed on the conference360__Sponsor__c record), an event admin can send a portal invitation. The invitation email contains a unique magic link. Any contact at the sponsor organization who receives the link can access the portal — there is no password to manage.

Sponsor self-service features

  • Profile — Company description, website URL, social links.
  • Brand assets — Upload logo (PNG/SVG) and any required promotional materials.
  • Deliverables — Checklist of items the organizer requires (e.g., "500-word company description", "high-res logo by Aug 1"); sponsors can mark items submitted and upload files.
  • Package details — Read-only view of their sponsorship level and included benefits.
  • Messages — Thread with the event organizer team; sponsors can reply to messages.
  • Resources — Sponsor guide, booth diagrams, and other documents published by the organizer.

Planner-side management

  1. Open an event and navigate to the Sponsors tab.
  2. Find a confirmed sponsor and click Manage Portal Access.
  3. Send or resend the portal invitation, view deliverable completion status, post messages, publish resources, and revoke access if needed.
  4. To publish a shared resource to all sponsors, go to the Sponsors tab header menu and choose Publish Resource.
Salesforce Field Mapping
ForgeSF ObjectSF Field
Sponsor recordconference360__Sponsor__cName, conference360__Level__c, conference360__Account__c
Brand assetsconference360__Sponsor__clinked ContentDocument (Salesforce Files)

Sponsors can be associated with a Salesforce Account record. When a sponsor record has a linked Account, Forge pre-populates the portal profile with the Account's website and description, reducing the amount the sponsor needs to enter manually.