> You need information from a group.
> You send them a CircleUp.
> You get a simple answer in one place with sweet graphs.
CircleUps can be sent from CircleUp.com, Microsoft Outlook, Facebook, or a CircleUp widget.
A. Sending a CircleUp
B. Answering a CircleUp
C. Viewing and Sharing Results
D. Additional Ways to Use CircleUp
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 CircleUp turbo-charges your email and IM so you can effectively communicate with groups of any size.
- It's a 100% FREE service! There is no cost to use it
- It's web-based so there's nothing to install or download! (CircleUp requires Adobe Flash - a free browser plugin that 95% of browsers already have)
- Only the group organizer needs to register - everyone else in the group can answer and see results without registering!
- The larger the group, the more time you'll save!
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The CircleUp Wizard
- Write an introduction and a question or a request just like you would in a normal email. The Question will appear as the subject line of your email.
- You can add attachments or links for your group to reference.
- You can tag the question with keywords so you can organize and find your CircleUps later.
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- The AnswerPattern you choose will determine how the Results page will look.
- Each AnswerPattern is very powerful and ensures you will get the information you have requested. You'll need to enter the details of the choices you want your group to see.
- You can click Preview to see what each recipient will see when they look open your CircleUp.
Simple AnswerPatterns, like Choices, Rate, Rank, True/False and Yes/No let you gather quick responses from your Circle on the topic of your choice, using the answers you provide.
Detailed AnswerPatterns, like Provide Suggestionsallow you to get unique information from everybody. These types of CircleUps cannot always be summarized because each answer can be different.
- Provide Suggestions lets your Circle enter their own text concerning a request, as well as attach pictures, files, photos or web links.
- Rows and Columns lets you have up to 150 possible answers to give you a lot of space for detail. You can ask for number input, text or simple 'x's to designate choices.
- Send Me Your Contact Info will enable your Circle to create an invitation list , membership list or roster that everyone can then access and/or export to Excel or into Microsoft Outlook.
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The final step is selecting who will receive your CircleUp.
- The first time you use CircleUp, you'll be able to enter addresses and create your first Circle.
- The next time you send a CircleUp, you'll see your first Circle on the 'CircleTop' - this looks like a Windows or Mac desktop with an icon representing each individual group of users - a Circle.
- To add members to a Circle or create a new Circle, just click Add.
- To select a Circle, just click the icon to highlight it. The yellow highlight means that all the members of that Circle will receive the CircleUp.
- To select only specific members, double-click the icon, then select the members you want using the checkboxes, and click OK. You will see the icon highlighted in blue, meaning only some of the members will receive the CircleUp.
- You can control the visibility of the CircleUp Results here, too - make the question Public so anyone can see it, Private so only the recipients can see it, or Personal so only you can see the results. You can also hide everyone's detailed answer with Share Summary Only. If the CircleUp is Public or Private, people can only see the Summary results, not everyone's detailed response or comments. Details will always be visible to you as the author.
- If you want recipients to forward the question to other people, choose 'Please Forward' - you'll get answers from people outside your Circle.
Manage Your Circles click for more.
- The CircleTop allows you to manage your Circles and the members of your Circles.
- You can delete Circles by highlighting them and clicking Delete or Backspace on your keyboard.
- Add new members by clicking the Add button.
- View and edit membership of a Circle by opening the Circle (double-click) to see the Circle Details screen.
- To share a Circle, so all the members can send CircleUps to the Circle on their own, check the Share This Circle box The Circle will appear on each member's own CircleTop as a shared Circle designated with a + icon. They can select it to send to, but won't be able to edit it in any way.
- To remove members from the Circle, select the individuals using checkboxes, then click 'Remove'.
- To add additional information about a member, double-click their name. You'll see the Contact Details screen where you can edit their name and add additional addresses and communication channels.
- If one of your contacts is a registered CircleUp user you can't edit their contact details - you will only see what they have entered themselves.
- If you want to review everything you've entered, click Review, or Send the CircleUp!
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- Your CircleUp is sent as an email or an IM or a Facebook Notification, depending on what channel you specified for each member of the circle.
- The email, IM or Notification comes directly from you and is personally addressed to your contacts using their first name.
- The recipient opens the message, can read your introduction and question, and then clicks a link to take action.
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- Clicking the link opens a CircleUp "QuestionBox" in the recipient's internet browser
- The QuestionBox displays the question and the possible responses, depending on what AnswerPattern you chose.
- The recipient provides the information you've requested, can add attachments (files, pictures, URLs) and comments, then clicks 'Answer'.
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Organized Responses
- You and your recipients can then view the results (recipients can only see results if you designate them to be 'Public' or 'Private')
- CircleUp gives you a single, visual result no matter what information you're trying to gather. You might ask your group a question, request information, or want comments, input, files or photos. It's all centrally organized on the CircleUp Results page.
- You can see results at any time by going to your My Questions page, looking at the list of the CircleUps you've sent, and clicking the one you want.
CircleUp Settings
- On the Results page, you can change the Visibility settings to either share answers with the group or keep them private, or show or hide individual responses.
- You see a summary of everyone's answer, detailed responses and comments, and know who hasn't answered yet.
- You can then use the result - cut and paste, Save As PDF or Excel, or print it!
- You can also Answer the CircleUp yourself, send the CircleUp to additional recipients (Ask Others) and delete the question if you're done with it by clicking the Trashcan.
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Website Widget
- See CircleUps wherever you want - on your group webpage, personal webpage or blog. Use the CircleUp widget to send a CircleUp or access CircleUp results wherever your group meets online
- It's simple to add to any website or blog - just grab some HTML from the Free Tools page and paste it.
CircleUp Toolbar for Microsoft Outlook
- This toolbar plug-in turns Microsoft Outlook into a CircleUp productivity center. Instead of sending emails, send CircleUps without ever leaving Outlook.
- Create new Circles by directly accessing your Outlook Contacts, Grab email addresses from old emails, and keep track of your results with Outlook RSS feeds.
- The toolbar is superfast to download and install.
CircleUp Homepage Widgets
- Add a CircleUp widget to your NetVibes or iGoogle homepage and conveniently send CircleUps whenever you want. Track responses through an iGoogle, Netvibes or Yahoo! RSS widget.
- Just click to add.
RSS
- Click the RSS button on the My Questions page to get an RSS feed of all of the CircleUps you've sent or have been sent.
- You can load this URL into any RSS reader or into Microsoft Outlook 2007. Check out RSS readers on your Yahoo!, iGoogle or Netvibes home page, or RSS widget readers in our Free Tools area
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CircleUp will help you save time increase your productivity. It's the new way to communicate with groups.
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