Scheduling and organizing meetings can be quite a hassle, especially if you have lots of people demanding your attention. You have to frequently check your calendar, coordinate with the person or people you’re meeting, and agree on a date, time and place. It can be a chore since you have to go back time and again to your calendar, proposing dates and times that can suit the other person. If only you can just show people your calendar and they can choose what date and time suits them best, but of course, you don’t want to reveal the details of your other appointments with them.
Well, here’s an application that makes scheduling and organizing your meetings a lot easier and much more convenient. Tungle.Me is basically a software application that lets you easily set up your meetings without the hassle of having to look at your calendar again and again, because it conveniently integrates with your online calendar. It offers both inbound scheduling, where others can easily request meetings with you through your profile page, as well as outbound scheduling, where you can send invitations to meetings with others, either to one person or to a group.
But what makes it different from other applications out there? What are some of the features it offers?
1. It easily syncs with your existing calendar
One of the excellent things about Tungle.Me is the fact that it easily syncs with your existing calendar. Yes, it can sync with Outlook, Google Calendar, Yahoo! Calendar, Entourage for Mac, Lotus Notes, Apple iCal, Blackberry, Windows Live, TripIt, Plancast, and Facebook Events. This makes it easy for you to schedule with different people on any calendar platform. Your profile page on Tungle.Me gives people your available dates and times without revealing your appointments. So all you need to do is share your profile page with anyone you want to meet with.
2. No need for people to sign up
People who want to schedule a meeting or appointment with you don’t have to sign up for their own account. They also don’t have to download anything. They just have to visit your profile page link and they can quickly see your public calendar. They can then choose among your available dates and times and request a meeting with you.
Don’t worry though because you have full control of what appears in your public calendar. Visitors to your profile page can simply see your available times and dates, or you could choose to reveal what appointments you’ve set up if you like. By default, however, your appointments and notes are kept private, so you don’t have to worry about revealing information that you don’t want public.
3. Easily schedule meetings
With Tungle.Me, you can easily schedule a meeting using the platform. What you do is fill out the meeting details, which includes subject, location, meeting duration and message, which is optional, then invite people to the meeting either by typing their email addresses or choosing from your contacts list, which Tungle.Me can get from your email accounts. You then propose times for the meeting – the more times you propose, the easier it is to find the best time that works for everyone.
The people you invite only have to click on the link so they can see the event you proposed, see the times that other people are available, and then put in their available times as well. Then they simply click on the button that says “submit my availability,” and everyone invited to the meeting gets to see their response. They can also choose not to attend the meeting or click the button that says “no suitable time.”
4. Also offers a mobile application for iPhone and Blackberry
Another great thing about Tungle.Me is the fact that it offers a mobile application for iPhone and Blackberry, making it easy for people to schedule on the go. So wherever you are, you always have access to your schedules and meetings.
But perhaps the best part of Tungle.Me is the fact that it’s free. You can quickly sign up, create your profile page, and then get started with scheduling your meetings. There’s actually an option for a paid version so that you can customize your profile page better, and it’s pretty inexpensive at $4/month.
So if you’re looking for an excellent application that helps you schedule meetings easily and conveniently, then you should definitely try Tungle.Me. With its myriad of features, it definitely has a lot going for it. And again, it’s free, so what have you got to lose?