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GroupSpaces is time-saving, easy-to-use, stores group records securely and increases member engagement. Above all, it's flexible. Choose from any or all of the following features to empower your group:

“GroupSpaces has thought of everything - all the problems and annoyances of the previous systems I used to manage my society have been solved.”
- Alastair Howard, Secretary, University of Southampton Investment Society

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Group Profile

Creating a profile on GroupSpaces helps more people find out about your group.

  1. 1 Attract new members by uploading a logo/picture and a description of your group.
  2. 2 Link to your group's website to drive more traffic to it - rank better in Google.
  3. 3 Potential members can contact you via the profile.
  4. 4 Join your local network so people can find your group in the directory.
  5. 5 Not got a website? Join the growing number of groups who use GroupSpaces as their home on the Internet!
  • “I have found the GroupSpaces site really useful - my group page looks great, the e-mails are good and the mailing list is easy to use.”
    — Sally Caldwell, President, ZambiAIDS Society, Durham University
  • “It's such a godsend!”
    — Roshni Wadhwani, Executive Board Member, AIESEC Oxford

Mailing List

Send out professional-looking newsletters. Subscription requests are processed automatically.

  1. 1 Easy to get started - copy and paste your list or e-mail addresses or upload from Excel.
  2. 2 Customise the look and feel of your newsletter to match your group's brand/colour scheme.
  3. 3 Automatic formatting and generated table of contents.
  4. 4 E-mails can be archived online.
  • “GroupSpaces saves Oxford Entrepreneurs time and effort - they manage our communications infrastructure so we don't have to. Mailing our members is now simple and looks really professional.”
    — Alasdair Bell, President, Oxford Entrepreneurs

Member Database

Never worry about people having the latest version of an Excel spreadsheet again - store your member database securely online, share management between committee members, accessible to the right people at any time.

  1. 1 Create lists for different member types to manage e-mail lists and access to content.
  2. 2 Learn more about your members - choose what columns you want and require members to fill out their information when they join online.
  3. 3 Bouncing e-mail addresses are highlighted in red so you can keep your records current.
  4. 4 Import from and export to Excel at any time.
  5. 5 Handing over to new committee members becomes ridiculously easy.
  • “GroupSpaces has made managing our membership records much more efficient, it is a huge step-up from the old Excel spreadsheet and the team behind the site have been very helpful. I would thoroughly recommend it to anyone running a student society.”
    — Richard, Campaigns Officer, Manchester Labour Students

Event Promotion

Upload your event to GroupSpaces once and promote it in multiple places so more people come.

  1. 1 Either upload events directly or save time by extracting information when sending out an e-mail newsletter.
  2. 2 Upload once and promote in 3 key locations online: your GroupSpaces group, your GroupSpaces network(s) and automatically update your own website.
  • “GroupSpaces is particularly useful because it automatically advertises all our events to the entire university network which is quite considerable.”
    — Xin-Hui Chan, President, MedSin-Oxford

Website Integration

Integrate content and forms from GroupSpaces on your group's own website.

  1. 1 Let people to join your mailing list from your own site.
  2. 2 Avoid typing up handwritten membership forms - collect member details online.
  3. 3 Maintain an events calendar on your website - no technical knowledge required.
  • “GroupSpaces is a great platform with useful tools that makes life easier for the average group leader. The essential functions, including multiple mailing lists, calendar for events, and a member directory are easily accessible under one site, thus organising the administrative aspect of the society in a simple way.”
    — Nil Unal, President, Edinburgh University Scandinavian Society

File Sharing

Store your constitution, meeting minutes, logos, poster designs or any files, all in one place.

  1. 1 Store up to 100MB of files in your group.
  2. 2 See who uploaded each file and when it was uploaded.
  3. 3 Allow anyone to access files, or restrict access to chosen group members.
  4. 4 E-mail attachments sent to your group are automatically stored as well!
  • “An invaluable resource, it has everything a society would need to be successful.”
    — Andrew Robinson, Leeds LINKS Secretary

Custom Pages

Add pages to your group to display anything you want. Provide information to your members or use GroupSpaces to promote your group to the world!

  1. 1 Add new tabs or arrange pages in a hierarchical menu.
  2. 2 Control who can access each page - from specific members to publicly available.
  3. 3 Add all the necessary information about your group to make it your home on the Internet - no technical knowledge required!
  • “I am very happy about GroupSpaces. It has provided a society such as the One Collective with an opportunity that otherwise might have been a little hard to achieve. I am looking forward to the wonderful things that will come along with this. Thanks so much!”
    — Mariam Garelnabi, President, One Collective Society, Leeds University

Wiki

Create a public or private Wiki - use it as a committee intranet or shared workspace with group members

  1. 1 Edit pages, attach files and organise things how you want.
  2. 2 Create new pages just by linking to them.
  3. 3 Keep track of changes and revert to older versions at any time - never lose information again!
  4. 4 Control who has access and who can make edits - on a page-by-page basis if desired.
  • “The customer service has been excellent - any questions are answered very rapidly. I would recommend GroupSpaces to anyone looking for a way of managing communications with a large user base.”
    — James Coops, Founder, mjelly.com

Member Profiles

Instantly turn your mailing list into a social network - help your members connect with each other.

  1. 1 Include your entire mailing list - members don't need to create a GroupSpaces account before other members can see and contact them.
  2. 2 Privacy is preserved at all times - you can control who can see the members list and e-mail addresses are obscured to prevent spam.
  3. 3 Members can list their social networks for other members to contact them - no need to keep yet another profile updated.
  • “Thanks ENORMOUSLY for creating this site. It's probably the best thing I've found on the Internet this year.”
    — Eddy Anderson, JCR Secretary, Exeter College

Networks

Organise a network of groups? GroupSpaces can help you.

  1. 1 Provide GroupSpaces tools to all groups in your network.
  2. 2 Access news and event information from all member groups in a centralised directory.
  3. 3 Integrate with your network's website(s) - access data from all groups through APIs and embeddable widgets.
  4. 4 Contact us for branding and partnership enquiries, or simply if you'd like to discuss how we could help you and your network.
  • “GroupSpaces has created all, and more, that we could have wanted for us and our member charities. Thank you very much for helping us sort out our technical requirements. Our students can now get on with actually running their groups.”
    — Adam O'Boyle, Sabbatical Officer, The Oxford Hub

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