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Tungle.me & LinkedIn - A Perfect Pair

2010-03-02T12:51:19-05:00

Announced today on LinkedIn’s blog is Tungle.me’s integration of the LinkedIn Widget.

This is an exciting announcement because it not only brings together the scheduling power of Tungle.me and LinkedIn’s 55 million+ member network; it also makes meetings happen even easier for you (just when you thought it couldn't get any easier).

We're super excited about the integration, becuase we truly believe that these two services were made for each other.

We all know that looking someone up on LinkedIn is an integral part of planning a meeting (whether you are the meeting planner or an invitee). This is one of those relationships that just makes sense.

You now have one-click access to everything you need to know about your meeting participants, right from your Tungle.me meeting pages – current roles, company profiles, past and present affiliations, recommendations, network contacts and so much more. It’s all just a click away. As if scheduling a meeting with Tungle wasn't already super fast and easy, you now can get your pre-meeting recon done right from your meeting invitations. So forget the searches. Forget Google (sorry our friends at Google), forget the new browser, forget the extra leg work all together. Just point, click, and make meetings happen.

Students, Faculty, Administrators at More Than 700 Universities Around the World Using Tungle Corporation’s Tungle.me to Schedule Meetings

2010-02-22T12:16:40-05:00

Users in Top Schools Like Harvard, MIT, Yale, INSEAD, Hundreds of Others Realize Benefits in Time Savings, Productivity Boosts

MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tungle Corp., the company that is pioneering the online scheduling industry, today announced that students, faculty and administrators at more than 700 universities around the world are using its free Tungle.me scheduling application to improve their productivity.

“Whether it’s professors scheduling office hours with students, busy department chairs setting up staff meetings or students organizing time for group work, users at universities have clearly discovered how to make setting up meetings simple and fast with Tungle.me,” said Marc Gingras, chief executive officer and founder of Tungle Corp. “For these reasons, the adoption of Tungle.me at universities has been simply staggering.”
Among Tungle’s rapidly growing base are users at some of the most prestigious universities in the world, These include Harvard, MIT, Yale, INSEAD, McGill, Ryerson, Wharton, and others.
Tungle.me makes it easy for people to schedule meetings across organizations, calendar systems and time zones by eliminating costly double bookings and the endless back and forth of finding a time to meet. As a result, Tungle.me drastically improves productivity and efficiency.
University Tungle.me Use Cases
“As an MBA student, Tungle.me has become an indispensable tool for coordinating meetings with colleagues and fellow leaders, all who tend to have hectic schedules,” said Patrick Chun, co-president, Harvard Business School Student Association. “I encourage all the core members of the student government at Harvard Business School to use Tungle.me and to check mine.”
“Tungle is one of the most useful software/websites I have ever used,” said Horacio Falcao, INSEAD affiliate professor of decision strategies. “I have between 100-200 meetings, conference calls, Skype calls and videoconferences on a monthly basis many times with multiple people in multiple locations around the world. Tungle makes it easy and secure to coordinate them while saving us all hours per month."
"This semester, the University of Maryland was invited to participate in the Global Communication Project -- an international project joined by 11 universities in 11 different countries around the world where students work virtually to create a public relations campaign for a global organization,” said Andi Narvaez, a University of Maryland student. “I’m using Tungle.me to coordinate meetings with the 19 members of my groups, who are spread out across five different time zones. With Tungle.me, I don’t worry about the potential logistical nightmare in trying to plan around 19 different schedules.”
“I have saved 50% of the time usually spent trying to arrange a meeting with others. People within the university and outside of the organization also save time when compared to using email and phone,” said Michael Kolios, assistant professor, Department of Physics, Ryerson University. “What I like about Tungle.me is that people can easily suggest meeting times, but I get the final say.”
Read the full case study from Google >

Concerns about privacy?

2010-02-17T07:00:00-05:00

From time to time we hear concerns from Tunglers and future-Tunglers about sharing their calendars and contacts, or concerns that inviting people to meetings will require them to register. No need to fear. We built Tungle.me to be as simple to use as possible, eliminating as many barriers to adoption as possible.

No Registration Required

First, you can rest easy when you share your Tungle.me link and use Tungle.me to schedule meetings. We do NOT require registration to accept meeting requests or schedule meetings from someone’s Tungle.me page. If you want to sign up for Tungle.me, you don’t even need to complete a new registration profile, you can sign up with your existing Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo!, or Windows Live ID.

We’re All About Sharing, Except When it Comes to your Data

When you set up your Tungle.me personal scheduling page, you can customize your availability and choose whether or not you want to synchronize your online calendar for dynamic updating. If you choose to synchronize with one or more electronic calendars (the best way to use Tungle.me,) you will provide Tungle.me with access to your calendar and contacts. But don’t worry, we will not make this information visible, we do not save, share or sell your personal information, and we will never spam your contact list.

If you choose to share your Tungle.me calendar with your trusted network, you can select either full calendar details or just to show your availability—no details.

For more information, see our Privacy Policy. If you ever have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to ask. Leave a comment here or email support@tungle.com.

Tungle Corporation Expands Global Footprint to More Than 100 Countries

2010-02-16T11:35:38-05:00

Users on Seven Continents Discover the Ease of Scheduling Meetings Across Organizations, Calendar Systems and Time Zones with Tungle.me

MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tungle Corp., the company that is pioneering the online scheduling industry, today announced that users in more than 100 countries on seven continents across the globe are increasing their productivity using its free Tungle.me scheduling application.

“There are now Tungle users on every continent,” said Marc Gingras, chief executive officer and founder of Tungle Corp. “The breakneck speed at which we’ve seen adoption of Tungle.me is very exciting for us. Clearly people are passionate about the product and understand the benefits of hassle-free meeting scheduling. And with Tungle.me, distance and time zones are no impediment.”Adoption of Tungle.me has been expanding rapidly, with over 30 percent month-to-month growth contributing to the 100+ country milestone. Business professionals within small, medium and large organizations from around the globe are now using Tungle.me to make meetings happen.

Tungle.me makes it easy for professionals to schedule meetings across organizations, calendar systems and time zones by eliminating costly double bookings and the endless back and forth of finding a time to meet. As a result, Tungle.me drastically improves productivity and efficiency. In the future Tungle will also offer scheduling in multiple languages to further enhance ease-of-use around the globe.

Three Cross Continent Tungle.me Use Cases

Clint Wilson, founder of Cazoomi.com, has his team of ZOOMILite professionals on Tungle.me. “Our ZOOMILite pros use Tungle.me to schedule demos, overviews and for quoting out with clients in the Cazoomi Platform,” said Wilson. “More than 130 ZOOMILite pros are spread out around the world in over 12 different time zones, and we schedule an average of 12 meetings per week per consultant. The ease of Tungle.me means our consultants, regardless of where they are in the world, can easily schedule meetings with clients located anywhere.”

“As a global corporation, we have offices, partners and clients all over the world, which means working across organizations, time zones and platforms," said Arndt Brockman, managing director at Zara Germany. "The fact that Tungle.me solves these complex problems in a very simple way makes it an invaluable solution to any global organization."

“My clients greatly appreciate me providing them with a completely accurate picture of my availability via my Tungle.me calendar,” said Helen Crozier, business productivity consultant in Sydney, Australia, and owner of BusinessProductivityGenius.com. Time zone differences between Sydney and the USA can be difficult, but Tungle.me takes away the anxiety and makes it easy to move past the logistics and get on with business. “Even dealing with interstate clients is simpler since I started using TungIe.me. Whatever country you are in, scheduling appointments and phone calls can now be completed in seconds, not days. And making it easy for both parties results in more bookings.”