fmyi's top 10 features
We bring you the essentials of what you need to achieve success as an organization. Check out our top ten list of fmyi features:
#10: Messages
Post notes, history of interactions with a contact, discussion postings, group comments about a document, brainstorming ideas - anything your organization needs. It works like a blog (journal of things you're working on) or a discussion board (group conversation).
Why you need it: Makes it easy to track what's going on, especially if more than one person needs to know. This information is easy to add and easy to search.
#9: Files
Store numerous types of files directly into a project or contact, where you need them most. You control who gets to see the file - whether you keep it completely private for yourself, viewable by a select group, or open to everyone.
Why you need it: Instead of files being stuck on your hard drive, or hidden away in a shared drive, they'll be easy to find by any team member. It's a convenient way to edit files within a group, so each person knows which is the latest version.
#8: Profile
Create profiles with custom fields relevant to your organization.
Why you need it: fmyi replaces those unwieldy Excel documents and outdated databases you're using to track information.
#7: Home
This is your personalized home page, showing featured content, the latest 10 messages posted to the system, and recommendations.
Why you need it: Like the front page of a newspaper, it shows you the latest and most important information, with the added bonus of being customized just for you.
#6: Resources
Build a dynamic library of resources for your organization of news, files, weblinks, and messages.
Why you need it: Instead of emailing links, documents, stories, and other items around to people, post it under the Resources section. That way, you're building up an "encyclopedia" of information relevant to your organization.
#5: Contacts
Organize a shared address book of contacts, both for internal individuals (companies: employees; government: staff; education: administration, faculty, students; nonprofits: staff, volunteers, members) and external groups (sales leads, stakeholders, consultants, vendors, etc).
Why you need it: Track interactions and attach files directly to a contact. Also find expertise you need within your organization by searching the profiles.
#4: Projects
Team workspace to discuss issues, track progress, and share files to keep everyone on the same page.
Why you need it: By posting all messages and files to the same place online, it makes it easier to find things. If you use email or a shared drive, items become scattered in different locations. Online project management makes it easy for everyone to collaborate like you're all in the same place.
#3: Email alerts
You can choose to subscribe to email alerts for Resources, Contacts, or Projects, so each time something is added or updated, you'll get a notification in your email box.
Why you need it: You can stay on top of all important updates but you won't need to file them because they're all saved on the site.
#2: Tasks
Unlike what you have in Outlook, fmyi allows you to set tasks for multiple people instead of just individual tasks.
Why you need it: In this age of information overload, this useful feature plows through the clutter and keeps you on top of what matters most to you, saving you time.
#1: Search labels
File away information using flexible search labels customized to your organization.
Why you need it: Instead of the outdated foldering system you're used to on your computer's hard drive, where information can only be filed away under one folder, search labels give you more options to stay organized. A resource, contact, and project can be relevant to a location (west), department (sales), and topic (policy) for example. Which folder do you put it in? With search labels, you don't have to worry, since you can put information into as many labels as necessary to keep everything organized.