WhichDateWorks Takes The Guesswork Out Of Event Planning
If you need to pick the best date for a group of people to meet, WhichDateWorks is a simple service with a polished interface.
WhichDateWorks operates on a simple principle. You create an invitation to an event, enter the email addresses of the people you need feedback from, and send it out. You can limit the range of dates from leaving the entire year open for vote to limiting it selecting from two days. The recipients don’t need to sign up to use the service, they simply follow the link that arrives in their email and select the date that works best for them. While WhichDateWorks is fantastic because of its simplicity and polished interface, if you need a service with more detailed time selection you may want to check out When Is Good which lets people select right down to the hour. If you have a preferred service for date selection, share the wealth in the comments below.
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I prefer doodle.
Jason Yu
I don't have enough of a life to use this haha
Doodle FTW!
thebigm42
@enchantedgoose:
You could always send the invites to yourself.
I haven't tried this, but I'll second the other posters with praises for doodle
wqwert
This looks good if you're just looking for a date for, say, a party. But Doodle for the win if you're looking to arrange something where the variables are hours in a day.
adventurat
In the Ubuntu community, we often need to organize meetings for different teams. Since these teams have members located all over the world, choosing an appropriate time and date becomes a challenge. However, we have had good success using Doodle ([doodle.com]). It allows you to specify different dates/times that the meeting can be held at. You then distribute a link to all members of the team. They can then list which date/time pairs work for them (no registration required).
nhandler
In the Ubuntu community, we often need to organize meetings for different teams. Since these teams have members located all over the world, choosing an appropriate time and date becomes a challenge. However, we have had good success using Doodle ([doodle.com]). It allows you to specify different dates/times that the meeting can be held at. You then distribute a link to all members of the team. They can then list which date/time pairs work for them (no registration required).
nhandler
I've used doodle for quite a while but just also started to use, and recommend to others, Diarised .
It seems as flexible as doodle and is better than TimeBridge, which is still limited to 5 slots.
However, TimeBridge can anonymously publish your Outlook calendar, which I find useful...
Oh, there's so many, I wish I had time to use them all.
fatuousplatitudes
Like most of the above commenters, I ... fifth? doodle. It doesn't require sign up for either the event creator or the attendees (although if you do enter your email, you'll receive an email each time someone rspv's). It integrates with Facebook, which is always nice, and outlook integration is in Beta. You don't need participants' email addresses; all you need is SOME way to contact them so you can give them the participation link, and then they can add themselves to the list of people who have responded. You can also make polls with the same service.
so yup. yayy doodle.
Like most of the above commenters, I ... fifth? doodle. It doesn't require sign up for either the event creator or the attendees (although if you do enter your email, you'll receive an email each time someone rspv's). It integrates with Facebook, which is always nice, and outlook integration is in Beta. You don't need participants' email addresses; all you need is SOME way to contact them so you can give them the participation link, and then they can add themselves to the list of people who have responded. You can also make polls with the same service.
so yup. yayy doodle.
I've used "which date works" for a ton of stuff. Awesome for planning stuff...bachelorette parties...bbq's etc!
Megan Flynn Farrell
Has anyone ever tried moreganize.com to plan something? I use Doodle, but I was thinking of using moreganize to plan out a party. Just wanted to see if they were good or bad.
Has anyone ever tried moreganize.com to plan something? I use Doodle, but I was thinking of using moreganize to plan out a party. Just wanted to see if they were good or bad.
Pretty but doesn't do anything Doodle doesn't, and Doodle does several things this does not. I wonder what moved them to develop this?
I could use this or something like it to contact students. (I am a adjunct faculty member at a local college one night a week) Most of my classes are just one student, but occasionally I get more than that. In those instances this would work much nicer than just sending an e-mail.
Runnin-Ute
I made an app for Facebook called Let's Get Together that plays in this space. ([apps.facebook.com]) It tries to mix in what you want to do together in addition to the time and day.
Leon Atkinson
+1 for doodle
Jean Pouce Gauthier
Hi everyone, developer of WhenIsGood here.
Just wanted to add - for the record - we now do more than just do days or hours. We've got half-hour and 15 minute options too.
Lots of other new features being added all the time ... iCal support and a single click sync for your Google Calendar went live recently.
Interesting to read the comments about the different ways to solve this problem. And best of luck to the whichdateworks team!
Love Doodle.
dave00327
I use the original Swiss version: www.doodle.com ;-) Greetz form good old Switzerland.
FreemanLazork
Doodle - sixth!
Invaluable for me planning meetings with our investors, in several countries, some with PAs, some not, half of which are never in the office. It was much quicker for me at the end of 2008 to plan the 2009 Board Meetings.
suecsi
Uh, what about select time slot availabilities? This app only has three options for a given date:
Yes
No
Maybe
Doesn't seem to be anywhere you can enter times.
djlurch
I also suggest Doodle - because you don't have to hand the email adresses of your guests over to them but can email the survey yourself.
In my opinion it's quite impolite to hand over other people's email adresses to web services where you cannot be 100% sure that they will safekeep them properly. Also, a personal email is much more likely to pass spam filters than any auto-generated one even if it contains personal text.
lonelywolf
GatherGrid.com (Free!) is easier to use than Doodle and WhichDateWorks. It enables you to select dates and hours in seconds, on a single screen (Doodle takes 10 screens).
AriT