{"id":93,"title":"Create a Online Photo Competition","description":"Our new poll type »Photo Contest« provides an easy-to-use gallery with large thumbnails, photo uploader and voting feature.","post_text":"Voting on photos and images has been one of our most important functions since the beginning of PollUnit. Our system was designed to collaborate with colleagues and customers on graphics. You quickly load a set of new icons or product designs into your PollUnit and receive feedback in real time.\r\n\r\nThat's why we are very happy to introduce you to a new PollUnit type. Starting today, PollUnit allows you to \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003ecreate online photo contests\u003c/a\u003e that have been optimized for a large number of photographs. Likewise, the focus here is not on the participants and their votes, but on the work of the photographer. An easy to use gallery with large thumbnails improves the experience of your participants.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eWe are curious how you like our competition feature and look forward to your feedback!\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nIn addition, we have made some performance optimizations, which greatly speed up the loading of images in your PollUnits.","created_at":"2019-11-07T09:10:31.483-08:00","updated_at":"2019-11-11T05:48:02.099-08:00","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/93/create-online-photo-competitions?cookieless_session=ogleIg8pOtlGawN-2Bei3Jye7jTxNpuPYeUPT531-4kjE8aVHo-ha68_CcEJG8bMlIjqzippRUsnCFuFCams2A"}
{"id":103,"title":"Create a Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest online","description":"Get your office and friends into the holiday spirit and host a Ugly Christmas Sweater Competition with PollUnit.","post_text":"Get your office and friends into the holiday spirit and host a Ugly Christmas Sweater Competition with PollUnit. Invite your employees to wear a Christmas-themed sweater that could be considered in really bad taste. \r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eThis tacky holiday cheer has become a widespread Christmas tradition. Many companies use this festive happening to celebrate, laugh and share memories with their employees.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nIt's that simple: Create and host a \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003ePollUnit Photo Competition\u003c/a\u003e. Let your participants show off their creativity. Take photos from your employees wearing their jingle bells sweaters or ask them to upload their photos into your PollUnit Photo Contest. Start judging the entries by your Ugly Sweater experts or invite all employees to an open voting. And finally prize and present the Ugliest Christmas Sweater.\r\n\r\nSo start planning your Ugly Sweater Contest and enjoy the party along with your employees. Read more on our \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003ephoto voting site\u003c/a\u003e.","created_at":"2019-12-31T04:31:04.909-08:00","updated_at":"2020-05-31T00:48:53.755-07:00","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/103/create-a-ugly-christmas-sweater-contest-online?cookieless_session=ogleIg8pOtlGawN-2Bei3Jye7jTxNpuPYeUPT531-4kjE8aVHo-ha68_CcEJG8bMlIjqzippRUsnCFuFCams2A"}
{"id":90,"title":"Querying email, addresses and other information","description":"Use our new »Request additional participant information« function to collect any data about your survey and poll participants.","post_text":"\u003ci\u003eIn the »Advanced« step of the PollUnit Wizard you will now find a new function \u003cstrong\u003e»Request additional participant information«\u003c/strong\u003e.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nIf you activate this option, you can add as many required fields which must be filled out before participation. For each of these fields you can choose one of the following types: email, free text, date, URL and number. This allows you to ask for a variety of information such as email addresses, web pages, birthdays, number of guests, etc. of your survey participants.\r\n\r\nThe collected information can be viewed and exported in the \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/tutorials/evaluation\"\u003ePollUnit evaluation\u003c/a\u003e views in the section »Participants«. The overview of invitations and their participants that were previously found under this item, have now their own page »Invitations« in the reports. You can search, filter, sort and export invitations in this view. Participants who have not yet voted can be reminded here or in the polls context context menu.\r\n\r\nThe new function can be used for all our PollUnit types. Whether \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/collect-ideas-and-feedback\"\u003efeedback list\u003c/a\u003e, date polls or photo competitions.","created_at":"2019-09-22T15:42:36.584-07:00","updated_at":"2019-10-28T10:28:30.751-07:00","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/90/querying-email-addresses-and-other-information?cookieless_session=ogleIg8pOtlGawN-2Bei3Jye7jTxNpuPYeUPT531-4kjE8aVHo-ha68_CcEJG8bMlIjqzippRUsnCFuFCams2A"}
{"id":92,"title":"Custom Thank You Page","description":"Optimize the online voting experience with your own thank you page and customize the page that participants see when they complete or save the poll.","post_text":"\u003ci\u003eOptimize the online voting experience with your own thank you page and customize the screen that participants see when they complete or save the poll.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nOn the thank you page you can create a headline, a text of your choice and a button with a link. This way you can forward your participants to your own website after completing the poll or voting.\r\n\r\nHowever, you can not only use it to forward your users, but also to display suitable contact information for queries or to reward your participants - e.g. with a voucher code, a link to exclusive offers or you can forward to the next PollUnit vote.","created_at":"2019-10-17T14:39:19.079-07:00","updated_at":"2019-10-23T05:32:32.912-07:00","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/92/custom-thank-you-page?cookieless_session=ogleIg8pOtlGawN-2Bei3Jye7jTxNpuPYeUPT531-4kjE8aVHo-ha68_CcEJG8bMlIjqzippRUsnCFuFCams2A"}
{"id":91,"title":"Synchronize appointments with the whole team","description":"Synchronize and share date polls with your organization. Import appointments from your team's PollUnits to your calendar.","post_text":"We have another ICS feed for you. Beside an \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/88/sync-schedulings-to-your-calendar\"\u003eICS Feed for all personal date polls\u003c/a\u003e, there are now also ICS Feeds for your organizations.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eWith an organization-wide ICS feed, all members of the organization can subscribe to all the polls created within their organization. This means that you can now synchronize appointments of the whole company, office or team with your calendar.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nSince you can create several organizations with PollUnit, you can also create several teams with their own link to the automatic calendar import. The administration of common dates becomes a child's play.\r\n\r\nPollUnit now offers ICS feeds per PollUnit, per user and per organization.","created_at":"2019-10-02T11:24:54.100-07:00","updated_at":"2019-10-04T03:56:46.359-07:00","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/91/synchronize-appointments-with-the-whole-team?cookieless_session=ogleIg8pOtlGawN-2Bei3Jye7jTxNpuPYeUPT531-4kjE8aVHo-ha68_CcEJG8bMlIjqzippRUsnCFuFCams2A"}
{"id":82,"title":"Vive la France!","description":"PollUnit speaks French now. You can create, execute and evaluate polls, schedulings and surveys without language barriers. Our help and tutorials have also been translated for participants and questioners from France.","post_text":"\u003ci\u003ePollUnit speaks French now. French is the third language besides German and English in which our \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003evoting tool\u003c/a\u003e is available.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nPollUnit recognizes the language of your participants automatically by the browser setting and displays the correct language to your participants, even if you are not in France. If PollUnit has not been translated into the language of the browser, PollUnit will be displayed in English.\r\n\r\nHere is the \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/fr\"\u003eFrench version of PollUnit\u003c/a\u003e.\r\n\r\nBesides buttons, menus and voting generator we have also translated our \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/fr/help\"\u003ehelp\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/fr/tutorials\"\u003etutorials\u003c/a\u003e into French. This helps you to create, execute and evaluate your votes without language barriers.","created_at":"2019-05-13T04:47:22.846-07:00","updated_at":"2019-09-28T03:27:41.344-07:00","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/82/polls-and-votings-in-french?cookieless_session=ogleIg8pOtlGawN-2Bei3Jye7jTxNpuPYeUPT531-4kjE8aVHo-ha68_CcEJG8bMlIjqzippRUsnCFuFCams2A"}
{"id":89,"title":"Collect ideas and create brainstromings","description":"With an idea collection, groups can gather ideas on a topic or a question. Participants can also suggest new ideas and join in the discussion without an account.","post_text":"As announced in our \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/61/roadmap-2019\"\u003eroadmap for 2019\u003c/a\u003e, we now have a new PollUnit type for you.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eWith an \u003cstrong\u003eidea collection\u003c/strong\u003e you can collect ideas in groups on a topic or a question. Participants can also suggest new ideas and join in the discussion without an account.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nCollections over a long period of time can also be easily carried out. Participants' suggestions can be sorted by activity, votes, and creation date. For example, companies can create pages for feature requests and bug reports and even integrate them on their own website.\r\n\r\nWhen enough ideas have been collected, the collection administrator can end the brainstorming and create a follow-up vote. Here you can use the well-known PollUnit tools such as our \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/tutorials/dot_voting\"\u003eonline dot voting\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/tutorials/range_voting\"\u003estar rating\u003c/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/tutorials/consensus\"\u003efinding consensus\u003c/a\u003e.\r\n\r\nIn addition, the brainstormings can be exported and analyzed with our \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/tutorials/evaluation\"\u003eevaluation tools\u003c/a\u003e.\r\n\r\nThe basic functions are also free for idea collections. So try it out right now and create your first online brainstorming with PollUnit.","created_at":"2019-07-31T01:26:08.057-07:00","updated_at":"2019-07-31T09:09:55.345-07:00","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/89/collect-ideas-and-create-brainstormings-online?cookieless_session=ogleIg8pOtlGawN-2Bei3Jye7jTxNpuPYeUPT531-4kjE8aVHo-ha68_CcEJG8bMlIjqzippRUsnCFuFCams2A"}
{"id":88,"title":"Sync schedulings to your calendar","description":"With the new ICS download and ICS feed, PollUnit appointments can now be saved as iCalendar, passed on or imported and synchronized into your own online calendar.","post_text":"Maybe you've already discovered it? In the header area of your \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/tutorials/find_a_date\"\u003escheduling\u003c/a\u003e there is now a small button with the title »Calendar Sync«. Click this button to open a dialog where you can download a static ICS file or copy the link to the PollUnit ICS feed. Furthermore, \u003cstrong\u003eusers can create their own PollUnit ICS feed\u003c/strong\u003e in their account settings, which summarizes all PollUnit appointments of the user.\r\n\r\nICS files, also called »iCalendar«, are a widely used format for storing calendars. ICS files are supported by various calendar and email programs. With their help appointments, participants and further information from calendars can be stored and passed on. Programs that support the ICS format are Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, Microsoft Outlook and many more.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eSo you can now export polls as ICS files or use the ICS feed to automatically update your online calendar.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nAs always we are curious, how you like this function; and more importantly: if you want more of it, what you are missing and how we can simplify your appointment coordination? \r\nYou can tell us your wishes and ideas in our \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/forum/feature-requests\"\u003eForum / Category: Feature Requests\u003c/a\u003e.","created_at":"2019-07-08T15:48:22.046-07:00","updated_at":"2019-07-23T01:05:33.163-07:00","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/88/sync-schedulings-to-your-calendar?cookieless_session=ogleIg8pOtlGawN-2Bei3Jye7jTxNpuPYeUPT531-4kjE8aVHo-ha68_CcEJG8bMlIjqzippRUsnCFuFCams2A"}
{"id":87,"title":"Accessible Online Voting","description":"We are working on a better usability for blind and visually impaired people. The first step has been taken and the voting and various control elements have been improved.","post_text":"As an \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003eonline voting tool\u003c/a\u003e, we're almost embarrassed that one of our users had to tell us that voting should work for our blind and visually impaired participants as well. Of course he was right!\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eDuring the last weeks we have updated PollUnit so that it can also be used by people with visual impairments without additional help.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nWe want to go one step further and have the goal that also our blind users can independently create, execute and evaluate polls. Therefore there will be updates in the future which will increase the accessibility. If you want to discuss with us, have improvement requests or problems concerning this topic, write us a message in our support forum at \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/forum/other/accessibility-for-disabled-persons\"\u003e»Accessibility for disabled persons«\u003c/a\u003e. We will also inform you about future releases on this topic in the forum.","created_at":"2019-07-02T11:08:09.416-07:00","updated_at":"2019-07-08T15:45:12.888-07:00","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/87/accessible-online-voting?cookieless_session=ogleIg8pOtlGawN-2Bei3Jye7jTxNpuPYeUPT531-4kjE8aVHo-ha68_CcEJG8bMlIjqzippRUsnCFuFCams2A"}
{"id":84,"title":"Polls with Data Processing Addendum (GDPR)","description":"We can now offer you an data processing addendum based on the GDPR for voting and surveys according to data protection regulations. Read how to conclude to this addendum online.","post_text":"As a team of developers who want to provide you with a perfect \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003evoting tool\u003c/a\u003e, we are probably more effective at developing new features than at writing complex legal texts. So, despite frequent requests, it took a little longer.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eBut now it's time: we can offer you an data processing addendum based on the GDPR for voting and surveys according to data protection regulations.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nWhether with or without a contract - at PollUnit your data is safe. We are not an evil data leech; we do not pass on personal data for enrichment. Only with our ISO 27001 certified server providers and payment and error analysis service we share the minimum data necessary to provide a stable service. We finance ourselves 100% through non-personalized advertising and our paid plans. You can find more information in our \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/privacy\"\u003eprivacy policy\u003c/a\u003e and in the Data Processing Addendum in your account settings.\r\n\r\nPollUnit is a tool for consultation and collaboration. The contents and contact information of your PollUnit can therefore be shared among the participants who have access to your PollUnit. Which information is made accessible can be determined by the creator (i.e. our contractual partner) himself in the settings of the respective PollUnit. What kind of data you collect or which contents and information you share with your team or participants is your responsibility. You can also deposit your \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/69/create-photo-contests-with-imprint-and-terms\"\u003eown imprint\u003c/a\u003e and inform your participants about the nature and purpose of the PollUnit and thus conduct a legally compliant online poll.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eIn order to conclude the data processing addendum, you need a PollUnit Business account. Once you have registered, you will find the addendum at »My Account«, as well as an online form with which you can conclude the addendum.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nDid you already know? You can also create \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/56/online-voting-tool-with-peer-to-peer-encryption\"\u003ePeer-to-Peer encrypted PollUnits\u003c/a\u003e.","created_at":"2019-06-14T16:37:04.166-07:00","updated_at":"2019-06-28T13:05:45.700-07:00","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/84/data-processing-addendum-gdpr?cookieless_session=ogleIg8pOtlGawN-2Bei3Jye7jTxNpuPYeUPT531-4kjE8aVHo-ha68_CcEJG8bMlIjqzippRUsnCFuFCams2A"}