A Social System Map isn’t just a product—it’s a practice. It grows with your network, deepening insight and supporting action.
The member view survey page is almost completely defined in the Survey Editor. Features of the Survey Page: 1) Project name – defined when project was created. Can be changed in Settings.2) Member View Navigation Bar. Member can skip forward or backward…
Create a New Project 1) Click the green ‘Create’ button above the project list 2) Name the project (will show in member view). You can’t use the same project name twice. 3) Cancel to back out and not create a…
Kumu is an online platform that visualizes data in network graph format. A personal account is free. Each account can have unlimited ‘projects’. Projects that are indexed and viewable by the public are free. Private projects cost roughly $10/month. Private essentially means that the project…
Tier I – free Up to 3 projects| max 1,500 people/project Kumu-Ready data structure Multiple data output formats .csv .json Live .json link (data automatically feeds into Kumu, so you map is always up-to-date) Connections stay in place as long as…
Social System Mapping involves the use of two online platforms, sumApp and Kumu. sumApp You’ll need a sumApp account to gather your network data. You can start a free 1 month trial here. You can learn more about the sumApp tiers here. sumApp is essentially…
Most of the connection field types are identical to the survey field types, but there are a few minor exceptions. Field Types Available for Connection Options 1) Text input. Open ended short text field 2) Text area. More text 3)…
Why have three templates? sumApp was designed to be what we call ‘evergreen’ – in other words, we wanted a tool that didn’t just create a snapshot in time, but could also continue to evolve as the network changes and…
Settings for all Tiers The aspects of the Member Views (outside of the survey and the connection options) that can be edited are managed in Setup > Settings: Features of the settings page are: 1) Indicates you’re in the ‘Setup’…
Types of fields available in the survey 1) Text input. Open ended short text field 2) Text area. More text 3) Checkbox options. You can use as many checkbox options as you need. Members can select more than one option,…
The Survey Editor will be slightly different, depending on which Tier you’ve subscribed to: Read more about the thinking that went into the different Tier accounts Read more about the sumApp features in each Tier Tier I Tier I doesn’t…
Privacy in a Social System Map is a particular kind of trust. People aren’
