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A Social System Map isn’t just a product—it’s a practice. It grows with your network, deepening insight and supporting action.

January 21, 2025 | 5 minutes

Changing Survey Questions and Options

sumApp was designed to enable you to test, reflect, learn, adapt and iterate throughout your project’s life. To that end, the survey questions and options can be changed at any point. You don’t even need to close the project when…

January 21, 2025 | 2 minutes

Custom Survey Filter | Tier IV

Sometimes the segment filter on the connections page just isn’t enough. Your population is huge and you need another variable to help members filter the whole list down to a manageable number. In that case – in a Tier IV…

January 21, 2025 | 3 minutes

Understanding Connections in the Social System Mapping Context

The Connections Page of the Member View represents the key functionality of sumApp, enabling network members to show their relationships on the map in Kumu, and to keep the map as up-to-date as possible with as little effort as possible – while at…

January 21, 2025 | 2 minutes

sumApp Member View | Bio Page

The Bio page is the first page your members will see when they click on the link included in their sumApp invitation email. It is meant to help orient your members to the project’s process and purpose and give each…

January 21, 2025 | 7 minutes

sumApp Member View | Connections Page

Purpose of the Connections Page The Connections Page represents sumApp’s core functionality. It was designed to enable members to: All of which serve the ultimate goal of enabling them show their relationships on the map in Kumu, and to keep the map…

January 21, 2025 | 7 minutes

Importing Connections from Another Project | Tier IV

Many of our customers work with different networks that have overlapping members. It is usually the case that each network will be managed in a separate sumApp project, be shown in it’s own Kumu map and have different kinds of…

January 21, 2025 | 1 minute

Introduction to The sumApp Data Management Tab

The sumApp Data Management Tab enables you to: The Three Ways of Getting Your Data Into Kumu Understanding the Connection Import

January 21, 2025 | 1 minute

sumApp Member View | Survey Page

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…

January 21, 2025 | 1 minute

Create a New Project

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…