May 20, 2013

Manage the Chaos of Family Life with LivingTree

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of  LivingTree.

Let's face it — As parents we know too well the daily chaos of coordinating our family schedules. Coordinating our own schedules between spouses, among all the events in our kid’ lives (class schedules, school events,  game schedules, field trips, ballet, swim meets- It can get a bit hectic.

For those of us needing a way to tame the chaos, a new platform called LivingTree has just launched. LivingTree offers a web and mobile (iOS and Android) service, a cutting-edge system that aims to make it easy for busy parents to organize things with one another, coordinate and share the most important moments of their children’s lives with loves ones, as well as enabling the organizations that are helping teach our children (teachers/schools, coaches/leagues, etc) to more effectively communicate and coordinate with us parents - all in one safe, and integrated place. Sounds cool, huh?


LivingTree’s offering is focused on three key functions:

Organization. LivingTree makes it easy to organize the everyday chaos. The LivingTree shared calendaring system keeps spouses on the same page to ensure personal events, family events, and events for each child in your family are organized and communicated efficiently. The platform is designed to automatically integrate the children’s classes, teams, schools, and leagues for easy coordination of the classroom or school events, parent teacher conferences, volunteer opportunities and commitments, or a season’s practice/games, etc. When locations or other details are changed (by a parent, a coach, or teacher) the calendar updates in real time, and all spouses or co-parents are automatically notified on their mobile devices. The LivingTree shared calendaring system also supports subscription to other calendar types like Outlook, Apple Cal, Google Calendar, etc.

Engagement.  LivingTree simplifies communication between all the people participating in our children’s daily development. LivingTree’s “Conversations” provides tools for parents, extended families, youth leaders and organizations to privately share posts, photos, media, files, and converse in the context of our children’s lives. LivingTree aggregates all conversations into one secure place, providing a quick and easy way to converse with schools, teachers, leagues, coaches, etc.  No more emails, reply-alls, or series of websites. 

Sharing and Remembering.  LivingTree’s “Memories” feature offers parents an easy (yet private) way to chronicle the lives of their children.  Quickly post a set of photos or media to a “Memory Mix” per child, and share it with other extended family members.  It not only helps you capture the important moments and experiences, but instantly arranges them in the way you want to remember them. For example, chronicle the changing interests of one child— construction, superheroes, marine biology—while showing the steadfast interest of another—Shelby sings her heart out, age 3 to 15. And when connected to a child’s classroom or team, users get instant access to other photos or media the teachers, coaches or other parents have shared privately into the class or team – grab any of those, and chronicle for future posterity.

Finally, a secure and private way to coordinate our lives all in one place. To check out LivingTree and sign up for a free account, visit: www.livingtree.com.

25 comments:

  1. I'll have to check this out

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  2. Anything that helps us organize I'm all for!

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  3. It sounds interesting. Thanks for sharing.

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  4. A great addition to my never ending OCD organizing obsession.

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  5. What a great new way to calm my constant quest for total organization aka OCD!

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  6. I'll have to investigate it and see if there's a way I can use it now that I'm beyond the active parenting years.

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  7. This sounds like a great way to keep my life organized.

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  8. How cool! This is a great way to focus on your child's development throughout the day!

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  9. I sure could use some help with organization! :)

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  10. That's great to be able to organize with other parents, very innovative idea.

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  11. I need all the help I can with organizing my life. I'm going to check this out.

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  12. I'm rarely organized so this is great.

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  13. This is a really great way to keep your family organized and to coordinate home and school life.

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  14. wow, i havent seen this before

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  15. Sounds like a great service!

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  16. I like the sharing feature!

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  17. I can see us definitely needing something like this as our kids get older.

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  18. Pretty neat - we're past the stage of using this type of app, but I love using apps to plan and organize.

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  19. I need to check this out. Thanks for sharing.

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  20. Seems more organized than my scraps of paper...lol

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  21. Thanks for sharing! I need to check this out!

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