{"id":672092,"date":"2019-12-17T10:55:26","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T18:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=672092"},"modified":"2020-02-19T09:41:08","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T17:41:08","slug":"introducing-supporting-teams-privately-engage-your-community","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-hub\/constituent-engagement\/introducing-supporting-teams-privately-engage-your-community","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Supporting Teams: Privately Engage Your Community"},"author":7901,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37101,37131],"tags":[],"industry":[],"product":[36811],"class_list":["post-672092","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-constituent-engagement","product-arcgis-hub"],"acf":{"short_description":"Explore how ArcGIS Hub's new supporting teams feature helps you privately collaborate with your community.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>When you think of the word &#8220;collaboration,&#8221; what imagery comes to mind? For me, it&#8217;s people gathering in the same place&#8230;maybe around a whiteboard&#8230;providing inputs and dividing up the task at hand. Today, one of the biggest barriers we face to engagement is the logistics of collaboration&#8212;to collaborate without technology we all need to be in the same place at the same time which can be tough for anyone with a day job, kids, or busy schedule.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":682482,"id":682482,"title":"Screen Shot 2019-12-16 at 3.01.29 PM","filename":"Screen-Shot-2019-12-16-at-3.01.29-PM.png","filesize":45498,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-16-at-3.01.29-PM.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-hub\/constituent-engagement\/introducing-supporting-teams-privately-engage-your-community\/screen-shot-2019-12-16-at-3-01-29-pm","alt":"","author":"7901","description":"Photo by Kaleidico on Unsplash","caption":"collaborating in person at a whiteboard","name":"screen-shot-2019-12-16-at-3-01-29-pm","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":672092,"date":"2019-12-16 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is why with ArcGIS Hub, you can invite your engaged community to become involved on their own schedule by giving them a community account\u00a0so that they can collaborate <strong><em>digitally<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":682572,"id":682572,"title":"Screen Shot 2019-12-16 at 3.51.20 PM","filename":"Screen-Shot-2019-12-16-at-3.51.20-PM.png","filesize":80213,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-16-at-3.51.20-PM.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-hub\/constituent-engagement\/introducing-supporting-teams-privately-engage-your-community\/screen-shot-2019-12-16-at-3-51-20-pm","alt":"ArcGIS Hub includes two ArcGIS Online organizations so that community members and employees both have a place to sign in and create and manage content.","author":"7901","description":"Community accounts in the community org","caption":"ArcGIS Hub includes two ArcGIS Online organizations so that 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having a digital identity is only part of the story. Once your community users sign up, you need to organize them into different supporting groups and share specific content to each group. This way, everyone can work on their respective tasks ahead of a deadline.<\/p>\n<p>To help you with this, we are introducing <strong>Supporting Teams<\/strong>. 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Then, start by creating a team with a name and a thumbnail.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":683562,"id":683562,"title":"Screen Shot 2019-12-17 at 1.34.45 PM","filename":"Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-1.34.45-PM.png","filesize":26392,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-1.34.45-PM.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-hub\/constituent-engagement\/introducing-supporting-teams-privately-engage-your-community\/screen-shot-2019-12-17-at-1-34-45-pm","alt":"Create a supporting team in just two steps.","author":"7901","description":"","caption":"the form a team screen of ArcGIS Hub","name":"screen-shot-2019-12-17-at-1-34-45-pm","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":672092,"date":"2019-12-17 18:38:53","modified":"2019-12-17 19:46:30","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":967,"height":888,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-1.34.45-PM-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-1.34.45-PM.png","medium-width":284,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-1.34.45-PM.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":705,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-1.34.45-PM.png","large-width":967,"large-height":888,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-1.34.45-PM.png","1536x1536-width":967,"1536x1536-height":888,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-1.34.45-PM.png","2048x2048-width":967,"2048x2048-height":888,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-1.34.45-PM-506x465.png","card_image-width":506,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-1.34.45-PM.png","wide_image-width":967,"wide_image-height":888}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Next, pick some content to be included in your team!<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":683592,"id":683592,"title":"Screen Shot 2019-12-17 at 1.49.12 PM","filename":"Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-1.49.12-PM.png","filesize":17856,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-1.49.12-PM.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-hub\/constituent-engagement\/introducing-supporting-teams-privately-engage-your-community\/screen-shot-2019-12-17-at-1-49-12-pm","alt":"screenshot of adding content to a supporting team","author":"7901","description":"","caption":"Adding content to a supporting team ","name":"screen-shot-2019-12-17-at-1-49-12-pm","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":672092,"date":"2019-12-17 18:49:22","modified":"2019-12-17 18:49:52","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":254,"height":513,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-1.49.12-PM-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-1.49.12-PM.png","medium-width":129,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-1.49.12-PM.png","medium_large-width":254,"medium_large-height":513,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-1.49.12-PM.png","large-width":254,"large-height":513,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-1.49.12-PM.png","1536x1536-width":254,"1536x1536-height":513,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-1.49.12-PM.png","2048x2048-width":254,"2048x2048-height":513,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-1.49.12-PM-230x465.png","card_image-width":230,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-1.49.12-PM.png","wide_image-width":254,"wide_image-height":513}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Finally, add members of your community (or employees) to your new supporting team. If you have the <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/hub\/team\/create-a-supporting-team.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_DFD49FF4B1CA426DBC9F9F7CC5BABE01\">right privileges, you can immediately add someone to a team<\/a>\u00a0so that they can sign in to ArcGIS Hub without first having to accept an invitation.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":683642,"id":683642,"title":"Adding members to a supporting team","filename":"team-members.png","filesize":78044,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/team-members.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-hub\/constituent-engagement\/introducing-supporting-teams-privately-engage-your-community\/team-members","alt":"Adding members to a supporting team screenshot","author":"7901","description":"","caption":"Adding members to a supporting team","name":"team-members","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":672092,"date":"2019-12-17 18:53:06","modified":"2019-12-17 18:53:28","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1243,"height":890,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/team-members-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/team-members.png","medium-width":365,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/team-members.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":550,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/team-members.png","large-width":1243,"large-height":890,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/team-members.png","1536x1536-width":1243,"1536x1536-height":890,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/team-members.png","2048x2048-width":1243,"2048x2048-height":890,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/team-members-649x465.png","card_image-width":649,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/team-members.png","wide_image-width":1243,"wide_image-height":890}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Once in your team, email users about content availability or updates to the initiative.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":683952,"id":683952,"title":"Screen Shot 2019-12-17 at 6.19.01 PM","filename":"Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-6.19.01-PM.png","filesize":74207,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-6.19.01-PM.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-hub\/constituent-engagement\/introducing-supporting-teams-privately-engage-your-community\/screen-shot-2019-12-17-at-6-19-01-pm","alt":"emailing team members screenshot","author":"7901","description":"","caption":"Emailing core or supporting team members ","name":"screen-shot-2019-12-17-at-6-19-01-pm","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":672092,"date":"2019-12-17 23:19:56","modified":"2019-12-17 23:20:22","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1204,"height":771,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-6.19.01-PM-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-6.19.01-PM.png","medium-width":408,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-6.19.01-PM.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":492,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-6.19.01-PM.png","large-width":1204,"large-height":771,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-6.19.01-PM.png","1536x1536-width":1204,"1536x1536-height":771,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-6.19.01-PM.png","2048x2048-width":1204,"2048x2048-height":771,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-6.19.01-PM-726x465.png","card_image-width":726,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-17-at-6.19.01-PM.png","wide_image-width":1204,"wide_image-height":771}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Just like that, you&#8217;re done! Try <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/hub\/team\/create-a-supporting-team.htm#GUID-1EC0E5B0-6705-483F-BF66-6A4A6FC9DCB6\">sharing a private page<\/a> featuring the WebGIS content so they have additional context about the thing you&#8217;re trying to get them to do.<\/p>\n<p>We hope you find Supporting Teams is a way to level up the collaboration between you and your community ? \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/hub\/team\/create-a-supporting-team.htm\">Get started by creating your first team today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Interested in hearing about our other recent changes? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?s=#&amp;products=arcgis-hub\">Check out the Hub blog!<\/a><\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":7901,"user_firstname":"Graham","user_lastname":"Hudgins","nickname":"GHudgins","user_nicename":"ghudgins","display_name":"Graham Hudgins","user_email":"GHudgins@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-05-03 17:00:42","user_description":"I'm helping organizations collaborate with their external communities (the people they work with, constituents, business partners) around their projects or initiatives with ArcGIS Hub. 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