The Jogajog blog
Every feature, explained properly — how it works, why it's built that way, and how organizations across Bangladesh put it to work.
Communication
Notice board vs broadcast: when to use which
Broadcast what must interrupt (deadlines, urgent changes); post to the notice board what must persist (schedules, circulars, standing rules). Broadcasts push to
Communication
Static groups vs filter audiences: which should you use?
Use filter audiences for anything defined by attributes (“Dhaka branch”, “batch 2015”) because they update themselves; use static groups only for genuinely hand
Communication
Scheduled broadcasts: write now, send at 9 AM
Compose the message, pick a date and time, press Schedule — Jogajog dispatches it automatically. Announcements land when attention is highest instead of when…
Communication
How do you prove an announcement was actually read?
Mark the broadcast “requires acknowledgment”. Members must tap read-and-understood, the report shows delivered → read → acknowledged per person, reminders chase
Directory
From paper khata to living directory: a digitization path
Type the khata into any spreadsheet — that's the whole prerequisite. Jogajog's import wizard normalizes phones, flags duplicates and preserves Bangla names, and
Directory
How the app works offline and on weak networks
Recently viewed people stay available offline, the app degrades gracefully when the connection drops, and everything resynchronizes silently on recovery — built
Directory
The English-only interface decision, explained honestly
Jogajog's interface is English by deliberate decision, while member data is fully Bengali-capable and search is transliteration-tolerant. Organizations get glob
Directory
One directory or many? Handling multi-concern organizations
Model sister concerns as top-level units inside one organization when people overlap, or run separate organizations when they truly don't. The unit tree handles
Directory
What happens to a member’s data when they leave the organization?
Admins trash the record — it vanishes from the directory but remains restorable, preserving history and preventing accidental data loss. Permanent removal stays
Directory
Why unit heads should be visible first in every member list
Because most lookups are really “who do I ask?”. Jogajog surfaces flagged unit heads at the top of their unit's member list, turning the…
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