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Why Givitas Works
Job satisfaction, career success, and happiness in general are all results of having a strong network that allows you to get help when you need it and offer help in return.
Daniel Pink wants his 170,000 newsletter subscribers to be able to tap into the collective intelligence of the group, asking for help, offering advice, and making connections that will make our lives better.
Givitas technology is inspired by academic research on generosity, knowledge sharing, and asking for help done by two of our co-founders: Adam Grant in his bestselling business book, Give and Take and Dr. Wayne Baker at the University of Michigan in his forthcoming book All You Have to Do is Ask.
- Givitas is free!
- Givitas makes it easy to ask for help and be a giver on 5 minutes a week.
- Givitas leverages social science proving that collaborative, connected, generous people are happier and more successful.
- Giving to others just feels good!
- Using Givitas, you don’t have to know who to ask, and everyone has equal access to mentors and experts.
- Givitas inspires people to be generous, efficient givers, even those who were not previously inclined to do so.
- Givitas is a collection of people who have been successful doing whatever it is you’re trying to do. Ask for their advice, and get ahead in your career.
- Get access to a unique network of generous, active, engaged people who are interested in business, work, and behavior.
- Get diverse, unbiased opinions that will make your work smarter and more informed.
How Givitas Works
“No question is a bad question.”
- Log in to Givitas and ask for help, provide help, search a repository of institutional knowledge, collaborate, and connect in less than 5 minute a day
- Asking for help is incredibly easy, reducing stigmas and barriers, and you don’t have to know who to ask
- Providing help is quick and efficient, with robust notifications and engagement tools to notify you when someone needs help
- Givitas provides guidance on making requests and responses, with educational prompts that assist you in crafting a productive request
- Givitas creates and records organizational memory developing a valuable asset for future searches
Testimonials
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"In a world where poor knowledge-sharing costs Fortune 500 companies $31.5 billion annually, Givitas’ potential positive impact on employers is clear."
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Contributing editor, Inc.
"Engagement comes from being in an environment where you build relationships with the company and the team, where you feel trusted, where you're getting the support you need."
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"The time I saved was in not having to come up with ideas that I may not necessarily have come up with anyway.”
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"The simplicity of sharing, helping, and learning in a fairly closed group is liberating and profound."
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National Technology Company
"It created a better sense of our community. It proactively positioned people to ask for - and offer - assistance to the group."
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"A few minutes in Givitas saved me 5-10 hours of research, and it was awesome connecting with new people who have shared interests."
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Bestselling author of Give and Take
"The hallmark of any great work culture is that people care as much about each other’s success as their own. Many organizations never reach that level of 'productive generosity’, and it’s not because people aren’t willing to give. It’s because they’re afraid to ask for help. Givitas reduces the stigma of asking for help and enables people to give in five minutes a day.“
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Fortune 500 Company
“[Givitas] has been very helpful and I can really say we have a gold mine of ideas; what's better is everyone is really willing to help each other.”
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Benchmark Practice Consulting
"I felt very confident in using Givitas as a forum for my question. Spending 5 minutes in the platform saved me easily two hours and more than $700."
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Fortune Top 100 Digital Company
“Givitas created a better sense of our community. ”
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Control Chaos
"Givitas by Give and Take is the web platform that takes the Reciprocity Ring concept to the next level."
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"I made a nice connection with a like-minded individual!"
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International Technology Company
“I like that people in our [Givitas] community come from different diverse fields and backgrounds. I use Givitas when a challenge is new to me, and there's a feeling of satisfaction whenever I provide real help to someone else.”
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The idea of a platform just for exchanging help is simple but brilliant."
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“Givitas can make asking for and getting help from other employees simple – which can make your business a lot more efficient and effective.”
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"Collaboration is the key, and Givitas makes it easy. It allowed me to reach out and connect with colleagues around the world. I received support for my questions and I was also happy to help others providing my knowledge or providing proper contact within our organization."
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Managing Partner, Zingerman's
"[Givitas] is a tool that helps build bridges across an organization and makes it easier for both newcomers and senior leaders to ask for--and offer--help."
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Service Delivery Center Employee
“I regularly received offers for all of my requests; the notifications and daily digest were also really helpful.”
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Zingerman's
“Givitas helps build bridges across an organization and makes it easier for both newcomers and senior leaders to ask for and offer help!”
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University of Michigan
"Asking for help at work is absolutely essential to a productive, successful, and fulfilling life. Givitas makes asking for help easy.
