Big Tent helps parents hook up online. (Not hook up hook up...you know.)

I'm online all day long: On the computer in my office, on my handheld on the go . If you want me, text or email is the way to reach me, which is why I sometimes simply blink at you with incomprehension when you suggest we do things via t…

Big Tent helps parents hook up online. (Not hook up hook up...you know.)
I'm online all day long: On the computer in my office, on my handheld on the go. If you want me, text or email is the way to reach me, which is why I sometimes simply blink at you with incomprehension when you suggest we do things via this paper mail thing or telephone I've heard so much about.

That's why Big Tent is a dream come true for an online junkie like me -- I can finally handle all of my PTA interfacing and charitable involvement in one, very nice looking online place.

Big Tent is an absolutely free, family-friendly organizational hub, and offers every solution your playgroup, parents group, school sports team or local charity may need, from calendars to membership payments to photosharing. If you're a tech-head like me, you'll use it all. For those who aren't so online-savvy, it's still easy to use for the basics.

Now I can continue being involved, but I can do it all online, on the go, in the middle of the night while I simultaneously Twitter and blog... you get the idea. -Mir

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