Once you've personalized your account and you've got all your co-workers set up on Present.ly as well you should create groups for collaboration. Are you in charge of the upcoming company holiday party and you need a platform to plan with your committee members? Would you like to have an exclusive group for members of management to communicate where other employees can't see? Are you and a few co-workers collaborating on a project and you don't want to clutter up everyone's home feed with communications they don't need to see? Follow this guide to set up groups that will meet your needs.

Create and Join Groups

Simply move your mouse over the word "groups" at the top of the screen, and then click on "Create a Group". You'll be able to set up your new group to be exclusive, or open to everyone, and once you have a group set up you can communicate to its members as the group.

You'll have to pick a name and create a description for your group and choose if you'd like for it to be open (anyone can join), closed (users on your network can only join by invitation), or private (invite only and not listed in the directory for everyone to see).

Once you've created the group you're taken to a page where you can pick an icon for it, and invite other users to participate. Creating a group and only inviting select people is a great way to publish updates that you would only want to share with certain people, and not with everyone who follows you. The files that you attach to those group updates are only viewable by the group members as well.

You can also join open groups that other people have created if you'd like to chime in or receive updates from them. Simply hover over the tab at the top of the window that says "Groups" and then select "Find a Group". This will take you to a search page where you can enter search terms for topics for groups and join in to the conversations others are already having.