The class that is not for everyone
Picture a host who teaches a weekly class for a group of regulars. This is an example, not a real person.
It is not a class for the public. The host does not want strangers turning up, or the class showing in a list. But keeping it private by message is its own work: every new date means another round of invitations, a few people never answer, and the plan lives in a chat.
The group is settled. The admin around it is not.
What actually goes wrong
- Strangers can find it. A public listing brings people who are not part of the group.
- Every date needs its own invitation. The host repeats it each week.
- New dates are easy to miss. People wait to be told.
- The plan is hard to keep private. A link passed around reaches people it was not meant for.
How it works on Sociogram
1. Make it private. On step 1, under who can see it, choose Private. A private activity is for the people you invite, and joining is by invitation only.
2. Repeat it. On step 2, choose Repeat, for example Weekly on the days you teach. Each date is its own activity, with its own spots, waiting list, reminder and chat.
3. Invite your people once. After you create it, invite your contacts. For a private activity, inviting contacts is the only way to share it. Each person gets their own private link, and it works only for them, signed in.
4. They join any date. On a private repeating class, one invitation lets a person into every date. After they accept, Join all upcoming, Pick dates and Join this date all work. If someone taps Join all upcoming, you get one notification saying how many dates they joined.
5. Add people later. Tap Invite more on the activity, or open a person's profile and tap Invite to activity. Someone who declined cannot be invited again.
Who sees a private class
A private class is never listed on Home, Explore or Search. People who are not invited do not even see its title. A link shared with them just says "This activity is private". Only you can invite people to it. Members cannot pass it on.
If it is an online class, only you and the people who are in see the join link.
Invitations go to contacts
You can invite your contacts to an activity. If someone is not a contact yet, their profile shows a Connect button, and they need to accept before you can invite them.
Spots are still counted date by date
An invitation lets someone in. It does not create a spot. Each date has its own number of spots, from 2 to 50. If a date is full, the person goes on that date's waiting list, or cannot join if you turned the list off.
If you want one place for the whole group
A private activity is the class. A private clan is the group: it has members, a calendar and a wall, and it can only be joined by invitation. If you want one place where regulars see what is coming and post, a private clan may fit better. See the post on turning a group into a clan.
Keep it simple
These are suggestions, not rules.
- Say who it is for in the description, in one line.
- Invite everyone before the first date, so people can join the dates they want.
- Keep the conditions on the plan. Up to 10 short points, such as "Bring your own mat".
What this does not do
- It does not make anyone pay. You collect the price yourself if the class is paid.
- It does not let regulars bring a friend. Only you can invite people.
- It does not replace the invitation to Sociogram itself. To use Sociogram, a person needs a member to invite their UAE mobile number.
Good to know
- Every activity on Sociogram is for people aged 18 and above.
- Sociogram is invite-only. A member invites your UAE mobile number, and you sign in with that number. You can look at the public activities first with Explore Sociogram.
Questions people ask
Can I run a class that is not open to the public? Yes. Make it private. It is never listed, and only the people you invite can join.
Do I invite people again for every date? No. On a private repeating class, one invitation lets a person into every date.
Who can I invite? Your contacts. A person who is not a contact yet has to connect with you first.
Can people forward the class to a friend? No. Only you can invite people to a private activity.
What if a date is full? The person goes on that date's waiting list, or cannot join if you turned the list off.
Keep your class just for your regulars
Sociogram is the invite-only network for real plans across the UAE. Ask a member to invite your mobile number, or look at what is on first.
