AboutOne.com

AboutOne is an online family information management system, accessible anytime, anywhere, from your computer, cellphone, or other web-enabled device. In just seconds people can store, secure, and manage household information, including health records, possession details, education records, contacts, and family memories – both text and pictures. http://www.youtube.com/aboutonevideos#p/u/23/Ep5nYDKBtmk

AboutOne stores the information with bank-level security. Then, the system automatically uses the information you’ve entered to save you time on family administrative chores like completing school forms, college apps, caregiver instructions, and tax returns, creating family newsletters and scrapbooks, and creating and mailing holiday cards. The information is also available, at your fingertips, to make informed decisions and respond quickly to an emergency.

AboutOne offers the following advantages over other products:
• Our emphasis is on speed of entry and intelligent use of the data entered.
• Data entry takes just seconds, and can be completed on your computer, via cell phone, or by scanning directly into the system.
• Data can be entered in small pieces, whenever the user has time, via wizards and templates to streamline the process. There is no need to enter everything at once.
• Each piece of data must be entered only once. AboutOne then automatically updates fields throughout the system where this data is needed again.
• Other manual/paper-based filing systems, PC-based apps, and web apps focus on entering information for future emergency use only.
• Entering information in AboutOne makes it available for both daily family admin activities AND emergency access.
• The system can automatically create a hardcover photo memory book including user selected photos and written backstory (other photobook sites include photo captions only) (avail Dec 1)
• The system can automatically create and mail greeting cards and invitations, using our powerful Connections aspect (available Dec 1)
• Users can maintain “gift logs” for contacts using our powerful Connections aspect
• The system generates alerts and reminders about appointments, birthdays, and anniversaries – including suggested gifts from the gift logs, and reminders of other details you want to follow up on.
• The system can automatically create a caregiver report for families to give to babysitters and caregivers for elderly and special needs family members.
• The system guides the user as to information which must be collected
• The system automatically generates a monthly family newsletter which includes photos, web and video links, and text memories stored in the system.

This short video gives a good overview of what one customer loves about our service: http://www.youtube.com/aboutonevideos#p/u/14/dvaD5dC7GLg.

Joanne Lang, AboutOne’s founder and CEO (and mom of 4 boys under the age of 6), is a former SAP executive who wanted to capitalize on her experience with cloud technology in order to develop a service aimed at everyday users. She’d seen how cloud computing allowed businesses to gain new levels of efficiency and wanted to bring these same benefits to families. In this short video overview, Joanne shows how fast and easy it is to enter information in AboutOne: http://www.youtube.com/user/AboutOneVideos#p/u/0/yGIlb-UGBn8.