Circuits, Congregations & Public Speakers

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New World Scheduler Circuits, Congregations & Public Speakers allows you to add circuits, neighbor congregations and public speakers. You can then quickly and easily schedule Public Talks. You can also edit your own Away Public Speakers from this screen.

Additionally, Public Speakers can Import and Export Public Speakers from any neighboring congregations. If a neighboring congregation is not using New World Scheduler, you can still add them, and still print reports of your Public Speakers for them.

To Add and Edit Circuits, Congregations and Public Speakers, click Congregation > Circuits, Congregations & Speakers

Circuits

My Congregation

Neighbor Congregations

Public Speakers

Common Questions and Problems

Circuits

Circuits help organize Neighbor Congregations and Public Speakers, thus making it quicker and easier to schedule Public Talks.

  • Note: If Public Speaker Sharing has been enabled, any shared Neighbor Congregations and Public Speakers are automatically organized into Circuits.
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Add Circuit

  • Note: If Public Speaker Sharing is enabled, you must first click Unlock before adding or editing.
  1. Click Congregation > Circuits, Congregations and Speakers
  2. Select Circuits
  3. Click New
  4. Enter the Circuit Name
    • Note: Circuit Names must please follow the correct format. This is usually <CODE>-<NUMBER> (e.g. USA, Canada, Australia, etc). Some parts of the world have different formats, which can be changed in Settings.
    • Please do not include different sides of a circuit in the Circuit Name, e.g. “A” or “B”. It is still same same circuit.
      • Example: If you are assigned to A-1-B, the Circuit Name is A-1.
    • Please do not include language names or codes, they are still the same Circuit.
      • Example: If you are assigned to A-1 Chinese, the Circuit Name is A-1.
  5. Optionally, tick My Circuit if this is your Circuit.
    • Note: You can only tick My Circuit if the Circuit Name is in the correct format.

Remove Circuit

  1. Click Congregation > Circuits, Congregations and Public Speakers
  2. Select Circuits
  3. Select the circuit
  4. Click Delete

Assign a Congregation to a Circuit

  • Note: To assign your own congregation to your own circuit, select your Circuit then tick My Circuit. This can only be done if the Circuit Name is in the correct format. The format can be adjusted in Settings.
  • Note: If Public Speaker Sharing has been enabled, any shared Neighbor Congregations and Public Speakers are automatically organized into Circuits.
  1. Click Congregation > Circuits, Congregations and Public Speakers
  2. Select Circuits
  3. Under Congregations, select the congregation.
  4. Change the Circuit

My Congregation

  • Note: Your own congregation is automatically added to the top of the Congregations list. It can’t be removed.
  1. Click Congregation > Circuits, Congregations & Speakers
  2. Click Congregations & Speakers
  3. Select your Congregation at the top

To edit your Circuit, Congregation Name, Kingdom Hall address and Weekend Meeting time, please see Congregation Information.

To set the COBE or Public Talk Coordinator, please see Congregation Responsibilities.

To edit the details of the COBE or Public Talk Coordinator, please see Person Information.

To use a Congregation Email for the Public Talk Coordinator, instead of their own email address, tick Use Congregation Email then enter the congregation email.

Congregation Notes can also be edited, and will be printed on various Public Talk reports for the benefit of other congregations.

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Neighbor Congregations

  • Note: You can also automatically Share Neighbor Congregations and Public Speakers using Public Speaker Sharing.
  1. Click Congregation > Circuits, Congregations & Speakers
  2. Click Congregations & Speakers
  3. Under Congregations, click New
  4. A new Neighbor Congregation will be added.
  5. Enter any of the following:
    • Congregation Name
    • Weekend Meeting Day & Time
      • Note: To enter Next Years Meeting Day & Time, first tick the checkbox for next year, then make the change.
    • Kingdom Hall Address
    • Notes. Any special notes about your congregation or another congregation that a visiting Public Speaker might need.
    • COBE Contact Name
    • COBE Contact Phone
    • COBE Contact Email
    • Public Talk Contact Name
    • Public Talk Contact Phone
    • Public Talk Contact Email

Public Speakers

Add or Edit Public Speakers

  • Note: To add or edit public speakers in your own congregation, please see Add Persons and Assign Privileges and Duties. In Congregation > Public Speakers, you can only edit the Talk Outlines, Local Notes and Public Notes for local speakers with the Public Talk Away privilege.
  • Note: You can also automatically Share Public Speakers using Public Speaker Sharing.
  1. Click Congregation > Circuits, Congregations & Speakers
  2. Click Congregations & Speakers
  3. Select the Congregation you wish to add a Public Speaker
    • Note: To add persons to your own congregation, please see Add Persons.
  4. Under Public Speakers, click New
  5. A new Public Speaker will be added.
  6. Enter the Name, Phone and Email of the new person.
  7. Select their Privilege.
  8. Enter the Talk Outlines they can give, separated by a comma. E.G. 14,78,123,145
  9. Select their Away Frequency. This means how often they should be available for Away Talks.
    • Note: This can be set by either Weeks or Calendar Months. For example 1 Calendar Month means a speaker can only be scheduled once per month, regardless of what date during the month. 4 Weeks means a speaker can only be scheduled once every 4 weeks, regardless of what month it is.
  10. Optionally, enter Public Notes. These are notes about the Public Speaker which will be shared with other congregations. E.G. English talks only.
  11. Optionally, enter Local Notes. These are notes about the Public Speaker which are not shared with other congregations, and only appear locally. E.G. Speaker rating or style.

Move Public Speakers

  1. Click Congregation > Circuits, Congregations & Speakers
  2. Click Congregations & Speakers
  3. Under Congregations, select the Congregation the Public Speaker previously belonged to
  4. Under Speakers, select the name of the Public Speaker who has moved
  5. On the right hand side, use the drop-down menu to select the Congregation that the Public Speaker now belongs to
Note: The Public Speaker will automatically and immediately be moved to the new congregation.

Import or Export Public Speakers

Please see Import or Export Public Speakers

  • Note: Public Speaker Sharing can automatically share and synchronise all Public Speakers in the whole circuit.

Common Questions and Problems

Please carefully re-read the Add or Edit Neighbor Congregations section above.

Your own congregation is automatically added and will always appear first at the top. It obviously can’t be removed. To edit details for your local congregation, please see Congregation Information and Congregation Assignments.

If you see it listed twice, this means it was manually added. You should not do this, so please remove the second listing.

Please carefully re-read the Add or Edit Neighbor Congregations section above.

Your own congregation is automatically added and will always appear first at the top. It obviously can’t be removed. Your own congregation is automatically added and will always appear first at the top. It obviously can’t be removed.

To edit details for your local congregation, please see Congregation Information, Circuits and/or Congregation Assignments.

Please carefully re-read the Add or Edit Public Speakers section above.

To add or edit public speakers in your own congregation, please see Add Members and Assign Privileges and Duties. In Congregation > Public Speakers, you can only edit the Talk Outlines, Local Notes and Public Notes for local speakers with the Public Talk Away privilege.

Circuit Names must please follow the correct format. This is usually <CODE>-<NUMBER> (e.g. USA, Canada, Australia, etc). Some parts of the world have different formats, which can be changed in Settings.

Please do not include different sides of a circuit in the Circuit Name, e.g. “A” or “B”. It is still same same circuit.

  • Example: If you are assigned to A-1-B, the Circuit Name is A-1.

Please do not include language names or codes, they are still the same Circuit.

  • Example: If you are assigned to A-1 Chinese, the Circuit Name is A-1.

Yes, please see My Congregation

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