Make the circle worth joining.

Participate in your own way

CircleEd works when people can listen, ask, share, and disagree without being put on the spot. You are welcome to contribute actively or spend more time listening.

• Arrive on time and stay present when you can.
• Make room for others; avoid dominating the conversation.
• Ask useful questions and share relevant experience rather than trying to prove expertise.
• Challenge ideas with care. Do not attack, embarrass, or dismiss people.

Represent yourself honestly

Use your real professional identity and provide accurate information about your role, institution, organization, and commercial interests.

Do not impersonate another person, misrepresent your affiliation, create duplicate accounts to avoid restrictions, or join under false pretenses.

Respect the room

CircleEd is designed for candid professional exchange. Treat what people share with care.

• Do not record, photograph, screenshot, transcribe, or use automated meeting assistants without clear permission from everyone in the circle.
• Do not quote or attribute someone’s comments outside the circle without their permission.
• You may apply ideas and lessons, but remove identifying details unless the person has agreed to be named.
• Do not forward private meeting links or calendar invitations.

Hosts may establish additional confidentiality expectations at the beginning of a circle.

No unsolicited selling

CircleEd is for professional learning and connection—not lead generation.

• Do not turn a circle into a product pitch, demonstration disguised as education, or prospecting opportunity.
• Do not add participants to mailing lists, sales sequences, or CRM systems without their affirmative permission.
• Do not send unsolicited sales messages after a circle.
• Disclose relevant vendor, client, sponsor, or financial relationships when they may shape your perspective.

Sharing a useful tool, resource, or commercial example is allowed when it directly supports the conversation and is presented without pressure.

Keep it professional and inclusive

We do not allow harassment, discrimination, intimidation, threats, bullying, sexual misconduct, or demeaning behavior. This includes conduct based on race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status, or another protected characteristic.

Do not share hateful, sexually explicit, violent, deceptive, or unlawful content. Respect people’s names, pronouns, boundaries, and lived experiences.

Host for exchange, not performance

Hosts may begin with a question, case study, demonstration, or short presentation. The opening should give the circle a useful place to start—not consume the session.

• Keep prepared material to approximately ten minutes or less.
• Clearly frame the topic and invite questions, comparisons, and different perspectives.
• Give every participant a reasonable opportunity to contribute.
• Disclose commercial interests and keep the circle useful even if nobody purchases anything.
• Protect participant information and use it only to operate the circle.

Share responsibly

Only share material you have the right to use. Do not expose student records, confidential institutional information, proprietary data, passwords, private links, or another person’s personal information.

When discussing real work, remove identifying or sensitive details where possible. Never use CircleEd to coordinate unlawful conduct or misuse another person’s intellectual property.

Honor the six-person format

A CircleEd spot is limited and personal to you. If you cannot attend, cancel promptly so someone else can join. Repeated no-shows, disruptive late arrivals, link sharing, or attempts to bypass capacity limits may result in registration restrictions.

Report a concern

If something feels unsafe, inappropriate, misleading, or contrary to these guidelines, leave the circle if needed and contact us. Include the circle title, date, and a factual description of what occurred. Please do not investigate another member yourself or circulate accusations publicly.

Send concerns to hello@circleed.com. We will review reports as fairly and confidentially as circumstances allow.

How we enforce these guidelines

We may take action based on the nature, severity, history, and context of a concern. Actions may include a reminder, content or circle removal, host coaching, registration limits, removal from a circle, suspension of hosting privileges, account suspension, or permanent removal.

We may act immediately when needed to protect people or the service. We may also preserve relevant records, cooperate with lawful requests, and notify appropriate authorities when required. These guidelines do not limit our ability to address conduct that creates risk even if it is not described here word for word.