CBI employs the following technologies to support and enhance effective communication and efficient collaborative processes. Contact us [1] to determine which technology will meet your needs and to view/hear a demonstration.
CBI-Hosted Project Websites. For projects with modest budgets,
we host a basic project website within our CBI website. Such project
websites can include documentation from each meeting, meeting agendas,
schedules, and directions, and other basic features.
Consensus Building Workspaces. For larger, longer-term projects,
we provide custom CBI-developed and -hosted Consensus Building
Workspaces, which allow private user groups, sophisticated commenting
and document sharing, interactive polling, and more.
Externally-Hosted Collaboration Sites. For projects requiring
documents with multiple authors and participants in remote location, we
can create Google Project sites (or other wiki-style sites) to manage
documents, keep track of background information, post To-Dos,
schedules, and other items to keep a diverse and scattered project team
on track.
Scheduling. We use web-based applications to schedule meetings for multiple participants.
Online Polling. We employ a variety of tools to poll or survey
participants formally or informally during a process. We gather and
organize qualitative and quantitative data from stakeholders, ranging
in number from a handful to hundreds. We use this data to focus agenda
topics for upcoming meetings or to provide for broad input during an
assessment process.
Real-Time Keypad Polling. We can provide real-time polling
in major meetings and workshops through the use of keypad polling. This
provides a tested, accurate, and sophisticated way for meeting
participants to provide detailed, quantitative feedback on key issues,
ideas, and proposals. Keypads allow for quality control, provide
everyone with the technology to participate, and can analyze complex
data instantly in a variety of formats.
Virtual Meetings. Through WebEx, we can set up and facilitate
on-line, virtual meetings. Features include video conferencing, call-in
numbers for audio, real-time Powerpoint presentations and application
sharing, on-line polling, and facilitator feedback.
Award-winning Podcasts. We record, edit, and create podcasts to capture
diverse voices from across a range of views on an issue or problem. The
podcast is professionally sound-edited, and can provide a concise,
compelling tool to convey in a fair and non-partisan way a range of
voices on an issue. This tool often accompanies more traditional issues
assessments, prepared ultimately in writing.