Key Features and Benefits:
MeetingSphere Brainstorm Tool improves the efficiency and productivity of brainstorming, market research and any type of event where ideas and opinions matter. This is possible because of Brainstorm’s unique features;
- Identity Options to encourage more participation
Using the Brainstorm Tool, participants can contribute anonymously, by team name (marketing department) or by name (Bob Jones). In cases where you want maximum candor and creativity, use the anonymous option. When you want understand the views of groups, use team identity. When you want to follow-up with participants, use named participation. - Simultaneous contributions increase efficiency, productivity
When people have an idea to contribute they can do so immediately, because ideas can be collected in parallel. No more waiting your turn. This eliminates the “awkward silence” and allows you to get more input in less time - Brainstorm anywhere – face-to-face, online or both
MeetingSphere Brainstorm works just as effectively online as face-to-face, so you can get more people involved, wherever they are, without expensive travel. With wider participation you will get the greatest range of ideas and everyone feels involved. - Simple, Intuitive Design
The MeetingSphere Brainstorm Tool has a simple, colorful interface that is very easy to understand. Groups can begin generating ideas immediately without any special training. - Move ideas into categories and discuss
You can group similar ideas into themes so that the group can do more in-depth discussion of similar concepts. This helps to deepen the thought processes and improve the quality of the ideas coming out of the session. You can also move content into other MeetingSphere Tools, such as Discussion or Voting. - Instant Reporting
All of the group’s input is captured in the Meetingsphere Brainstorm Tool, so generating reports can be accomplished in only a few minutes, rather than hours and hours of transcribing comments from flip charts and sticky notes.
Here’s how it works:
With MeetingSphere Brainstorm Tool, participants contribute ideas by typing them on their computers. The ideas are captured in a MeetingSphere session. It's like having a shared, instant, electronic flipchart. The ideas come streaming in and are instantly displayed on the screen. With the option to tag or not tag comments with the identity of the participant, participants feel free to say what is really on their minds. Nobody has to wait to be called on, so flow develops fast. Participants can see what others have contributed and build on those ideas.
Everyone contributes immediately and simultaneously, so more input is collected in less time. There are options for allowing the participants to see other ideas or only their own. Anonymous participation encourages maximum honesty and creativity. Flow develops quickly and participants build on each other’s ideas. This is how MeetingSphere ensures the highest efficiency and productivity from any brainstorming session.
Once the ideas have been captured, they can be sorted into themes for deeper analysis. The meeting host can also merge duplicate ideas. Then the results of brainstorming can be easily copied into the Rating Tool so that the group can rate and prioritize ideas.
When the session is done the meeting host can use Report Maker to create a customized report with just a couple of clicks. The report can be generated as a Microsoft Word document or PDF. All ideas are preserved, and the meeting host doesn’t need to spend hours transcribing written notes off of flipcharts or sticky notes (which, let’s face it, usually doesn’t happen anyway). And when people see that their contributions have been captured, in their own words, a much more meaningful sense of commitment is created.
Uses for MeetingSphere Brainstorm Tool
- Develop innovative ideas for new products
- Get ideas for reducing costs
- Generate strategies for penetrating key sales targets
- Gather requirements for new products and projects
- Identify potential risks
- Reveal the true opinions of employees
- Run focus groups to gather feedback
- Share immediate thoughts about a new policy or strategy direction
The MeetingSphere Brainstrom Tool keeps the process simple so that anyone can run a session and get great results.
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