VSAS is designed to reduce the pain of collaboration over email; it is the advanced commercial version of the software that you’ve seen on OnlineTownhalls.
VSAS is an analytic, problem-solving tool for organizations that need to evaluate a great deal of information. VSAS makes it possible to turn disconnected ideas and feedback into structured discussion through the use of conversation maps. Conversation maps make it easier to navigate through large discussions, because each idea is represented as a dot on a map; related ideas are displayed near each other to make navigating through the conversation much easier. It is through these structured conversations that an organization’s latent knowledge can be harnessed to its full potential.
VSAS is a web-based application; it is built to tie into the email systems and existing software infrastructure of large organizations. Instead of having to learning a new tool, folks that are not tech savvy can harness the collective intelligence of their colleagues without even leaving their email inbox.
Use Cases:
- Organizations such as local governments can collect feedback from citizens and turn disconnected comments into a cohesive conversation, reducing the workload on the organization and increasing efficiency for the citizen.
- Businesses can use VSAS to harness the wisdom of their employees for developing products or strategy and for collecting feedback through honest peer review.
May 18, 2009 at 9:28 pm
[...] VSAS (the enterprise version of AthenaBridge) is a tool that works very well with wikis, because it helps the participants identify the common ground and the points of disagreement before they start to write the consensus document using a wiki. [...]