Press Release

Facilitate.com announces new version of web-based meeting and decision making tools

Facilitate.com 8.0 streamlines controls and enhances tracking and analysis options

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – (MARKET WIRE) – 11/14/2003 – Facilitate.com 8.0 provides a streamlined interface to make facilitating online meetings
more intuitive than ever before. This latest release also allows participants to track the information captured in a session, enabling more in-depth analysis and action planning. Other enhancements include new reporting and data export options, and enhanced survey and vote distribution capabilities.

Facilitate.com 8.0 is geared to facilitators using online collaboration tools for the first time. The addition of a new Facilitator Control Panel simplifies the process of setting up an online agenda and inviting participants to participate in brainstorming, prioritizing and action planning. “As online meetings and data gathering become more common, facilitators need to get up to speed quickly on the latest collaboration tools,” said Julia Young, Vice President at Facilitate.com.

The practical application of Facilitate.com has been internationally proven. Recognizing that there are customers for whom participant anonymity is not required, Facilitate.com 8.0 adds several new features for tracking and displaying comments by name and time. “We need to gather input from subject matter experts around the globe in order to conduct some of our complex experimentation scenarios,” explained Bradford Baylor, US Joint Forces Command J-9 Directorate. “ In response to our request, Facilitate.com 8.0 included options to allow us to track the source of ideas which can be a critical factor in our analysis.”

Facilitate.com 8.0 offers features that enhance distributed meeting settings such as language translation for international meetings and new display options. “We recognize that an increasing number of organizations want to augment face to face meetings with richly interactive sessions that engage participants from multiple locations”, commented Mike McCall, President and Chief Technology Officer. “8.0 color codes ideas by participant to enhance the distributed meeting experience while preserving the anonymity of individual contributors.”

Facilitate.com 8.0 is now in general release. Click here for further information or call 805.682.6939.

About Facilitate.com

Facilitate.com is the developer of FacilitatePro, web meeting software designed to enhance innovative thinking and decision making. Since 1996 Facilitate.com has provided collaborative software and techniques to a broad range of clients in industry, government and education, in the US and abroad. FacilitatePro provides online tools for surveys, brainstorming, prioritizing, polling and custom voting, action planning, and reporting.

Contact:
Danuta McCall
Facilitate.com
805-682-1148
@facilitate.com

FacilitatePro™ is a trademark of Facilitate.com in the U.S. and other countries.