Having a meaningful conversation in 140 characters or less seems at times a tad, let's say, disjointed. It's not exactly meaningful.
But it is this Twitter like approach that is defining how real-time technologies are deployed in the enterprise.
AskMyBrainTrust looks at the real-time enterprise through a different scope. Users are not limited to a set number of characters to express themselves. Instead, the service uses a real-time model to elicit meaningful conversations with your brain trust, that inner circle you go to for counsel and feedback.
With most real-time services, the application provides better value when a critical mass of people participate. AskMyBrainTrust limits a group to seven people. Collaboration is limited only to the people in the group.
After the group is formed, a topic is submitted.
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Idea are presented by members of the group. Each has its own threaded discussion.
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Members of the brain trust vote on the ideas with the intention of driving the group to a consensus.
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Real-time services with character limits make it challenging for meaningful communications across a tight group of confidants.
Email is even worse. Discussions scatter. Gathering ideas together to form a consensus almost has to be done on a one-on-one basis. Conference calls can sometimes feel endless without any form of agreement.
AskMyBrain represents the evolution of real-time technologies. Real-time services like Yammer and present.ly have their own fit for ongoing conversations with any number of people.
AskMyBrainTrust is not suited for those kinds of social conversations. It is a service for when you need to collaborate among a small group of people to reach a collective agreement.