The YourEncore Innovation Community enables collaboration and open innovation in a secure online environment, connecting Experts and Clients in professional communities. Community participation provides Experts with the ability to converse with like minded peers, answer questions posed by Clients and participate in problem solving forums. Clients have the ability to ask questions, conduct ideation sessions and manage project work more effectively. The Innovation Community was developed to provide an environment for open innovation that allows companies to tap into internal resources more effectively, engage their retirees, and look externally for the expertise they need. Check out the Features below to see how you can benefit from this new and exciting development from YourEncore.
Features
Project Posting - YourEncore's traditional search methods use keywords to search resumes to find the right match for a project need. In many cases, the skill sets we are looking for aren't found in a resume. Project Posting allows YourEncore to post a need to the Expert Network and prompts Experts to share what skills they have that match the project need. It is highly recommended that every Expert join the Innovation Community to view project postings.
Project Communities - Some projects will require the use of an online collaboration space within the Innovation Community. Experts may be asked to join a project specific community so they can communicate with multiple project team members and share documents through wikis.
YourEncore Answers - provides the ability for YourEncore Clients to more easily access our Experts by allowing them to post questions to communities of Experts. YourEncore Answers is a point-to-point service, meaning that no formal collaboration occurs among the Experts participating or between the Experts and the Client. This is necessary to secure the confidentially and IP protection of this method of accessing Expert knowledge.
Forums - an online meeting place for open discussion. A forum functions much like a bulletin board; users submit postings for the other members of the community to read and discussion ensues.
Wikis - a collection of dynamic web pages that members of the community can create or edit content. Wikis can be used for collaborative sharing and editing of documents, proposals, final reports or other project materials within a secure community.
Experts
During the enrollment process, Experts will be asked to complete the forms to join the Innovation Community. Experts will also be able to select the communities they want to join based on the industries they have served, their skills, competencies and areas of interest. Once an Expert has agreed to be a part of the Innovation Community, they are required to sign an agreement and submit to a background check to verify education and work history. Our list of established communities continues to grow, to see the latest list view our Communities Document.
Clients
The benefits to our Clients are immense. Clients have the ability to post questions to a select group of Experts, have open discussions with Experts in forums, post documents for discussions in wikis, and initiate ideation sessions with Experts. Clients can also conduct a project within the Innovation Community, by having all YourEncore Experts working on a project in a project specific community. Clients will now have quicker access to our Experts with the option of engaging an Expert on a project at a later date.
Security
The Innovation Community Team understands that the security of information shared is of the utmost importance. Many steps have been put in place to verify the quality of our Experts, the security of the environment in which information is shared, and the storage of any information posted. We are also sensitive to the competitive landscape of the industry and the necessity to protect confidential information.
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