HelloIgnite

HelloIgnite is a crowdsourcing and innovation platform developed by Forsta. According to the vendor, it is designed to empower companies of all sizes to gather, share, and manage innovative ideas from their employees. This platform caters to global organizations and Fortune 100 clients across various industries, including CPG, finance, healthcare, marketing, and more. HelloIgnite is said to be utilized by frontline employees, innovation teams, business leaders, executives, market research agencies, and customer experience teams to foster innovation and identify opportunities for company growth.

Key Features

Gather Ideas Straight From Your Frontline: HelloIgnite allows companies to launch customized challenge websites where frontline employees can share their ideas and collaborate with others. According to the vendor, custom content pages and tailored web pages can be created to align with the company's brand.

Collaborate and Refine Ideas: HelloIgnite facilitates collaboration by enabling teams and subject experts to refine ideas at scale. Users can gather measurable feedback through ranking, comments, discussions, and other features. They can also easily upload images and attachments to refine ideas and share them with others, as claimed by the vendor.

Review, Manage & Rank Ideas: HelloIgnite offers custom workflows to review, manage, and rank ideas, helping organizations uncover valuable opportunities. The platform provides real-time, fully-integrated reporting tools to track and analyze ideas. According to the vendor, the PairMatrix feature allows for multidimensional crowd-based idea ranking based on feedback from multiple groups.

Easily Develop Successful Business Cases: HelloIgnite helps users develop detailed business cases for their ideas, enabling assessment and faster implementation. The platform supports tailoring business case development to align with specific investment criteria. Users can gain project-based learning and collaborate with new teammates to refine their ideas and build solid business cases, as stated by the vendor.

Enterprise Grade, Scalable, and Responsive: HelloIgnite is a cloud-based platform built on AWS, offering scalability and responsiveness. It includes a wide range of security features, such as authentication, data leak protection, and encryption. The vendor claims that HelloIgnite is accessible via any browser on any device, ensuring mobile-friendly usage.

Mobile Friendly: HelloIgnite is designed to be mobile-friendly, allowing frontline teams to share their ideas from anywhere at any time. The platform ensures a seamless user experience across different devices and screen sizes, according to the vendor.

Multilingual Support: HelloIgnite offers multilingual support, accommodating different languages and reading orientations. Users can engage with the platform in their preferred language, including languages read right to left and left to right, as claimed by the vendor.

Flexible Challenges or Always-On: HelloIgnite provides flexibility in challenge settings, allowing organizations to focus on existing ideas or create an environment of constant ideation. Challenges can be stopped or set to always-on based on the organization's needs and goals, according to the vendor.

Authentication and Data Security: HelloIgnite includes authentication and data security features to protect user data and ideas. The platform adheres to SOC2 security practices and provides encryption and other security measures, as stated by the vendor.