Zip-Zap Ideas

Zip-Zap Ideas is an agile online collaboration tool designed to assist innovation teams in quickly generating and identifying potential ideas for specific business challenges. According to the vendor, this tool is suitable for companies of varying sizes and is utilized by innovation teams and managers, product development teams, marketing teams, research and development teams, and design teams across multiple industries.

Key Features

Agile Virtual Brainstorming Workshops: According to the vendor, this feature provides a straightforward and efficient method for innovation teams to brainstorm ideas related to specific challenges. It can be utilized for various purposes such as creative ideation hothouse workshops, virtual brainstorming meetings, or individual brainstorming tasks.

Zip-Zap in Six Steps: The vendor states that this feature facilitates the definition of innovation challenges and the setup of projects with specific business challenges and stimulus materials. It encourages remote teams to share their early ideas, highlight favorites, and supports the grouping and refinement of ideas into different themes. The vendor also claims that colleagues and a wider online community can evaluate and provide feedback on the refined ideas, aiding in the identification of leading ideas to pursue.

Setting Up My First Zip-Zap Ideas Project: This feature offers guidance on setting up and running a Zip-Zap Ideas project using the FREE Starter Package. The vendor claims that it includes features allowing up to 20 users to share early ideas and highlight favorite ideas. It also provides instructions on inviting users and setting up the project with specific challenges and stimulus materials.

Joining My First Zip-Zap Ideas Project: According to the vendor, this feature explains the main actions users can take when joining their first Zip-Zap Ideas project. It describes the Zip Stage, where users can post ideas and highlight their early favorites, as well as the Zap Stage, where users can evaluate refined ideas, add comments, and upload new ideas.

Virtual Brainstorming Workshops: The vendor claims that this feature offers a simple and effective platform for virtual brainstorming workshops. It assists online teams in generating and developing new ideas through collaboration with webex tools like Zoom or MS Teams. The vendor states that it supports workshops with 12-16 delegates, led by an online Zip-Zap facilitator who encourages out-of-the-box thinking. Delegates can post ideas individually or in virtual breakout rooms, with additional ideas from a network of Creative Agents. The workshops conclude with fast feedback to leading ideas from target consumers.

Zip-Zap Ideas New Features: According to the vendor, this feature highlights the key additions to Zip-Zap Ideas. It describes how leading brands use the tool to capture fresh insights and develop winning concepts and claims. The vendor states that these features enable more effective co-creation workshops, creative hothouse meetings, online brainstorming, and screening of leading ideas with target customers.

Organizing and Managing Your Ideas: This feature allows users to group and view ideas from projects run with a Zip-Zap Pro License. According to the vendor, it enables the categorization of ideas into different themes and associated insights, while also offering a Project Reports section as a rich database with multiple printing options in Excel or PDF formats.

Concept Development Workshops: The vendor claims that this feature provides a fast and agile approach to refining and co-creating new ideas with creative-thinking consumers. Workshop sessions typically involve 12-16 consumers who enhance existing ideas or contribute new ones they feel are missing. The vendor states that all comments, votes, and new ideas are captured using Zip-Zap Ideas.