Problem solved
TwoCents
A shared place to review a piece of work, see it in context and collect everyone's questions, suggestions and feedback before anything is changed or published.
The problem
When several people need to review a marketing campaign or project, feedback can become scattered across meetings, email, documents, chat and the platform where the work actually lives.
What that creates
- People may be reviewing different versions of the same work
- Feedback becomes difficult to consolidate
- The work and the comments about it are separated
- It is difficult to know what has actually been approved
- Changes can begin before everyone has had a chance to contribute
What was built
A private review workspace, first called the Two Cents War Room. It gives a team one place to look at a piece of work, understand what the finished material will look like, and leave an opinion against the work itself. It has since grown into TwoCents, a standalone product for collaborative review and discussion in classrooms and organizations.
What it lets people do
- See the project or campaign in one place
- Review what the finished material will look like
- Leave comments in context, against the work
- Collect opinions from several people
- Review the collected feedback before changes are applied
What changed
Instead of collecting opinions across several disconnected tools, the company now has a centralized review process.
- Everyone reviews the same version of the work
- Comments sit beside the material they refer to
- Collective feedback is read as one set before anything is changed
- What has been contributed, and what has not, is visible
Demonstration
Synthetic demonstration dataInteractiveA working demonstration of TwoCents that runs in your browser. Step into a class reviewing an assignment or a team reviewing a policy, choose a section, add a question or a suggestion, and watch it land in that review's jar. Then switch to the teacher's or organizer's seat to approve what is waiting and resolve a discussion. The classes, teams, documents and feedback were invented for the demonstration, and participants are roles rather than people.