Collect and analyse reliable opinions, in public or private, with the help of AI.
How does it work?
1)
You define a question and the participants to invite.
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Names are visible, but posts are anonymous and only moderated if illegal.
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Participants explain their vote, share information, and discuss each other's responses freely.
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Algorithms help participants engage with each other productively.
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Advanced analytics give you the collective answer.
We help you defeat the enemies of collective intelligence.
Self-silencing
People avoid speaking up, especially when they are vulnerable and they hold unusual information and minority opinions.
Polarisation
Discussions tend to be dominated by a few, usually more powerful and radical individuals, and everyone else feels pressured to conform.
Complexity
The newer and more complicated the problem, the more and diverse the opinions shared, the harder it becomes to make sense of it all!
Who comCensus helps the most
Businesses, organisations
Make better-informed and more inclusive policies, by directly consulting all members and employees.
Public campaigns, NGOs
Boost the attention of media and public, by inviting large groups of experts to a transparent debate.
Research and scholarship
Probe and explore the consensus on controversial ideas, by polling conference attendees or samples of experts.
Top ingredients of our solution:
Safe transparency
Everyone knows who was invited and why, but shared opinions and contributions are fully anonymous.
Inclusive exclusivity
All and only invited participants are able to respond, discuss and rate each other's opinions, and all voices count the same.
Productive diversity
Our exclusive methodology and technology ensures that discussions are free and yet focussed on understanding a specific issue.
What makes comCensus unique?
Higher engagement
By giving participants the unique opportunity to safely encounter opposing views and find out what others truly think.
Deeper information
By granting everyone an equal chance to share their own opinion and knowledge, and to respond to what others share.
Superior understanding
By revealing where participants actually agree or disagree, beyond what even they might realise, and suggesting how to move forward.
The best of each method:
Survey
Focus group
Delphi
comCensus
Many participants
Rich responses
Consensus-building
You are in charge, and we support you at each step.
You, the convener
Decide the question and the participants to invite
Flag any post for moderation
Can directly message any anonymous participant
Access special tools and analytics to make sense of the discussion
We, the hosts
Advise you in finding the best question and participants
Handle the moderation fairly and independently
Help participants get the best experience
Assist you in analyzing the results
A solution you can trust.
Grounded in science
comCensus is an independent and unbiased platform, with no agenda, conceived by a scientist and methodology expert who for over 15 years has studied the nature of knowledge itself. More about us
Your progress is our sole mission
Like you, we understand that the best decisions are informed by free, honest and constructive discussions, and our sole mission is to help you access that information.
We don't take your data.
Unlike 3rd party platforms, participants can safely use comCensus without worrying about data being used for marketing or any other purposes.
Our security is certified
FAQ
What do I need to convene a discussion?
You only need two things:
A question about a clear topic.
As a prompt to elicit opinions, your question should ask participants to choose one of five options, to express their agreement/approval or their preference amongst options.
To keep the discussion focused, the question should refer to a document, either available on the web or prepared by you - for example, the draft of a new policy, an open letter, or a news article.
A list of participants to invite. To validate responses, you will need to upload in the system a list of emails and names of people.
Full instructions are available for you to draft a question page. And we'll help you get the best results at each step of the way!
How will comCensus ensure the anonymity of participants?
By not collecting identifying the data in the first place. Our system is designed to make it impossible even for comCensus staff to tell who said what, or to retrieve the emails of participants.
How much will comCensus charge?
The first question is entirely free!
Subsequent questions:
£99+VAT for page set up.
£1+VAT for each invited participant.
(For example, a question sent to 100 invited participants will cost £99+100*£1=£199+VAT).
Optional services:
Customizable report with graphs, quotations and full break down of the results, inclusive of advanced quantitative and qualitative analyses: £2+VAT for each respondent.
(For example, if only 50 out of the 100 invited participants have responded, the report costs 50*£2=£100+VAT).
We can run bespoke analyses to answer your own specific questions, for an additional charge.
You can email us directly at: contact -at- comcensus.org;
or use the contact form below.
