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Cool Tool Review: RightSignature

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Todd Hoskins chooses and uses tools, products, and practices that could belong in an entrepreneurial business toolkit. He’ll be checking out how useful they are to folks in a business environment.

Cool Tool Review: RightSignature
A Review by Todd Hoskins

The hassles of finalizing a contract: hard copies, scanners, fax machines, signatures, documents, and FedEx. There are costs involved, both in time and dollars, but there is also that universal experience (excluding attorneys perhaps), of the “Yes! We’re almost done!” coinciding with, “Oh no. Not this again.”

RightSignature is a great example of a company that has fully explored the implicit pain points in this standard process, and addressed them with a fully functional, simple, and intuitive product.

“Digital signature” technology is cumbersome, especially when it requires one to go through extensive procedures just to authorize an approval. RightSignature does not force anyone to set up an account. An email arrives in the inbox, then the signee scribbles their autograph on the mousepad. RightSignature’s technology is in full compliance with US and EU e-signature legislative acts, which confirm the legality of electronic signatures.

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The feature set is impressive, with webcam photo authentication, biometric authentication, SSL encryption, Freshbooks integration, iPhone and BlackBerry signing capabilities, tools to track progress, and support for the most important file formats. It is missing SalesForce integration, which competitor DocuSign has, but every other aspect of the process is covered.

Plans range from $14 to $250 per month.

Summing Up – Is it worth it?

Enterprise Value: 5/5 – API access with Gold Subscription

Entrepreneur Value: 5/5 – Don’t depend on Adobe alone. Cool, easy, and priced fairly.

Personal Value: 1/5 – Not yet. But someday.

Let me know what you think!

Todd Hoskins helps small and medium sized businesses plan for the future, and execute in the present. With a background in sales, marketing, leadership, psychology, coaching, and technology, he works with executives to help create thriving individuals and organizations through developing and clarifying values, strategies, and tactics. You can learn more at VisualCV, or contact him on Twitter.

EDNet, Adobe, Office Max, Social Media and Education

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Social Media Meets Education?

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The few days have been filled with talk of education and social media. It seems that business has discovered teachers and the education business has realized that getting social is a good thing. Here’s some news from that direction …

EDNet Conference in Chicago

EDNet is a networking conference hosted by MDR (Market Data Retrieval.) Two years ago when EDNet was in Chicago, folks I talked to showed little curiousity regarding what I did on the web or how it might work in the educational space … though educational publishing is a huge part of my background. This year, on the event’s return to our city, a mere whisper of the term, “social media” and the conversation got interesting. Everyone was doing something or looking to find out more about it.

Adobe and Green Schools in Chicago

Does your community have Green Schools? …

A green school is a building or facility that creates a healthy environment that is conducive to learning. Green schools use less energy and water, fewer resources, and are healthier and safer places for students and teachers while also decreasing operating costs through reduced utility bills. USGBC – Chicago

Adobe has partnered their product with the U.S. Green Building Council and the Mayor of Chicago to “green” a school here. Every time someone signs up for a free trial of Adobe® Acrobat® Connect™ Pro, a twenty-five dollar donation will be made to the U.S. Green Building Council to help a school go green in Chicago. Each city who participates in the program will receive up to $100,000 to create classrooms that foster learning alongside smart environmental practices. Click the badge to find out more.

Office Max — A Day Made Better

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It was true when I was teaching. It’s still true today. Teacher’s spend an average of $1200 of their own money on classroom supplies.

On October 6, 2009, 4000 volunteers will be taking $1000 in office supplies to surprise 1200 teachers. Office Max has a nice video on their site on their site about what they’re doing.

Business, education, and a little social media — imagine when it gets to be a two-way conversation.

How might these companies make their social media endeavors more social?

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–ME “Liz” Strauss
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