Features
Ethelo helps communities make decisions based on reliable, consensus-driven insights.
Ethelo's platform allows communities to learn, make trade-offs and get actionable insights for making decisions based on feedback that represent each community's diversity.
“Ethelo offers a different opportunity in terms of allowing a conversation to happen online. We can see the general consensus as it’s forming and participants have more opportunities to see different perspectives.”
Marni Hutchinson
Communications Specialist, Town of Okotoks
Accessible
Multi-Lingual
Publish content and manage engagements in multiple languages. Pre-configured with 5 languages.
WCAG 2.0 AA
Complies with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 AA for universal access.
Multiple Access Modes
Supports five different access types, from one-click public access to highly secure logins.
Responsive
Mobile responsive design ensures optimal display of content across computers, tablets and all mobile devices.
Multi-Role Access
Allows many types of user roles, including administrators, participants, moderators and observers.
Material Design
Material design user experience for simple, professional presentation.
Secure
Encrypted, Firewalled
End-to-end HTTPS encryption and industry-standard AWS Virtual Private Cloud network security.
Dedicated Servers
Process and store your data on a private server for highly secure access.
Passive Authentication
Identifies unusual or suspicious user activity to eliminate spam or robot accounts.
Restricted Mode
Option to require access codes and email confirmation for sensitive engagements.
National Hosting
Host your engagement on servers in your own country.
Moderation
Advanced moderation panel to review, edit and/or delete flagged comments.
Configurable
Library of Templates
Access a library of dozens of different decision templates for all kinds of group engagements.
White Labelling
Brand the platform with your own logo, custom colours and fonts, and custom CSS styling.
Customizable URL
Select your own *.ethelo.net address, or choose a custom URL for each project.
Rich, Beautiful Content
Edit your content directly in the rich text editor. You can embed videos, images, and upload files.
Editable HTML and CSS
Exercise full control over the appearance of your content, right down to the HTML and CSS.
Custom Pages
Mix and match different engagements on different pages for a fully customized environment.
Translation Library
Tailor any of the system words on the platform to suit your engagement.
Engaging
Surveys
Use surveys and questionnaires to gather information and present the results to participants in real-time.
Ideation
Allow participants to propose ideas, and discuss and evaluate each others suggestions.
Dialogue
Provide forums for threaded discussion on an unlimited number of topics, options or questions.
Private Feedback
Allow participants to post their responses privately for the eyes of administrators only.
Ideation
Allow participants to propose ideas, and discuss and evaluate each others suggestions.
Voting
Industry-leading suite of voting and decision-making functionality (see Decisive).
Communication
Customize and schedule your participant emails including invitations, reminders, and thank you emails.
Trackable Sharing
Give participants a trackable URL to share, and reward those who encourage the most to join.
Empowering
Multi-Scale Likerts
Participants can evaluate options using a range of likert-scale voting tools.
Weigh Issues
Participants can prioritize issues and determine where they want to have the most influence.
Personal Top Choice
Participants can use voting tools to identify their personal top choice from all scenarios.
Scenario Analysis
Ethelo uses scenario analysis to find the most strongly supported solutions to complex problems.
Criteria Evaluation
Participants can apply and weight different criteria in evaluating the options on the tables.
Adjustable Influence
The amount of influence different participants and groups have on the results can be fine-tuned.
Actionable Outcomes
Ensure real-world constraints such as cost are respected in any potential decisions generated.
Fair Results
Find outcome scenarios where satisfaction is distributed fairly, reducing polarization and resistance.
Insightful
Regular Reporting
Schedule pre-configured report updates on an hourly or daily basis.
Data Exports
Export your data to specially designed spreadsheet templates for easily customized visualizations.
Transparency
Share some or all of the real-time results with your participants in an easy graphical format.
Deep Data Analysis
Analyse your results using a variety of custom analytics for unprecedented support insight.
Google Analytics Integration
One-click connect to Google analytics for advanced understanding of on-platform activity.
Demographic Readjustment
Adjust participant influence to turn non-representative sample groups into representative samples.
Comparison
Understand how Ethelo compares to other stakeholder engagement platforms.
