How To Design An Application For An Online Think Tank
As the coordinator for the Online Think Tank, I get a tremendous number of emails asking me how to set up a Think Tank from folks in various industries. One of the first things you have to do is create an application form to weed out the non-viable candidates. Recently, we had to modify The Online Think Tank Application Form and it took several hours to come up with the relevant questions to ask to insure we could rate the various candidates correctly to match our current team. Yes, designing an application form is not so difficult, especially the information that we of course are all use to such as Name, Age (+ or - approximation), Home address, City/State/Zip, Phone E-mail, Secondary address (if you have one) and list all your websites. This is the easy part and now comes the more difficult part for the application Such as:
- IQ Level (state if estimated or actual test)
- Areas of Expertise (minimum of 3)
- Industry Experience (number of years in each and locations)
- Education, Degrees, Studies, Location
- List any research you have participated in and at what level
- Areas of Interest, on-going personal studies (list all)
These are important so a Think Tank can know where the membership strengths are. Next, we asked a serious of question gauging performance levels and expectations that we can consider relevant. Also some questions to help us understand the individual on a personal basis such as: