Purple Forge (www.purpleforge.com), a provider mobile community engagement application services, today announced a partnership with Straight Talk (http://www.straight-talk.com.au/) a boutique organizational and community engagement firm in Australia. Purple Forge's mobile application services will enable Straight Talk to deliver a holistic set of web and mobile engagement tools to reach community stakeholders on today's leading mobile devices, driving improved community problem solving and support informed decision making
Today's announcement between Purple Forge and Straight Talk takes place as the world is quickly shifting from a wired to a wireless environment, and recognition that the public is accessing the Internet more frequently through mobile devices than through traditional PCs and laptops.
"Purple Forge's mobile application expertise and Straight Talk's consultative and stakeholder management experience will allow us to deliver the most engaging and innovative experience to our clients," said Lucy Cole-Edelstein, the Director of Straight Talk. "Our clients will be able to solicit information from their target audience through their preferred mobile device on an anytime, anywhere basis with a goal of accelerating and strengthening community-centric decision making."
Purple Forge's mobile consultative application services, which include our award winning Community Priorities platform will allow Straight Talk's clients the ability to put appropriate information into their stakeholders hands to help them come to a consensus decision. Using a powerful survey engine linked together with social networking our clients can now share the latest information, and obtain opinion and feedback from stakeholders in real-time.
"Purple Forge is pleased to partner with an innovator in the best practices of community engagement whose commitment to next generation media services will power their clients into the future," said John Craig, Vice-President of Sales and Marketing at Purple Forge. "Together, we offer a well matched portfolio to drive best of breed broadcast, social media and feedback services for stakeholder engagement and decision making."
Purple Forge's mobile service leads the community engagement industry with unique features that integrate modern mobile broadcast technology with in-application sentiment collection, social networking and survey capabilities on the latest mobile application platforms of the day.
About Purple Forge
Purple Forge (www.purpleforge.com) sells subscription based services to organizations looking to engage their stakeholders using the latest mobile application technology and leveraging community engagement and social networking best practices. Purple Forge is an award-winning firm led by seasoned mobile communications and Internet technology veterans. Our mobile applications allow organizations to broadcast, share and receive feedback from their target audience real-time, allowing them to foster long-term, engaged relationships.
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About Straight Talk
Straight Talk (http://www.straight-talk.com.au) is a boutique consultancy that specializes in leading practice community and organizational engagement, stakeholder management and communication services. Recognized as an industry leader in community engagement processes that are innovative, robust, effective and practical they are one of the few consultancies that have consultation and stakeholder management as its core business.
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