Rypple.com

Rypple.com is a free web application that's currently in beta testing. It's an online tool designed to help you get feedback from others on your performance.

I would say it's a great cross between online survey tools like SurveyMonkey.com and a structured, designed and tested 360 Assessment like our Remarkable Leadership 360 Assessment.

Rypple seems most focused in its development for personal feedback. But, it could also be used to do peer reviews, gain customer feedback, help with decision making or planning, and even possibly for quick employee surveying.

Feedback is all provided anonymously online, and the site touts security of its data.

The process is pretty simple - select your questions, determine who to ask, and send the survey (either by having the system send an email for you or by giving you a link that you can send, post on a website, etc.).

The tool allows you to ask any question you would like, but also comes with a group of nearly 150 suggested questions, all submitted by users, making it easier to get started. Questions can be tagged with an attribute (popular ones include communication, organization, leadership and more) as well to help you categorize your feedback.

As feedback comes in you can log in to see your results; that are shown in a variety of ways. Your results are also held in the system allowing you to track results and/or review past feedback.

The tool is free for personal or team use (up to 20 people), and comes with a fee at the Enterprise level (starting at $2/user/month).

Will this tool replace formal, well-designed employee surveys or 360 tools? No.

But as a tool that has been designed specifically for feedback applications, it is helpful in its structure and in giving you a framework to ask questions. It's a fine tool for getting quick feedback from a group - especially if they are geographically dispersed.

If this review intrigues you, I encourage you to check it out at Rypple.com.