iDNA Helps Dispersed Katrina Victims Speak With a Unified Voice
January 09 2007 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Katrina Survivors in 4 Cities use iDNA Information Systems to Help
Define Recovery and Rebuilding Priorities for the Unified New
Orleans Plan NEW YORK, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- iDNA
(OTC:IDAI) (BULLETIN BOARD: IDAI) , a leading strategic
communications and technology company is deploying its innovative
audience response technology for use at a groundbreaking multi-site
electronic town hall meeting, to be held on Saturday, January 20.
Community Congress III, the third in a series of unique interactive
assemblies, will connect participants in New Orleans with those in
the cities with the largest number of Hurricane Katrina evacuees --
Atlanta, Dallas and Houston. The technology is proving to be
invaluable for collecting data from evacuees in far flung
locations. In partnership with AmericaSpeaks, a not-for-profit
organization that seeks to engage citizens in key decision-making,
iDNA Information Systems is supplying OptionFinder IQ keypads to
all participants at every site, connected via broadband. Using iDNA
proprietary software and technology, attendees will be able to see
and respond to critical polling questions live during the event,
and have results tabulated and displayed during the broadcast. The
information can be disseminated immediately and discussed during
the meeting offering unparalleled value to the process. At
Community Congress II, held on December 02, involving more than
2,500 displaced New Orleans residents, the technology contributed
greatly to what was deemed an incredibly productive event. "This
was the most democratic process I've seen for having our people
heard," said volunteer Glenda Harris, an evacuee in Houston. Based
on the data collected by iDNA during Community Congress II, many of
the 350 evacuees who participated in the conference from Houston
said they're ready to return home, but cited affordable housing as
their biggest roadblock. According to Mike Smith, technical
director of AmericaSpeaks, "iDNA graciously offered to provide
keypads for Community Congress III at cost, to accommodate our
budget constraint, acknowledging how essential the technology is to
the process. They are a great partner, both from a service and
humanitarian perspective and AmericaSpeaks is proud to have them on
board." According to iDNA Senior Strategist, Mark Fite, "iDNA is
one of the leading companies in the world providing systems to
develop public policy. It is one of the most important uses of our
proprietary technology." iDNA Information Systems keypads have been
used at similar meetings, after 9/11, Hurricane Charlie and
Hurricane Wilma. iDNA Information Systems also provided insight
during the opening general session of the World Economic Forum in
Davos, Switzerland, in 2005. About iDNA iDNA (IDAI.OB) is a leading
strategic communications, technology and entertainment company,
headquartered in New York City. The company provides a broad range
of targeted communication services that create, build and connect
businesses with their target audiences and is the only company of
its kind that builds a quantitative ROI system into its
communication events. iDNA's depth of communication services
include the design, development and production of media, collateral
content and data collection and market research services for
corporate events, meetings, training and symposiums held at single
or multiple sites worldwide. iDNA has developed a loyal clientele
in industries as diverse as biotechnology, health care, finance,
telecommunications, manufacturing and energy. For more information,
visit http://www.idnausa.com/ DATASOURCE: iDNA CONTACT: Wendi Tush,
or Kevin DeLeon, , both of The Lexicomm Group, +1-212-300-2142; or
Tim Clemensen of Rubenstein Investor Relations, +1-212-843-9337,
Web site: http://www.idnausa.com/
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