Run member innovation programs end to end without spreadsheets and heroics.

New Empact Work enables associations to capture member ideas, evaluate them through expert review, advance finalists, and recognize winners, year after year, while respecting volunteer time and minimizing staff burden.

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Associations don't lack innovation programs. They lack a platform that carries them forward without exhausting the people involved.

Across associations of every specialty:

  • • Innovation programs live in email, forms, and spreadsheets
  • • Review coordination depends on staff heroics
  • • Volunteer reviewers burn out quietly
  • • Chairs reconstruct decisions from memory
  • • Each year starts from scratch

The intent is strong. The platform is not.

New Empact Work is a member innovation lifecycle platform.

New Empact Work is for associations that want to:

  • • Run multi-round innovation programs credibly
  • • Engage volunteer experts without exhausting them
  • • Preserve decision rationale and institutional memory
  • • Make each cycle easier than the last

This is platform for programs that matter.

How it works

One platform. One lifecycle. Reused every year.

1

Set up the program

Clone last year's structure. Update dates. You're ready.

2

Capture member innovation

Structured submissions with clarity for applicants and reviewers.

3

Screen eligibility

Protect volunteer time before review begins.

4

Run expert review rounds

Volunteer-friendly workflows with clear rubrics and minimal friction.

5

Advance finalists with confidence

See variance, compare submissions, and record decisions with rationale.

6

Recognize outcomes and archive

Finalists, winners, feedback, and a clean record for next year.

Built for real association roles

For staff

  • • Program setup that survives turnover
  • • Bulk actions and readiness checks
  • • Fewer emails, fewer spreadsheets, fewer late nights

For volunteer reviewers

  • • Fast briefing cards
  • • One place to review, pause, and resume
  • • No administrative busywork

For chairs

  • • Signal over noise
  • • Variance and edge cases surfaced
  • • Decisions that are easy to explain later

For leadership

  • • Clear oversight
  • • Finalists and outcomes at a glance
  • • Board-ready summaries without reconstruction

What makes this different

Designed for decision quality, not just data collection.

Lifecycle-first:

multi-round progression is the backbone, not an add-on

Volunteer-first UX:

respect expert time

Defensible outcomes:

every decision leaves a trace

Institutional memory:

programs improve year over year

Most tools help you run an event.

New Empact Work helps you run a program.

AI that earns trust

Assistance without abdication.

AI in New Empact Work is used to:

  • • Summarize submissions with source citations
  • • Help reviewers draft clearer feedback
  • • Surface disagreement and risk for chairs
  • • Prepare discussion and feedback drafts

AI never:

  • • Scores submissions
  • • Ranks candidates
  • • Decides who advances

Every AI output is:

  • • Clearly labeled
  • • Editable
  • • Traceable to its sources
  • • Approved by a human before anything goes out

Who this is for

New Empact Work is a strong fit for associations that:

  • • Run innovation, incubator, accelerator, grant, or awards programs
  • • Use volunteer reviewers or committees
  • • Advance submissions through multiple rounds
  • • Want the program to be credible, repeatable, and sustainable

If your program currently runs on email and forms, this is built for you.

Turn member expertise into momentum, not manual work.

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New Empact Work is platform for associations that take member innovation programs seriously.