Koncision's NDA Builder
Thanks to Ken Adams who blogs at The Koncise Drafter (f/k/a AdamsDrafting), I tried out Koncision's NDA builder product.
It basically takes you through a questionnaire aimed at the terms for your soon-to-be built non-disclosure agreement. After answering the various questions, the product generates a non-disclosure agreement tailored to your needs. You can then freely edit and use this document.
The product is easy to use and supported by the type of clean and precise drafting language that you would expect from a person such as Ken Adams.
My one very minor qualm is that it basically builds you a robust agreement and doesn't give you a choice to build the scaled back version. (It may have, but it wasn't apparent to me.) I have mixed feelings on NDAs and some people like them and others think they are useless. (Still others will refuse a meeting with you if you ask them to sign an NDA.) It would be nice to be able to choose between the scaled back/minimalist NDA and the big Kahuna, without having to answer all of the questions.
Either way, I was impressed with the product. It's intuitive and easy to use and I can see this being useful for in-house counsel or even business folks. Is this the Susskindian revolution in action? Time will tell. I can see many other agreements being templatized in this way. (Either way, good luck to Koncision. I've always been a fan of Ken's blog and work.)
Added (see Ken's comment below):
from Carolyn Elefant: "How to get a Piece of Ken Adams, Without Paying an Arm or a Leg."
It basically takes you through a questionnaire aimed at the terms for your soon-to-be built non-disclosure agreement. After answering the various questions, the product generates a non-disclosure agreement tailored to your needs. You can then freely edit and use this document.
The product is easy to use and supported by the type of clean and precise drafting language that you would expect from a person such as Ken Adams.
My one very minor qualm is that it basically builds you a robust agreement and doesn't give you a choice to build the scaled back version. (It may have, but it wasn't apparent to me.) I have mixed feelings on NDAs and some people like them and others think they are useless. (Still others will refuse a meeting with you if you ask them to sign an NDA.) It would be nice to be able to choose between the scaled back/minimalist NDA and the big Kahuna, without having to answer all of the questions.
Either way, I was impressed with the product. It's intuitive and easy to use and I can see this being useful for in-house counsel or even business folks. Is this the Susskindian revolution in action? Time will tell. I can see many other agreements being templatized in this way. (Either way, good luck to Koncision. I've always been a fan of Ken's blog and work.)
Added (see Ken's comment below):
If you want a fewer-bells-and-whistles NDA, you would answer "No" to questions addressing issues that are irrelevant. Sure, that means you still have to answer all the questions, but once you're used to the questionnaire, you can zip through it.More:
And even simpler, if you want to create an NDA that closely resembles one you created previously using Koncision, you can simply relaunch that earlier questionnaire and make the necessary adjustments, thereby avoiding having to redo the entire questionnaire.
from Carolyn Elefant: "How to get a Piece of Ken Adams, Without Paying an Arm or a Leg."
Venkat: I appreciate your giving Koncision a try.
If you want a fewer-bells-and-whistles NDA, you would answer "No" to questions addressing issues that are irrelevant. Sure, that means you still have to answer all the questions, but once you're used to the questionnaire, you can zip through it.
And even simpler, if you want to create an NDA that closely resembles one you created previously using Koncision, you can simply relaunch that earlier questionnaire and make the necessary adjustments, thereby avoiding having to redo the entire questionnaire.
Ken
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