The document discusses how VisibleThread dictionaries can be used to analyze documents for a variety of purposes such as identifying risks, requirements, and other important information. It provides examples of real VisibleThread customers using customized dictionaries to avoid safety risks for HVAC construction by flagging hazardous materials, and to improve productivity and proposal quality for building a supercomputer by compiling technical requirements, product descriptions, and key formatting factors into several dictionaries. The document encourages users to take advantage of VisibleThread's powerful and customizable dictionaries to meet their unique needs.

1. CUSTOMER SUCCESS:
TALES FROM THE FRONT
LINES
DREW TAYLOR, VISIBLETHREAD
CUSTOMER SUCCESS MANAGER
VISIBLETHREAD USERS CONFERENCE 2016

2. VISIBLETHREAD’S “SECRET”
SUPERPOWER
Click here to
open up whole
new worlds of
possibilities
If you’re not using
dictionaries, you’re
ignoring a huge part
of VisibleThread’s
power

3. THIS ISN’T YOUR GRANDFATHER’S
DICTIONARY…
Customiza
ble
keyword
lists
User-defined
descriptions
& guidance

4. • Shredding RFPs for compliance requirements
• Identifying risk factors in RFPs prior to bid/no
bid decision
• Finding “bad language” (clichés, contract
liability, etc.)
• Locating NAICS codes, FAR clauses, and many
more…
DICTIONARIES HAVE ENDLESS
APPLICATIONS:

5. REAL-WORLD USE
CASES
FROM REAL VISIBLETHREAD
CUSTOMERS

6. AVOIDING DANGER IN HVAC
CONSTRUCTION
Turning this… Into this:

7. AVOIDING DANGER IN HVAC
CONSTRUCTION
How do VisibleThread dictionaries help this company
avoid risk while remaining successful and disaster-
free?
Identifying hazardous
materials and ensuring their
safe removal
Finding risk factors that could
lead to increased costs, injury

8. BUILDING A BETTER SUPERCOMPUTER
Compiling information gathered by four custom
dictionaries:
• Technical requirements
• Product descriptions
• Proposal objectives
• Key formatting factors
How does this company use VisibleThread to
improve their productivity and proposal quality?

9. BUILDING A BETTER SUPERCOMPUTER
But it’s not just dictionaries…
Color Team Reviews
Clear Language reports to ensure
readability
Acronym Checker reports to guarantee
consistent acronym usage
“White Glove” Review
Concept Tracking and Discovery to
compare their proposal doc to the RFP
Document Compare to check their
proposal for integrity following

10. HOW CAN VISIBLETHREAD
DICTIONARIES WORK FOR
YOU?
HOWEVER
YOU WANT!

11. LIVE DICTIONARY
DEMONSTRATION
•How to edit existing dictionaries
•How to create new dictionaries
•How to import keyword lists from Excel as a
dictionary