Take a look at beanbaglearning.com.

Beanbag Learning – Beanbag was the first Jiva product and provides a matching service for parents and private tutors.

Built using the Hobo framework for Ruby on Rails and incorporating recommendations, search by location, resource management and social networking elements like profiles and friendships it has inspired, either directly or indirectly, most of the other projects we are currently working on.

Visit SpecializeIn.com or see the product in action at demo.specializein.com

We all need an expert opinion from time to time … but who do you ask and how do you trust the answer?

SpecializeIn.com connects you to a specialist opinion, right when you need it, even when you don’t know who to ask.

• Real time conversations with experts and specialists
• Select the specialist and the community you want
• Member profiles and reputation scores
• Collaborate on Q&A with other community members

Top quality answers are often drowned in mediocrity and off topic rants on forums and the large Q and A sites lack focus. SpecializeIn.com delivers better quality answers by;

• making Q&A conversational
• building specialist communities and
• linking contribution to reputation building

Organizations and business can ‘white label’ the specializein.com technology to deliver more convenient advice, better customer service or simply to generate improved new enquiries from the web.

SpecializeIn.com uses familiar instant messaging technology together with smart filtering options to simplify the process of getting the right answer for you just when you need it. Get in touch with experts for quick fire, one-to-one help in seconds.

Creating a profile is familiar to anyone who has ever signed up to social network.  The difference with Specializein is that it not only allows the standard social networking activity but also creates a central space where you can build and maintain your online reputation.  Using a complex algorithm Specializein monitors (with permission) you activity across Specializein as well as elsewhere on the web and creates a score that demonstrates your expertise across multiple topics.  This is the glue that holds SpecializeIn together and allows those with questions to make educated choices about those offering answers.