Abstract: Methods and systems for facilitating collaboration among a plurality of geographically dispersed participants incorporating at least one of unstructured and structured data from the participants are disclosed. The unstructured and/or structured data may be synchronized from portable and other electronic devices to an online portal and may be normalized to facilitate collaboration via the online portal by other participants as well as additional processing by other legacy business software. The electronic device may include, for example, a smart pen or a smart phone or a desktop/laptop computer. The collaboration and additional processing may include, among others, at least one of searching, analyzing, coaching, sharing, auditing, business intelligence analysis, and business process application.