In many large organisations, finding effective ways to foster creativity and innovation and generate new ideas is a challenge with no easy answer.
A common problem is that facilitating discussion and knowledge-sharing remotely is often less effective, but gathering stakeholders face-to-face proves difficult and costly.
LightMedia can provide an asynchronous online platform which makes it easy for remote users to collaborate, share knowledge and track ideas and discussions both individually and in teams.
Used by large multinational companies, global charities and agencies, our innovation platform is designed to manage the delivery, management and changing dynamics of facilitated asynchronous online events. It allows participants to share, discuss and organise ideas online in a way that is intuitive and natural.
It does this by providing precise control over the following key factors:
- User Environment – it provides an easy and logical online collaborative user environment
- Scheduled Functional Changes – it automatically changes what and how the participants use the platform as they move through various phases of the online conference
- Data Analysis & Intelligence – it analyses postings and comments, producing visual navigation tools such as Tag Clouds and Mind Maps
The aforementioned contributions to our innovation projects were underpinned by the following key features:
User Environment
- User Friendly Menus and Navigation – which only shows participants what they have access to. Simple, clean, ergonomic and logical design
- Custom Designed Platforms – the platform can be customised around your precise needs, which includes supporting multiple groups
- Control Postings & Comments – we can edit, delete and re-positioned participant’s postings and comments
- Participant Profiles – we build participant recognition with user profiles that included images, contact details and background information
Scheduled Functional Changes
- Plan What and When your Participants can do things – this includes limiting the Participants ability at specific times to:
- Access the Platform
- Make Postings
- Make Comments
- Make multiple scheduled changes to the above permissions – changing the shape of the event as it progresses, whilst making the facilitation of the conference easier
Data Analysis & Intelligence
- Produce an automated Interactive Mind Map – designed to help your participants identify emerging themes
- Tag Cloud – is provided to enable participants to view related postings and comments
- Key Word Harvesting – real time analysis of popular words and phrases can be provided to help shape the Tag Cloud and Mind Map
- User Reporting – we can analyse participant’s activities including; last login date, number of visits, number of postings, number of comments and postings viewed
Support
As well as the facilitator (who is essential), the platform was supported by an experienced technical team including:
- A Project Consultant
- A Technical Consultant
- A Creative Designer
For further information regarding our asynchronous online platforms please contact us for a no-obligation discussion.