Alkemio Spaces!

Alkemio allows you to open a dedicated online Space where the Community can work together towards an overall objective. The work in a Space can be divided into multiple Subspaces, where you can tackle (smaller) projects that are part of the work you are doing. with help from templates and knowledge of the Innovation library. This blog post highlights its key elements, and recently added functionalities to support you on this journey.

Key elements in each Space

Alkemio Spaces can be used to align a variety of stakeholders (both individuals as well as organizations) around a set of Subspaces to gather knowledge and insights. These key elements are therefore directly highlighted in the menu bar.

Dashboard tab

I am new here, what can I do in this Space? What activity is happening here?

The Dashboard remains the central place for people to find key information about this Space. Key for new users is the button to find more information ‘About this Space’. Here you will find more information about the background, vision, who should be involved and what the final goal is.

Furthermore, it shows you important information about upcoming events, news updates, recommendations by the Host, recent activities.

Community tab

Who are participating in this Space? Who is responsible for it? Is it something I should join?

All these questions will be answered in the Community tab. You will find the people and organizations already part of this Space, recent new members, and the Facilitating organization and Host. Also, members will find discussions, whiteboards, and posts created by the hosts that are related to (building) the community. For example, a question for members to introduce themselves, the ability to contribute to a stakeholder map visualized on a whiteboard, or to provide ideas for other stakeholders to invite in this Space.

Subspaces tab

What are the Subspaces that this Community is working on? Where can I open a new Subspace? I have seen others working on similar initiatives as mine, where can I share these with the Community?

In the Subspaces tab, you can browse through the Subspaces defined in this Space as well as discussions, whiteboards, and posts created by the Hosts. For example, a question to all members to submit ideas for new Subspaces to work in or to submit links to other related Subspaces.

Knowledge Base tab

I want to contribute to these topics, but how? Where can I find articles, experiences and insights related to this topic?

The Knowledge Base is the dedicated page for sharing knowledge inside your Space.

Alkemio’s Collaboration Tools

As a Host, I want an easy way to ask my Community questions to make progress within the Subspaces. Discussions with the Alkemio Community brought forward that users want to contribute in multiple ways: growing the community, framing issues, building up shared knowledge. This is now possible!

Collaboration tool types

We want a way to share information with the community, gather knowledge and insights or allow interaction between members. Collaboration tools help you with this.

• Creating a Post to send a message with information such as a guidance video, or to ask your community a question. Members are able to respond with a short comment.
• Creating a Call for posts to gather information in a more structured way (previous Cards Callout). As a lead you can choose to add some guiding questions or information fields that members have to fill in. Members are able to respond with a more extensive answer, including references, tags, and visuals. Also, other members can comment on the response of another member.
• Creating a Call for Whiteboards to gather responses in a more visual way. The lead can choose a template that members must fill in when submitting their answer.

Where can I find these tools?

As mentioned before, the Hosts are now able to use these tools on any page! This allows them to ask the question where it makes the most sense. Here are some examples:

• A post on the Dashboard to ask for comments, suggestions, feedback
• A whiteboard with a stakeholder map on the Community tab, so that people can put their insights on this whiteboard
• A post on the Community tab to ask members to introduce themselves or suggest other people / organizations to invite (see example below)
• A call for posts on the Subspaces tab where members can submit ideas for Subspaces to work on by filling in a few context questions.
• A call for posts with relevant articles related to the topic on the Knowledge base tab

This refresh is part of a bigger refresh to further define the key goals and activities on all Subspaces.