Welcome to Ideawake
Have great ideas to help improve your organization? Here's how to get started sharing them and making your voice heard!
What Is Ideawake?
Ideawake is a platform designed to help employees share ideas and drive meaningful improvements within their organization in a fun, collaborative, and engaging way. Once an idea is submitted, employees can receive real-time recognition and feedback from peers and leaders while tracking its journey from submission and evaluation to implementation. Ideawake exists to ensure great ideas are seen, supported, and never disappear into a “black hole” again.
How to Sign Up for Ideawake
Getting started is simple! Check your inbox for an email from Ideawake and click the invitation link to create your account. Once you’re in, you can begin sharing ideas, collaborating, and engaging with fellow innovators across your organization. If you have any questions or need help accessing the platform, you can reach the Ideawake support team anytime at support@ideawake.com
How to Participate on Ideawake
(1) Post Your Ideas to Improve Your Organization
Have an idea that could make your company even better? Share it on Ideawake for the opportunity to gain recognition from peers and leaders — and to see your idea turn into real impact.
00:00: This tutorial guides you through posting an idea on the platform.
00:04: Option 1: From the community homepage, click the "Post Idea" button
00:09: Complete all the required fields on the submission form
00:14: Click the "Post Idea" button to submit your idea.
00:17: Option 2: Click on the challenge title to go to the challenge homepage.
00:22: Click the "Post Idea" button.
00:24: Complete the required fields on the submission form and click 'post idea' when ready
00:29: to submit.
00:31: You have successfully learned how to post an idea in Ideawake.
(2) Comment on Ideas to Suggest Improvements
Suggest improvements and help build upon the ideas of your peers by commenting on them. As you post comments, earn points for your participation and if you add enough to an idea receive co-recognition for it.
00:00: This tutorial guides you on two ways you can post a comment on the platform.
00:04: Option 1.Click
00:06: on the challenge title
00:07: to open the challenge homepage.
00:10: Click "Comments".
00:12: A provided text field will
00:13: appear. Click on the provided space and begin entering your
00:16: comment. You can tag users using the @ symbol.
00:20: Click "Post" to submit your comment and share your feedback with the team.
00:25: Option 2.
00:26: Click "Browse Ideas"
00:28: Click on the idea
00:29: title you wish to comment on.
00:31: A pop-up will appear.Click
00:33: on the provided space and enter your comment.
00:37: Click "Post" to submit.
00:39: You have successfully learned how to comment on an idea.
00:42: Woohoo
(3) Vote for Ideas to Increase Their Visibility
Vote for ideas that you support to help increase the probability of them coming to life. The more votes that an idea receives, the higher its visibility becomes to the community and leadership.
00:00: This tutorial guides you through casting votes within the platform.
00:04: Click on the challenge title to access the homepage.
00:07: You will see ideas you can vote on.
00:10: Click the "Upvote" button in the left hand corner of the idea card to support the
00:15: idea and increase its visibility within the community.
00:19: You can remove your vote by clicking the "Voted" button.
00:23: You can also vote for ideas by clicking the "BROWSE IDEA" button to explore additional
00:27: ideas submitted by users.
00:29: You have successfully learned how to cast your votes.
Why Should I Participate?
Ideas and feedback submitted through Ideawake help shape future improvements and innovations within the organization. Selected ideas may move forward for further exploration, testing, or implementation, and contributors will receive recognition and ongoing updates throughout the process depending on your companies innovation strategy.