Canteen Case Study
About The Canteen
Canteen is an Australian not-for-profit that provides free and tailored support to young people aged 12-25 who are impacted by cancer. Whether they are dealing with their own diagnosis, a close family member’s cancer or the death of a loved one, Canteen provides: Connection with peers in similar situations through events and programs, free counselling and individual support, 24/7 online support services for young people and parents access to free information and resources, specialist support services for young cancer patients
Abstract:
Canteen set up a Mindhive discussion to gather insights about a healthy lifestyle digital platform called Balance. The digital program aims to improve the physical and psychosocial well-being of young people after treatment for cancer.
Introduction
Mindhive is a Brisbane innovation and the world’s first collective ideation platform enabling users to engage and understand their audience at scale in real-time. Recently recognised as the World’s Boldest Crowdsourced Online Platform by Global Crowdsourcing Awards in Venice, Italy, Mindhive facilitates discussion by connecting users to an online community to gain rapid insight and innovation from a diverse audience.
Case Study Review
Canteen set up a Mindhive discussion to gather insights about a healthy lifestyle digital platform called Balance. The digital program aims to improve the physical and psychosocial well-being of young people after treatment for cancer.
Results
The Mindhive discussion focused on two areas;
1. The wins and challenges young people have experienced in maintaining a healthy lifestyle when off active/intensive treatment, and
2. Ideas on how a digital program could help.
Conclusion
The first topic in the Mindhive discussion asked participants to share what they thought a digital platform should include in helping them lead their healthiest life.
The participants shared the following:
• Including fun interactive questions and coloured images
• Setting SMART goals to achieve, social activities to get people exercising together, and being able to post health achievements
• Sharing words of encouragement and daily reminders
The second topic asked participants what they struggle with in themselves that impacted maintaining their health and wellbeing.
The participants shared the following:
• Validating your own feelings
• Accepting your body image
• Prioritising themselves
The third topic asked the participants what external struggles they have experienced that have made it hard for them to look after their health and well-being.
The participants shared the following:
• Being overwhelmed by other people’s struggles on top of your own
• Family and work pressures
The last topic asked the participants what other factors got in the way of them looking after their health and well-being.
The participants shared the following:
• Other commitments such as work, study, friends and family that can sometimes make you neglect your health and well-being
• Not having enough time to prioritise healthy habits like exercising and packing lunch
• Becoming distracted by other things that result in forgetting to take care of yourself
Mindhive connects individuals and organisations with a network of innovative minds and provides tools for rapid insight and innovation.
Mindhive is free to use. Mindhive also offers Premium features for a richer community experience.
Benefits of Premium membership
Want to use Mindhive with your organisation?
As an enterprise member you will enjoy all Premium features as well as dedicated partnership support including onboarding support and monthly optimisation meetings. All for a monthly or yearly fee tailored to your organisation.
“The best ideas come from within an organisation. We recently had over 900 staff participate in our Ideas Challenge – submitting 378 carefully thought-out and argued ideas to improve the way we work.”
Dr Stephanie Fahey
Chief Executive Officer at Australian Trade and Investment Commission
“I see the platform as an important tool for engagement and want to use Mindhive across my company and with clients to engage a larger workforce because stakeholder consultation is core to our methodology.”
Lewis Atkinson
Consultant at Haines Centre Australia
“Mindhive provided us with enhanced visibility and information gathering capability. We used the platform to facilitate a project that involved collaboration and participation from the academics, public servants and industry partners. It is helpful to be able to have everyone in one digital room.”
Piet Filet
Research Development Officer at Queensland University of Technology
“We were really surprised by the quality and creativity and depth of the ideas our people generated. It has started a real culture shift and it has now given us the confidence to think about generating ideas outside our own walls”
Robert Beerworth
Head of Product, Local News at Fairfax Media
Product Community
Join the Mindhive Product Community for development updates and become part of the Product Team to help shape Mindhive.
Next steps
Mindhive is a platform that facilitates discussion on topics that affect you – and what we can do about it.
Join a discussion and lend your voice
Mindhive is used in research, government, community groups and consultancies to canvas a wide spectrum of voices to surface sentiment, insight, and the unexpected.