The latest tools and case studies for communicating to a remote workforce
| | | Welcome to this month’s edition of Ragan’s Digital Workplace Guide. Communicators like you certainly have a lot on their plate. Engaging your workforce during a backdrop of civil unrest and a pandemic is unchartered territory. But relying on communication principles that work, measuring those efforts, and creating new dialogue around diversity and inclusion are all necessary components to a strong comms strategy. Here is some guidance on how to navigate during this time. Also check out the latest tools and products from our partners. Ideas & Tips From Our Partners | Microsoft Yammer newyam@microsoft.com | | | Get Inspired. Discover how Yammer connects the organization. Yammer helps you improve engagement with everyone in your organization. It enhances communication to build a culture of transparency, keeping everyone from leadership to firstline workers informed, aligned, and moving forward. This Lookbook will showcase how Yammer powers: Leadership engagement Communicating at scale Communities of interest or practice Driving knowledge sharing and innovation Engaging the frontline And see examples of using Yammer for: Crisis Communications Live Events New Employee Onboarding | | PoliteMail nicole@politemail.com | | | Disruptions due to COVID-19 have made email even more essential. However, most companies miss the mark with their messaging and inbox strategy, leading to a blown opportunity to engage employees. This guide from PoliteMail—“COVID-19’s Lasting Impact on Corporate Communications”—highlights how to craft internal emails that resonate with employees. The free download, featuring analysis from a study of more than 650 million internal emails sent to 5 million employees, shares specific tips regarding: What types of content are working right now (and what’s getting ignored) What subject lines tend to capture attention How to boost your reach, readership and engagement And more Download your free guide today. | | Aware betsy@awarehq.com | | | Connect with employees on their level. AI-infused conversation insights, culture measurement and content moderation. Pair Aware with leading collaboration and messaging platforms like Microsoft Teams, Yammer, Workplace from Facebook and Slack to understand what employees aren’t telling you. What if you… Had full visibility into public groups, private groups, secret groups and chat? Were able to track hashtags and trending topics to better understand what’s important to your employees? Could use collaboration data to tell an objective story for leadership to respond better, faster? Could get ahead of toxicity in the organization, while also protecting brand reputation and culture? Aware helps you strengthen your organizational insights and communicate more effectively with your workforce—so you can get the most out of your collaboration investments. Take the first step when you calculate the ROI of your digital workplace (free whitepaper). Then, get more value out of your digital workplace with a free 30-minute demo of Aware. | | Malone Media info@malone-media.com | | | Malone Media can help you deliver your next great event—completely virtually. As Ragan’s go-to event partner, Malone Media has shifted from providing live streams of Ragan’s amazing live events to producing their engaging virtual events. This isn’t a boring webinar either, but an evolution in streaming technology to create a one-of-a-kind experience that will delight your co-workers, clients and customers. Virtual Events with Malone Media features: Live streams to an unlimited audience size The ability to present from anywhere Custom event website and tracking features Enhanced virtual networking with camera-to-camera interactivity Live chat / polling / moderated Q&A | | ContactMonkey katie@contactmonkey.com | | | 72% of communicators find it difficult to measure the effectiveness of internal communications. While only 27% feel that they have healthy levels of employee engagement at their organization. Why is this and what can you do to change it? Understand why your peers are finding it difficult to show their value and why improving employee satisfaction and workplace participation are key priorities for 2020 in ContactMonkey's Global State of Internal Communications 2020 survey. In this Global Survey ContactMonkey explores an in-depth look into trends, challenges, priorities and much more for communicators in the year ahead. Get your copy now. |
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