Getting Value From Social in the Workplace
The momentum for enterprise social networking continues to build. Analysts like Gartner and Forrester who cover the space along with a number of high-profile thought leaders such as McKinsey Global Institute[1] have validated that companies are increasing their investment in social tools and technologies in the workplace. I am continually impressed by the various ways our customers are using Socialcast – many times it is in ways that we had not initially envisioned. There is still quite a bit of skepticism regarding the actual business value of enterprise social networks. This stems primarily from ROI-driven approaches to software investment, which is fairly easy to calculate when evaluating software that automates business processes.… Read more »
5 Key Strategies to Make an Enterprise Social Network a Global Success
There are many benefits in using enterprise social; some of which were mentioned in a recent post by Fast Company that highlighted one of our long-standing customers, Philips. Philips, a world leader in healthcare, lifestyle and lighting has over two years experience learning what it takes to build a successful enterprise social network to unite their global workforce in a single place where employees can have conversations, work on projects, and recognize individual contributions. In general, a company cannot successfully launch an Enterprise Social Network on a global scale without carefully considering the best way to roll it out to employees. Here are five things you can do today to ensure you get the most out of your enterprise social network:… Read more »
Socialcast Apps and Add-Ons
It is easy to access Socialcast from a web browser, but did you know you can also access Socialcast through a variety of apps and add-ons? Socialcast offers several ways to connect to your community. In addition, you can also create custom apps using the Socialcast API. To see the various ways you can access your Socialcast community, scroll down to the bottom of the page. In the footer, you will see a link called “Apps.… Read more »
Socialcast Thanks
In Socialcast, community admins can enable Thanks and allow members to publicly show appreciation for their co-workers. By default, when Thanks is enabled, employees have the ability to send twelve different themed Thanks, such as Communication, Leadership or Problem Solver. A Thanks can be sent via the share form or it can be associated with a specific post or comment in the community. To learn more about sending Thanks, view our documentation. Creating custom Thanks allows community administrators to create specific Thanks that best match the the company’s culture.… Read more »
Socialcast Profiles
In Socialcast, your profile page is your face or “personal brand” in your community. The profile page is where your co-workers can view your contact details and learn a little more about you. Community admins can add unique questions to the profile page allowing employees to share interesting facts or skills that may be of interest to others in the organization. Clicking any community member’s name in a Socialcast community will display that person’s profile page. You can edit your own profile page by viewing your profile and clicking the “Edit My Profile” link in the upper right-hand corner of your profile page.… Read more »Sign up to receive email communications regarding events, webinars, and product news.
