Tag Archives: Employee Engagement
Indigo Inspires Store Feedback With Social Software
Supply chain management is serious business and maybe that’s why companies are so reluctant to share how exactly they are making changes through the addition of social media. Today’s Retail supply chains need to be flexible and agile to compete … Continue reading
Harnessing the Power of Community
According to Wikipedia the term community refers to a social unit of any size that shares common values (it can also mean national or international groups of individuals). Evidence of communities can be found throughout history and now, leveraging technology, … Continue reading
Does Social Media Usage improve employee productivity & tenure
A recent study by Evolv, a startup data analytics company, revealed employees who actively used 1-4 social networking sites on a weekly basis stayed longer in their jobs than those who didn’t use sites at all. The study also showed Customer … Continue reading
Virgin Media’s Focus on Using Social Media as a Tool for Internal Communications
Over the past couple of years, Virgin Media has altered their communication strategies to incorporate more employee involvement via social media. According to a case study conducted in 2010, Virgin Media’s Head of Internal Communications, Helen Farrar, describes that there … Continue reading
Sun Life Financial Uses Connections to Engage Employees
It’s no secret that social media is changing the way we communicate at work. In fact, the term “social employee” has been used to describe today’s hyper-connected employees. It’s no longer just about staying connected with friends and family in … Continue reading
Nokia – Internal Communication via Social Media
Since 2008, the Social Media Communications Team at Nokia has been dedicated to the use of social media internally in order to keep employees involved. The main goal of the team is to Encourage the use of social media internally to … Continue reading
Thinking About Social Media Strategy in the Workplace
The US economy takes a $370 Billion hit from over 70% of employees, that are actively or passively disengaged with their work. There are tools that exist which are specifically geared to engage employees internally in social media, with one … Continue reading
Employee Engagement and Social Media At Best Buy
One of the key areas of interest for today’s companies is employee engagement. To make the most of today’s rightsized and restructured resource pools, companies are striving to achieve employee retention while maximizing the contributions of their select employee pools. … Continue reading
How Dell differentiates itself as the world’s most social company
Organisation: Dell Industry: Information Technology Web References: http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2011/07/how-dell-really-listens-to-its.php http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/about-dell-social-media http://www.businessinsider.com/is-dell-the-worlds-most-social-company-scorecard-2011-6 http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/d/corp-comm/make-a-difference.aspx How Dell differentiates itself as the world’s most social company Social media is not a mere a tool for Dell. It’s an extension of the company’s brand, which is … Continue reading
One Social Vision for Ford Motor Company
Organization Name: Ford Motor Company Industry: Automotive Web Reference: Ford Motor Company Press Release: http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=28019 Scott Monty, www.scottmonty.com Fast Company, http://www.fastcompany.com/1668368/corporate-social-media-policies-good-mediocre-and-ugly Shel Holtz, www.socialmediatoday.com/shelholtz/838001/ford-s-vision-one-social http://socialmediapolicy.com/2012/03/09/ford-motor-companys-digital-participation-guidelines/ Description of how Ford Motor Company has leveraged social media to increase business performance For a company who sold … Continue reading
Pfizer Empowers Employees – Using Social Media
Company Name: Pfizer Description of how Pfizer uses social media for employee involvement & business performance Pfizer uses social media channels to empower and engage employees in an online community called Think Science Now. The Think Science Now community allows … Continue reading
The Social Media Revolutionists vs. the Anti-Revolutionists
The battle line is drawn. Everyone in business should be involved in social media. The statistics in the two video links below are staggering:
customer relations of the social media kind
One of the many areas that social media has the ability to enhance is customer relations and/or customer engagement. As in other areas of social media, this can manifest itself in a number of ways. Social media can facilitate the … Continue reading
TEVA Pharmaceuticals enhances communication through social media, sees supply chain improvements
Organization: TEVA Pharmaceuticals Industry: Pharmaceutical manufacturing Web References: http://www.fiercepharmamanufacturing.com/story/teva-supply-chain-gets-boost-social-media/2011-07-26 http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2011/08/10/want-a-fast-response-supply-chain-focus-on-facilitating-people-to-people-communication/ Youtube Webcast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw5xdSO4S1c&feature=player_embedded#t=1379s Description of how social media is used for supply chain management: In the volatile pharmaceutical market, it is difficult to predict product demand. With a typical industry … Continue reading
CDC Software
Title of Post: Managing multiple time zones, geographies and languages to deliver new products and version releases. Organisation Name: CDC Software Industry: Computer Software Web references: website: http://www.facebook.com/cdcsoftware; Video: http://www.youtube.com/cdcsoftware Description of how social media is used for business performance: … Continue reading
Cisco Systems
Title of Post: Accelerating time to market and time to revenue generation. Organisation Name: Cisco Systems Industry: Computer Network Hardware Web references: website: http://quad.cisco.com/; More Information: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ciscoitatwork/collaboration/prod_dev_with_quad.html Description of how social media is used for business performance: The Cisco Enterprise … Continue reading
Yoga studio employees and volunteers engage in social media activities to strengthen community ties, improve the customer and work experience, and to elevate social consciousness
Organization name: Moksha Yoga Hamilton Web references: www.mokshayogahamilton.com http://www.youtube.com/user/mokshahamilton https://www.facebook.com/pages/Moksha-Yoga-Hamilton/109394885759082 Description of how social media is used for business performance: Moksha Yoga Hamilton staff members participate in one of four committees, each aimed at using engagement tactics to have a … Continue reading
Molson Coors Canada incorporates social media into its employee engagement approach to drive performance, productivity and bottom line results.
Organization name: Molson Coors Canada Web references: www.molsoncoors.com http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-collaboration/does-your-community-help-people-succeed-011696.php http://pistachioconsulting.com/molson-social-media-case-study/ http://blog.molson.com/community/2011/11/18/i-love-rewards-loves-molson-coors-canada/ Description of how social media is used for business performance: Molson Coors was able to significantly improve its employee engagement through its “Our Brew” program aimed at defining and communicating … Continue reading
Internal social media tools at IBM bring employees from 170 countries together
Organization name: IBM Industry: Computer software, Computer hardware, IT services Web references: http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-ibm-uses-social-media-to-spur-employee-innovation/ http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/global/files/us__en_us__socialbusiness__becoming_a_social_business_ibm_story.pdf Description of how social media is used for business performance IBM provides internal social media tools for thousands of employees in more than 170 countries and … Continue reading