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Why communities win: How culture & connection fuel productivity
We’re slowly seeing Viva Engage become another broadcast channel, but one-way broadcast messages aren’t enough to engage, inspire, or drive action. True connection happens in communities—where people share, learn, collaborate, and remember they’re part of something bigger.
This session, Ray takes us through why communities at Eli Lilly reach beyond broadcast communications to drive engagement and innovation and spark imagination.
Moderation that matters: Building safe and engaging communities
Discover how smart moderation keeps conversations constructive and communities thriving at Siemens Energy. Carla Guest shares tips to guide discussions, handle challenges, and make Viva Engage a safe space.
Leadership engagement and top-down communication in driving adoption of Viva Engage.
Discover how harmonising real-world communication practices with workplace tools transforms leadership engagement. Dan shares lessons from a decade of internal communications, exploring the shift from traditional email and town halls to dynamic, community-driven conversations. Learn practical strategies for leaders to foster transparency, dialogue, and everyday connection, making digital engagement work for everyone.
Using Viva Engage as a strategic change management platform (case-study)
Consolidating thousands of employees spread across multiple locations under one roof is a massive change management project. In this session, we’ll hear how one of the biggest banks in Denmark - Danske Bank - used Viva Engage as a platform to communicate with employees, listening and reacting to feedback and celebrate successes.
From chaos to clarity: How Capgemini is transforming Viva Engage into a strategic communications powerhouse
In this session we’ll get an inside look at how Capgemini, a global organisation with over 340,000 employees, reimagined its Viva Engage all-company community. What was once a space filled with unstructured, ad-hoc messages is now being transformed into a dynamic, Internal Communications-led channel for strategic information and employee engagement. Discover how this revitalised platform is now delivering real value to employees, fostering alignment, connection, and a stronger sense of community across the Group.
From insights to impact: Building high-engagement communities through data, dialogue and daily wins.
Learning from surveys & taking action: "From Insights to Impact", Open dialogue & empowerment: "Dialogue". Leadership nudges & culture reinforcement: Implied in "Building High-Engagement Communities". Celebrating wins & functional alignment: "Daily Wins".
Making leadership visible, accessible and actively involved
Just 12 months since formally launching Viva Engage to our organisation, learn about how we’ve got buy in from our Executive Leadership Team, are enabling successful adoption of the platform and providing ongoing support to successfully embed the approach.
We’ll also share how this is helping to drive wider adoption and foster engagement, with the aim of contributing to an improved organisational culture and performance outcomes.
From launch to lasting impact: Building trust in Reece's transition to Viva Engage
What does it take to build trust in a new platform? At Reece, we made Viva Engage feel like it was made for our people; by listening, simplifying, and committing to continuous improvement throughout the whole transition journey. Come behind the scenes of our Viva Engage rollout to see how we earned trust in the product, our process, and the team driving it all.engagement or want to amplify your organisation’s vision, this session will offer practical insights and inspiration.
How Medibank used Viva Engage to amplify its commitment to mental health
Join Cat Owen, Employee Change and Communications Partner at Medibank, as she shares how Viva Engage became a powerful platform to bring Medibank’s mental health commitment to life.
In this session, you’ll discover how Medibank used Viva Engage to spark meaningful conversations, foster connection, and empower employees to be part of the story.
Viva Engage Advanced Analytics versus SWOOP Analytics
We are often asked what difference there is between Microsoft’s Advanced Analytics for Viva Engage and SWOOP for Viva Engage. Remember that Microsoft’s Advanced Analytics for Viva Engage is only available for those who have bought licences for it.
If you are predominantly looking to boost analytics, then SWOOP for Viva Engage is a very cost-effective way to get extensive analytics only investing a small fraction compared to the C&C bundle.
The 2023 Viva Engage Community Champions!
From championing conversations on equity, diversity and inclusion on Viva Engage, to empowering thousands of frontline workers with the ability to connect with colleagues, our 2023 Viva Engage Community Champions boast impressive resumes.
Microsoft: How experimentation and consistency moved our leaders from absent to visible
Join Jon Bates, an Executive and Employee Communications leader at Microsoft as he shares his learnings and experiments on developing leadership visibility, employee advocacy and ultimately, brand love for Microsoft and it's mission.
Christian Aid: Governance as your Viva Engage superpower
Viva Engage is the heart of internal communication at Christian Aid, enabling fast, efficient and, most importantly, HUMAN connection for their people. Hear how a strong and well implemented governance framework is the key to their Viva Engage success.
UNHCR: How Viva Engage helps enable learning at UNHCR
The UNHCR team will share the story of how a focus on internal community engagement, powered by Viva Engage, plays a critical role in learning and career development for their global workforce.
SWOOP Analytics: 10 Community Manager tasks to do in SWOOP in 10 minutes (EMEA)
Join Pete, the SWOOP expert, and Nicole, the Internal Comms Manager, in running through 10 popular community manager tasks with SWOOP Analytics. Discover the power of real data!
Manchester Airports Group: Connecting our people through community
Hear the story of how Manchester Airports Group launched Viva Engage and made it THE place to create communities, build a sense of belonging and showcase human stories across the organisation.
Vestas: Creating the safe space for conversation to flourish
Freja from Vestas will share how they are working to make Viva Engage a safe space where people can share openly and honestly, building stronger connections and communicating more effectively.
Microsoft: Microsoft Communities
The Connected Communities program is the largest internal community of practice program at Microsoft, helping nearly 60,000 employees across 75 communities to connect, share, and grow their skills to help our customers. Learn more about Connected Communities and how it uses Viva Engage to empower employees to achieve more.
Johnson & Johnson: Use internal social influencers at work and measure engagement on Viva Engage
Learn how Johnson & Johnson use work Influencers in Viva Engage to deploy your change management plan and to measure its progress.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL): The launch of Viva Engage and the importance of getting leaders onboard
Tim Reading will take us through PNNL’s Viva Engage journey of how encouraging leaders to partake in transparent and open conversations with employees results in thriving communities.