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Is Viva Engage as good as Workplace?
Is Viva Engage as good as Workplace?
It's a question we're regularly asked, and with the news that Workplace is shutting down next year, it’s time to crunch the data and give you an objective answer.
Based on years of real-life data, we show you how Workplace and Viva Engage really stack up against each other.
Dr SWOOP, our AI genius, is coming soon to SWOOP Analytics
Introducing Dr SWOOP! This little genius will provide you with instant answers to just about all your questions, and give you proven tips and ideas to boost communication and collaboration across your organisation.
Announcing the world’s top Viva Engage networks and communities
For the first time in nine years of Viva Engage and Yammer benchmarking, a large size organisation with more than 40,000 employees has been ranked as the highest performing Viva Engage network. Find out who it is, along with all the 2023/24 Viva Engage Collaboration Champions!
Measuring Employee Communications and Engagement: Why and How
Measuring internal communications is critical to the success of any organisation, but it's not always clear how to do so effectively. We explore the importance of measuring employee communication and engagement, and how it relates to organisational performance.
3 ways to work smarter, not harder
Is your email inbox driving you crazy? Are you sick of endless meetings and struggling to find the time to get uninterrupted work done? Is the rest of your team stuck in old ways of working?
We share our top 3 tips, based on the world’s largest analysis of Microsoft 365 usage, to help you work smarter, not harder.
Announcing the world’s top Microsoft 365 collaboration champions
Announcing SWOOP Analytics’ 2022 M365 collaboration champions.
Learn how benchmarking with SWOOP can identify the top performing teams and departments in your organisation.
How to successfully adopt good digital collaboration habits for hybrid working
SWOOP Analytics’ M365 benchmarking has uncovered “what good looks like”; and it is inspiring. However, it doesn’t come without effort. We show how SWOOP for M365 can play an important role in facilitating the adoption of best practice collaboration habits, at scale. This is something that will be essential if we are to navigate and thrive in the complex hybrid working world.
SWOOP Analytics for M365: Improve collaboration habits for hybrid work
Hybrid work is here, right now. While hybrid work brings substantial benefits for employers and employees alike, it requires strong skills in online collaboration. We must excel at working asynchronously, as it’s unlikely every one will be back in the same room at the same time.
SWOOP for M365 helps you and your organisation develop better digital collaboration habits so you achieve these outcomes and thrive in a hybrid work setting.
Transform your collaboration with these Microsoft Teams best practices
There are huge opportunities for most companies using Teams to change their collaboration for the better. Here’s how to take advantage.
Are remote workers less productive when working from home?
Remote workers are less productive when working from home. That’s the conclusion from an international study but what about measuring asynchronous work?
How to revive your online community
Learn how to revive your Yammer or Workplace from Facebook community.
SWOOP Chat - Mercy Health
When you’re wearing a mask, goggles, full-face shield, gown and gloves and you’re busy trying to save lives, probably the last thing on your mind is checking-in on the latest communication updates from work on your mobile phone, no matter their importance.
Cross-generational collaboration at SWOOP Chat Sydney
What does a company of 30,000+ teenagers serving fast food have to do with a prestigious law firm, a government finance department and a catholic university? Despite the completely different roles of these organisations, they all use SWOOP Analytics to measure how their employees connect on their Enterprise Social Network (ESN), in this case Microsoft’s Yammer or Workplace by Facebook.
How Workplace is changing company culture to deliver a better product
Global creative agency We Are Social enjoys an active, productive global digital community for its 750 employees and can claim Workplace from Facebook as a truly integral part of its business and culture. We Are Social shares its experience to achieve success on Workplace.
Teams and Projects – Setting Collaboration Performance Targets
Digital teams are way too large to enjoy the benefits of being a truly high productive team. At an average size of 296 members, there is little chance of achieving the level of cohesion and productivity that more appropriately sized non-digital teams do. A fundamental shift is required in how digital teams are formed. If teams are to truly perform online, they should limit their size to less than 10 members.
How Flight Centre used Workplace to save a man’s life
Not too many companies can claim they saved a life using their Workplace network. Global travel agency Flight Centre can.