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Viva Engage or Yammer? Confusion continues to reign!
It’s been more than a year since Microsoft retired the name “Yammer” and rebranded the enterprise social network “Viva Engage”. Has the new name been embraced?
How to successfully measure engagement before, during and after a live video streamed event
We discuss the importance of measuring employee engagement before, during and after a live video streamed event so you can know if your campaign is successful.
The power of actionable analytics for intranets
When it comes to analytics to measure the success of your intranet, web-based tools like Google Analytics are potentially misleading and meaningless. Analytics for intranets need to be led by the actions you’re planning to take, says intranet and digital workplace specialist Sam Marshall.
Announcing the world’s top M365 & Microsoft Teams Collaboration Champions
There was one common thread amongst all the teams and departments that ranked at the top of SWOOP Analytics’ 2023 M365 & Microsoft Teams benchmarking analysis - they had all made the decision to work together in the same way on their digital platform.
3 steps to maintain a healthy intranet
You’ve made the investment to create a company intranet and now comes the tricky part – making it successful and maintaining that success.
Intranet expert Susan Hanley shares 3 must-do tips to maintain and sustain a healthy intranet.
Are you winning or losing in digital collaboration?
How can you know if you’re winning or losing when it comes to digital collaboration? The answer is; data.
If you’re using Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, Viva Engage, Yammer or Workplace from Meta, we can provide you with a custom report to show you exactly how your organisation’s digital collaboration compares with the rest of the world.
2022 Yammer & Viva Engage Community Champions
Helping to save the lives of the world’s most vulnerable children, fostering a culture of connection and collaboration which has helped deliver medication to the elderly and establishing a network of community managers to foster conversations – these are just some of the feats achieved by this year’s Yammer & Viva Engage Community Champions.
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.
Social learning in action
A Yammer community can become social learning in action and what better way to learn than from your own colleagues. Social learning on Yammer means it can be scaled across geographies and operate at very low cost.
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.
Announcing the 2021 Yammer Community Champions!
The competition was fierce, but SWOOP Analytics and Microsoft’s worldwide search has uncovered the most passionate Yammer community managers for 2021.
We announce the winners in this article.
Announcing the world’s top Yammer collaboration champions
The world’s largest home improvement retailer, the operator of London’s underground Tube network and an Australian-headquartered multi-national bank have taken out honours as the world’s best networks in SWOOP Analytics’ 2021 global analysis of Microsoft’s Yammer.
While you were sleeping - connecting shift workers with Yammer
It can get pretty lonely working in the middle of the night in London while the rest of the city sleeps. For London Underground’s maintenance workers and engineers, the hours between midnight and 5am are some of the busiest.
Learn how Transport for London uses Yammer to help connect employees across the network and why it was identified as one of the world’s top Yammer networks.
Top 3 tips when using Microsoft Teams for IT teams
Top 3 tips from the experts when using Microsoft Teams for IT/DevOps teams:
Create house rules, plan how you’ll use Microsoft Teams
2. Commit to working out loud
3. Use DevOps tools in Teams
Top 3 tips for teachers using Microsoft Teams
Top tip & tricks for teachers using Microsoft Teams
Make it interactive
Start with the user experience, don’t just replicate a real-life classroom
Use asynchronous Q&A sessions for classes
Top 3 tips to use Microsoft Teams for Frontline Workers
3 tips to use Microsoft Teams with Frontline Workers
Use threaded conversations for shift workers and handovers
Frame messages for the frontline
Trust your workers
Top 3 tips for Project Managers using Microsoft Teams
We share the top 3 tips for Project Managers using Microsoft Teams.
5 things to avoid when using Microsoft Teams – tips from the experts
5 things you must avoid when using Microsoft Teams.
The world’s experts in Microsoft Teams share their top tips for you to get he most from the digital platform.
Are you suffering from FOFO? The Fear Of Finding Out
Are you working in internal communications and suffering from FOFO – the Fear of Finding Out?
We’ve all heard of FOMO – the Fear of Missing Out – but take a moment to think if you’re actually more concerned about finding out.
Regione Emilia Romagna - Viewing the big picture
Italian government Regione Emilia Romagna boasts one of the world’s most productive teams in Microsoft Teams, according to SWOOP Analytics’ analysis of almost 100,000 teams. Learn what makes it so successful.