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Dr SWOOP is now live on your SWOOP Analytics dashboards, ready to supply you with instant answers to just about all your digital workplace questions, and give you proven tips and ideas to boost communication and collaboration across your organisation.
We compare Microsoft’s out-of-the-box analytics with SWOOP Analytics for SharePoint intranet in an easy-to-see table.
Microsoft’s out-of-the-box analytics will give you numbers that may not carry a lot of meaning, whereas SWOOP Analytics gives you insights into your employees’ behaviours, and shows you how your people are using, accessing and reading the intranet.
The latest update to your SWOOP Analytics dashboard can predict which posts on Viva Engage or Workplace from Meta are likely to go viral.
We can tell you, with about a 99% accuracy rating, which posts are likely to get high levels of engagement across your organisation.
We’ve been busting myths to help you better understand your intranet statistics! The latest myth busted relates to the time people spend editing intranet pages, and whether that time spent editing pages influences the average read time for each page.
When does “news” on your intranet become “old news”? SWOOP Analytics’ benchmarking of SharePoint intranet data found it’s about a week before news starts to decay. So, what do you do with this “old” news?
We explore the critical role internal communications play in aligning employees with strategic goals, what happens when you don’t, how to get it right, and how to measure it.
As a leader or executive, have you ever stopped to think about the best communication channel to reach your employees? Not your personally preferred channel, but the channel that will deliver the best outcome for your purpose and that of your employees.
How long should an intranet news article be?
500 words! That’s the sweet spot for the length of an intranet news article. And longer is better than shorter.
Surprised? We were! Still, it’s hard to argue with real life data.
Email just won’t go away! So how do internal communicators use it amongst a suite of other communications platforms on offer in the digital workplace?
We have the key to driving engagement and innovation in the workplace. It sounds simple, but its impact is powerful.
This key is curiosity.
Four years after the world was plunged into enforced remote working, what lessons have we learned about online meetings? What new work practices are working well for us, now we’re in a hybrid working environment? What hasn’t worked?
Do you spend time designing your intranet to be accessible to employees on their phones and mobile devices?
If so, it seems you’re probably wasting your time!
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SWOOP Video Blog 2 - Yammer Groups
In this second episode of Swoop Benchmarking insights we are drilling down to the Yammer Group level. Groups are where the real collaborative action happens.
How Cohesive is your Community?
Social cohesion is synonymous with ‘community’. Intuitively we experience social cohesion when we participate in high performing communities. Experienced ‘networkers’ lead these communities. New members are made to feel welcome. Community objectives are met through active engagement between members. High performing online communities are a fertile field for knowledge sharing amongst its members. While qualitatively we can experience and differentiate a good community from a poor one, what measures are available to assist leaders in monitoring social cohesion in their communities? How can these measures be used to help grow social cohesion?