With more than 80 stores scattered across one of the largest countries on the planet, Medibank’s frontline team members are some of the most connected and engaged in the world thanks to their vibrant Viva Engage community.

Aggreko, the global leader in providing energy solutions, has replaced the news feed on its SharePoint intranet with the Viva Engage All Company feed so every employee becomes an editor with the power to share stories.

ANZ was the first large-size organisation to top SWOOP Analytics’ global benchmarking of Viva Engage networks.

We take you on ANZ’s Viva Engage journey, from the start when the CEO led from the front, to today when collaborating on Viva Engage is part of the bank’s everyday culture.

At Christian Aid, almost every employee reads Viva Engage because a decision was made to make it the primary communications tool. Leaders and staff are banned from sending all company emails, and instead must communicate through announcements on Viva Engage.

When the CIO of a major bank made the decision to move away from email updates and embrace Viva Engage for authentic, two-way connections, it took just a month for him to become one of the most influential people in the entire organisation.

There are three key purposes for using Viva Engage at Engage Squared. 1. Showcasing the completion of successful projects and sharing lessons learned. 2. Nurturing a culture of sharing and connectedness. 3. Reward and recognition.

We look at the physical, as well as the digital, needs of successful hybrid work. It’s time to turn your office space into a collaboration, or gathering, space so your employees want to return to the physical workplace, but not fulltime.

Transport for NSW shares how a successful external social media campaign also proved successful as an internal comms campaign on Viva Engage.

Do you question why Viva Engage is needed when you could just have a large team on Microsoft Teams and eliminate the need to switch between the two platforms?

UK telco Virgin Media O2 tells how it uses M365 tools to give frontline workers a voice, reaching all the way to the CEO and resulting in company-wide changes.

Within days of launching a new out-of-the-box SharePoint Online intranet, the average time spent on agri-tech organisation Syngenta’s intranet home page increased from 0.3 seconds to two minutes and 40 seconds.

How did they do it?

Overwhelmed with the amount of documentation and conversation in Microsoft Teams chat, teams at New Zealand Trade and Enterprise made the conscious decision to create Microsoft Teams channels to centralise their work.

Imagine being an English-speaking software developer tasked with creating an app completely in Japanese, while living in New Zealand.

That’s exactly what Engage Squared manged to achieve by working collaboratively in Microsoft Teams.

We love to share case studies showcasing best practice so you can learn from the best. Let’s face it, best practice starts with better practice and it’s arguably just as important to show how better practice is the first step to achieving best practice.

If you want to learn how to successfully work in Microsoft Teams, and say goodbye to email - this is the story for you!

A Viva Engage community celebrating Pride has become a place of connection and support at a major US health insurer, breaking down geographical, departmental and even team barriers across the company’s almost 100,000 employees.

Viva Engage has become a psychologically safe space at tertiary educator Box Hill Institute. Employees feel empowered to openly share their personal stories with their colleagues and feel supported. The data backs it up.

Using data from SWOOP Analytics to create monthly reports, posting those reports on Viva Engage and @mentioning people identified has created a new lifeblood in Viva Engage at consultancy company Bip.

Sharing Bad Dad Jokes was the boost Meridian Energy needed to kick-start its Viva Engage & Yammer network.

What makes the community so important is that it’s been an easy and entertaining way to introduce Viva Engage to hundreds of employees who had otherwise never engaged on an ESN.

Learn how connecting on Viva Engage helped employees in The Philippines continue to work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, access fresh food, feel motivated and connected, all while helping others in need.