Working With Internal Social Media In Your Business

By Kendra Ware


Internal social media may improve the way you do business and handle projects within your company. With everyone having instant access and a way to communicate, you may want to explore the addition of these systems to your workflow. You could begin to see a difference in productivity with the ability to have real-time project communications.

If you want to explore this type of communication further to see what it can do for your business, you can do some research to find corporate models that are as simple to use as the more public Facebook. You may see that different people take to it quickly and communicate frequently to coworkers with project updates or other news. These people can help lead the way in more communication between employees.

These tools also could be a way to have a meeting without having to call in everyone to the office. This strategy may be particularly handy if you have far-flung employees in different countries. Set a time and then meet online for a quick update and check-in to see how everyone is doing.

The corporate models of these types of systems can offer maximum security, so only registered employees can use them. This mean you can have the immediacy and convenience of talking to people without revealing trade secrets to competitors. You also can further segment your internal groups to include a select few, if necessary, for more sensitive discussions. This gives you control of internal message flow.

Intranet informational pages also can be another way of using this level of communication among employees in your company. Everyone at your business can have access to these pages, which could deliver company information and job-related details within the company. With these pages, people can reference how to do someone else's job when short-staffed and having to fill in on short notice for a seamless transition.

Other formats that your company may want to tap include microblogs or audio podcasts for delivering updates and reports on a scheduled basis to workers. These strategies can be simple to apply and used for more detailed disbursement of information among those workers involved in projects or other assignments where timely information is a priority. You also could use these corporate communication components as motivational tools, and employ a specific team to manage these elements as part of the corporate message delivery system.

Projects that are deadline oriented can be followed closely through these systems once applied in your own corporate network. As everyone checks in with their status updates, you may be able to spot issues that need addressing to keep the project rolling on time. These updates can then help not only with keeping a project on track but also on time for clients, thus enhancing productivity with an extra layer of measurement.

Internal social media can be a good addition to staying in touch with your employees. Take some time to consider the right mix of communications that can fit your needs. Visit with a consultant to find a package that could be quickly adopted and used with ease by all of your workers. The right blend of communications could take your company to the next level in meeting deadlines and project goals.




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