Few ideas

[Radhika Jasoria]

Sharing amazing articles I found!

http://www.bcjobs.ca/re/hr-resources/human-resource-advice/recruitment-and-retention/employee-engagement-how-social-media-is-changing-reward-and-recognition-programs

http://ashleylaurenperez.com/2012/08/02/social-media-uses-for-the-hr-professional/

http://www.slideshare.net/FHInternalComms/how-to-use-every-social-media-tool-in-the-box-to-engage-employees-2458576

http://www.achievers.com/sites/default/files/achievers-exec-summary-recogn-three_0.pdf

http://www.therecruiterslounge.com/2012/09/05/how-to-build-employee-engagement-using-social-media-4/

FEW IDEAS I PULLED UP FROM WEB!

1. Your company has a social layer to your corporate intranet that leverages employee profiles and enables employees to join a network connecting them to the online activity of other colleagues. One of the employees within that network is celebrating a service anniversary and when they log in to the corporate network, they receive a message thanking them for their years of service. But, because the company has a social layer, not only can the employee see this message, but any colleague that is within that employees’ network can see that the employee has received a recognition message as well.
2. A group of employees have worked together to meet an aggressive deadline. The executive leader wants to recognize all the employees for their efforts. The manager goes to the recognition site and creates a message for all the employees. The group of employees receive a notification that they have been recognized for stellar work and are directed to the online message. On the message page, the employees can not only provide comments or feedback, but can also socially share the message to other peers and colleagues.
3. The webinar featured a company that provided a social media recognition program, allowing employees to be publicly acknowledged by peers, superiors and subordinates through an intranet/social media site, but also connect with external sites to share posts and ‘like’ content with their personal networks. Employees feel motivated by the public recognition and companies concurrently receive the added exposure strengthening their employer brand. If employees are increasingly looking for the non-monetary benefits of a company, including the ability to further their career and gain recognition for their contributions, this new technology seems to be a great tool to help companies in their overall recruitment and retention efforts.
4. For forward-looking retailers, social media provides rich engagement opportunities to build communities of employees by sharing company news, knowledge transfer and best practices.

Thanks & Regards,

Radhika Jasoria

rj...@nyu.edu

+1 610.390.8745

[Hannah M Mosquera]

Hi Radhika,

Thank you for your research, there are some very good ideas here pertaining to engagement. I especially like the Slideshare.net, as it gives a more in depth look at the mechanics of social media in the workplace.

Thank you - see you tomorrow,

Hannah

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