Bringing your people together

ARAG uses the Embrace social intranet AVI, which was optimized after three years using the Embrace Checkup to continue meeting employee needs.

Internal communication among housing associations is crucial but often underexposed. Advisor Froukje Nigten and Vidomes employee Melissa Vroege share their insights about effective internal communication, the role of a social intranet and the benefits of being connected within the organization.

95% of organizations use an intranet for better internal communication, with SharePoint and Embrace as popular options. We'll explain the difference to you.

Stroomopwaarts, with several social workshops in Maassluis, Vlaardingen and Schiedam, supports people with a distance from the labor market. With 400 officials at 7 locations, connection is crucial. Cheri Kloeth and Semra Karaca share how they improved the social intranet at its one-year anniversary.

The Municipality of Montferland wants to get rid of long lists of application icons and the search for relevant apps. Solution: Integrate Liquit with Embrace's social intranet. Hans Volbeda explains.

SaKS scores well in Evolve's research into internal use of social media. They are fifth overall and third in raising awareness of the business strategy. This rewards six years of effort by Rodney Bieman, Rob Boekelaar and Elly Spanjaard, who are proud of the success of their social intranet Sam.

The Duo+ implementation organization serves the municipalities of Ouder-Amstel, Diemen and Uithoorn, which employ 1,000 employees. For effective collaboration after the establishment, local intranets had to be brought together into one central system.

Social intranets transform business communication, increase productivity and satisfaction, but must be tailored to the needs of different employees, which can be done with the help of personas.

Waarburgh (formerly Present) has residential care centers at five locations, provides home care and rents apartments. Of the approximately 600 employees, around 90 percent are healthcare providers. The rest are in the office, in the kitchen or cleaning. The purpose of the new social intranet: Connection. Did it come? And what else did the intranet provide?

ZuidOostZorg replaced its old work environment with Embrace's innovative social intranet integrated with Liquit, providing employees with easier access to applications through single sign-on.

The inability or difficulty in finding the right information and documents was high on the list of annoyances among Thebes employees. Colleagues work in many different locations and want to have access to essential information quickly. Now, Thebes works with Embrace's Knowledgebase. Quite an improvement!

Everyone has relevant input in the field of knowledge, ideas and experience. Input that, if you share it with each other, can make you smarter. As a person and as an organization. Exactly the reason that the Amsterdam healthcare organization HVO-Querido chose Embrace's social intranet.