Town Hall

Organizations today must adapt to a constantly changing market landscape that requires executives to keep teams tied to the pulse of the business. This used to mean lengthy email updates or quarterly conference calls that rarely ended in a better-informed audience or actionable insights for follow up. Socialcast is introducing Town Hall, a premium extension that provides an on-demand forum for direct or moderated discussions between company executives and employees. Imparting, storing, and creating conversation around executive-directed goals and conversation is the next step in Socialcast’s evolution of the Activity Stream.

Town Hall lets executives schedule a company-wide, moderator-optional virtual sessions within the existing Socialcast platform, automatically notifying employees of the session and providing a context-rich forum for them to start asking questions. As the Town Hall begins, the hosting executive has visibility into open, answered or flagged questions. All answered questions are made visible to the attending audience in real time and archived for historical review. Now, as employees engage with company leadership, existing user profiles and existing community discussion can be leveraged to create more context for important discussions with the opportunity for post-chat engagement in an open forum.

• Engage Employees

• Executives can communicate corporate goals or objectives and address questions or concerns, giving employees a better sense of engagement and understanding.

• Improved Communication

• Town Hall creates an open forum for questions and comments for employees. It invites employees to voice their questions and concerns, allowing individuals to make a difference in their organization.

• Enhanced Executive Visibility

• Town Hall creates a true “open door policy” that brings executives directly into conversation with employees. This fosters stronger relationships and a deeper connection with the company.

• Strategic Alignment

• Effective communication of goals makes employee alignment faster and more productive. It gives executives the ability to directly communicate with employees, fostering a new relationship around setting and achieving corporate goals.