A+E Networks EMEA Became Internal Comms Superstars With Workvivo
Workvivo has helped A+E Networks EMEA breathe new life into its internal comms
88%
The percentage of employees that rated Workvivo as an effective comms tool
89%
The percentage of employees that engaged with posts
50%
The percentage of employees that shared updates and shout-outs
Award-winning broadcaster
A+E Networks EMEA, a leading broadcaster of factual entertainment, describes itself as a storyteller. Its award-winning content reaches millions of homes across the UK, Nordics, Benelux, Germany, Italy, Spain, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
The company has six offices across these locations, with its biggest in London. The rest of its workforce is spread across Johannesburg, Warsaw, Rome, Munich, and Madrid.
Through its portfolio of brands – the History Channel/Sky HISTORY, Crime & Investigation, HISTORY2, Blaze, and Cosmo – A+E Network EMEA’s mission is to share stories that matter, not only with its viewers across EMEA but with its employees too. On 3 March 2020, it launched Workvivo to help it do just that.
People
300
Industry
Media & Entertainment
Location
EMEA
Category
Mid-Market
Workvivo is a terrific product.
Karl Burnett
VP Human Resources at A+E Networks EMEA
Embracing open comms and giving everyone a voice
Workvivo has helped A+E Networks EMEA breathe new life into its internal comms. Karl believes that today’s employees expect to have a voice, and he wanted to give them one with Workvivo.
Using Workvivo’s features like a social feed and spaces, it embraced open communication that fostered two-way conversations. “Everybody has access, anybody can post to anybody. We don’t limit it at all.”
Karl adds that the company has never had to take content posted by employees down as engagement with The BASE has been overwhelmingly positive.
Here, Karl shares some of the ways the company is using Workvivo for internal comms campaigns.
Embracing open comms and giving everyone a voice
Workvivo has helped A+E Networks EMEA breathe new life into its internal comms. Karl believes that today’s employees expect to have a voice, and he wanted to give them one with Workvivo.
Using Workvivo’s features like a social feed and spaces, it embraced open communication that fostered two-way conversations. “Everybody has access, anybody can post to anybody. We don’t limit it at all.”
Karl adds that the company has never had to take content posted by employees down as engagement with The BASE has been overwhelmingly positive.
Here, Karl shares some of the ways the company is using Workvivo for internal comms campaigns.
