Facilitating internal communication during COVID-19

15Five is a leading provider of people management software that not only guides employee growth and development but empowers people to become their best selves. Through strategic weekly check-ins, 15Five delivers everything a manager needs to maintain visibility and impact employee performance, including continuous feedback, objectives (OKR) tracking, recognition, 1-on-1s, and 360° reviews.

Empowering everyone to become their best selves is also part of the company’s internal culture. And celebrating employee appreciation day is part of this initiative. But with over 60% of the company working remotely, both in the US and Europe, it was kind of difficult to authentically give gratitude to employees when they are not in the same physical space. Yet they have found a very creative way to celebrate all employees, no matter where they were located. What did they do?

Using 15Five to ask people how they’re appreciative of their colleagues, they gathered all this data in an interactive flipbook, using Flipsnack. The Employee Appreciation Book was published privately and shared on Slack and via email with all the employees of 15Five. Needless to say, it was a success, with 100% open rate on the book, all the remote employees downloading it.

After searching for multiple flipbook makers online, Michelle, the PR and Social Media Manager at 15Five found Flipsnack. The entire flipbook making process only took her a few minutes. Not only she used it for internal communication within the company, but she was surprised to find out that many employees started using it for Mother’s Day and Father’s day, when they couldn’t see their families because of the pandemic. In one way or another, Flipsnack truly facilitated communication during this challenging period of time.