Request management is an essential part of connecting members of your digital workplace with people around the office, whether office administrators, other departments, or your site administrators themselves. It requires building workflows that make it easy for people to submit requests with complete information, and an easy way for the relevant parties to ask questions about and resolve requests. Today we'll walk through several possible implementations for request management, to make it as…

When we talk about your digital workplace improving collaboration and knowledge management, and ultimately solving your business challenges, what we're really talking about is engagement. All of the outcomes you're looking for are driven by engagement. If members aren't using the digital workplace in the way that meets your business objectives, this can interfere with work, with compliance, and with culture. So when planning your digital workplace, engagement should always be the goal. 

Value

Content Management is an important aspect of your digital workplace. Uploading content to your digital workplace can be done one of two ways: 

1. Via the UI (using your workplace)
2. Programmatically through APIs

For bulk content uploads, the programmatic solution is the best approach. Igloo has a Developer Knowledge Base that includes File Upload APIs. These APIs can make bulk uploading much easier for your administrators and content creators/publishers. This approach to bulk uploading comes…

Sometimes, simple engagement is the best engagement!

Podcasts are everywhere these days. Many of us use these engaging pieces of content to learn something new, improve an aspect of our lives, for daily inspiration, or to simply listen to the news. 

Take advantage of this trend by adopting Igloo's new Podcast List Campaign to help build culture and personal engagement within your digital workplace!

Ask your digital workplace members the following questions about Podcasts through a quick microblog…

One of the best methods of recruiting for your growing organization is to leverage people's existing networks. The Greenhouse embed lets you post job boards directly in your digital workplace, so you can draw on the expertise and connections of your members. Placing it on a Page in your HR area will let you surround it with associated links for referral policies, information about benefits, and frequently asked questions. 

Implementation

First, you'll need to retrieve the relevant embed codes…

It's the holiday season again!

As our gift to you, Igloo has compiled favorite holiday engagement ideas so that you can take advantage of the excitement in the air. 

Here are just a few to get you thinking:

• Decorate your homepage
• Get nostalgic about 2019
• Share your resolutions

What some more tips? View our blog post on how to build engagement during the holiday season!

It is important to understand the capabilities of your digital workplace and what it can do for you at the most technical level. That's why Igloo has a Developer Relations Program. This program is designed to help you optimize and extend the technical elements of your platform to meet your organizational goals and the needs of your employees. 

The program gives you access to Igloo experts that are here to help you build enhancements, integrate with third-party applications, and transform your…

Integrations offer the opportunity to connect your digital workplace to other services and view them directly in your Igloo. Bring in a view of your Sharepoint, Slack, Google Calendars, and make that information easily accessible to members, ensuring that your Igloo is a single pane of glass to view all of your solutions. An integration strategy is vital at the start of your digital transformation, especially when thinking about what and how to migrate into your digital workplace. 

The…

Blogs are incredibly useful for sharing updates and announcements, highlighting to best practices, and gathering attention and information from people in your digital workplace. While wikis are great for capturing and storing information, blog articles let your members contribute their thoughts and ideas, and include a bit of personality.  

Whether using them for announcements or thought leadership, there are a lot of opportunities to monitor the kind of traction blogs have in your digital…