Microsoft and Slack have a history that goes back to 2016 when Microsoft attempted to purchase Slack. The deal did not materialize, and in response, Microsoft created its collaboration tool, Microsoft Teams. Slack and Microsoft Teams boast 12 million and 13 million daily active users, respectively – a direct result of the pandemic and the increase in remote work.

Certainly yes, why not? We all know that the HR teams are the backbone of offices of all shapes and sizes, as they are the ones who identify and bring potential and skilful resources to the company. The automation of the HR workflows would beyond any doubt, help the HR department save time from doing the repetitive mundane tasks of talent acquisition, hiring, employee onboarding, employee management, payroll, performance appraisals, and others.

The scale of the not-for-profit (NFP) sector in Australia continues to grow. With the global crisis, there is a great opportunity to innovate, rethink, and venture out for the future of the sector. Last December 9, 2021, Convene sponsored a panel discussion about the investment of NFPs in innovation during these times. The session is part of the Governance Institute of Australia‘s (GIA) Not-for-Profit Governance Forum 2021.

An internal investigation recently uncovered a vulnerability (identified as CVE-2022-21706) in Zulip’s invitation links. Specifically, a reusable invitation link could be used to join a different organization than the one it was created for. As a result, there was a potential for users to join any organization without an invitation (and bypassing domain restrictions). This vulnerability was discovered by the Zulip security team, and has now been fixed for all Zulip Cloud organizations.

Meetings shouldn’t keep you from your “real work.” If structured right, meetings *are* where work gets done.

When we hear the phrase “Employee Experience,” several questions come to mind. First and foremost, what is it? Is it a top-of-a-mountain, mystical experience, where the employee discovers their value, worth, and employer appreciation? The simple answer is “Yes.” According to a Gallup report,” The employee experience is the journey an employee takes with your organization.

The digitalization of businesses is growing at a rapid pace. Customers demand that products and services be available 24/7 throughout the year. Because of this demand, customer service chatbots are becoming increasingly popular among businesses. A chatbot is a software program that uses Artificial Intelligence and Machine language to operate. A customer service chatbot is being used in the e-commerce business for improved customer service.

Marking up notification emails with HTML out of the 1990s has always been an annoyance, but now notifications need to span across additional channels such as SMS, Slack, Microsoft Teams, mobile push, web push, etc. They also need to accommodate more dynamic use cases like magic login links, multi-language notifications, and location based alerts that have caused the content formatting challenge to become far more complicated and cumbersome.

Your company probably has a strong set of values around things like inclusion, diversity, and sustainability. And like most companies, with a few positive changes, they can do a much better job living those values. That’s where you come in! For an organization to transition from solely preaching its values to living them, there must be people within who facilitate that initial change, especially around social initiatives like diversity and sustainability.