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Probably one of the three: an app to talk to coworkers, an app to talk to your friends, or an in-app chat where you engage in conversations with customers. Due to the newest Digital Markets Act issued by the EU Parliament and Council, the Big Tech gatekeepers will have to open their APIs to interoperate with other messaging platforms. This means that users will have more choice: they will not be limited to use the household name just because others use it.
One of the biggest complaints from internal communications professionals is that employees don’t read their content. My next question is always, “do you know why?” The resounding answer is that employees are busy and don’t have time to read everything. This especially comes up when discussing an all-employee company newsletter. The average newsletter open rate is approximately 65-68%.
In this new era of work, leaders have an opportunity to equip teams with clarity, alignment, and focus. Today, we’re proud to unveil a suite of new enhancements designed to help you do just that. According to the 2022 Anatomy of Work Index, workers spend 58% of their time on work about work, with 42% suffering from burnout and imposter syndrome at the same time.
During annual general meetings, your organization does not only present your financial reports and plans to your shareholders or members. Instead, you allow them to voice out and discuss company matters with you. After all, what is a meeting if it’s only one-way? AGMs are an avenue to strengthen your relationship with your shareholders and members. Fostering engaging discussions creates better conversations that would benefit both sides.
Back in March, we announced the first beta release of Element Call, our voice and video conferencing app powered entirely by Matrix. Since then, not only have we been busily using it for all our own internal small-group meetings (it currently only works with up to eight participants - give or take) but we’ve also been working hard on improving and updating it. That makes it really exciting to announce our first major update to Element Call: Beta 2. So, what does this update bring?
For the record, this is not another blog post about how multitasking and working under pressure are good team member qualities: leave those to the 80s! People tend to believe employees must work really hard to be considered good, but when it comes to effective teams, there are other important teamwork skills that matter, all while maintaining good levels of employee satisfaction.
