Giving employees the ability to express themselves is very empowering. By doing this, employees naturally learn to trust the organization and form a connection with peers and the company's values, creating a pleasant environment for all employees and the organization as a whole.

But how can companies empower employees this way? The answer is simple: Zoho Connect is a platform built for this. With familiar social features and dedicated tools for internal communication, employee recognition, knowledge sharing, file management, automation, and advanced admin functions, Connect is the perfect solution for elevating the employee experience in your organization.  

Our main goal is to help organizations build an informed workforce and assist teams and employees across hierarchies at every step along the way to achieve individual and collective goals.  


Features

Communication for dynamic teams 
With familiar social-media themed Feeds, you can start conversations with co-workers, @mention users, or groups; like, comment, share, and follow co-workers; or start a poll to find out what your team thinks.

Use the Company Wall to stay up-to-date with the latest developments, announcements from company executives, company events, and important news. 

Additionally, create meetings, view team schedules, and hold video conferences with your team members.

Collaborative spaces to streamline work
Organize teams into groups, discuss, share ideas, and work together. Use the built-in apps or integrations to ensure your team has what they need to accomplish their goals.

A bird's eye view of everything important
Use the customizable Dashboard to keep everything important in one place. Choose from an array of widgets to create an information architecture that's easy on the eye, relevant, and accessible for all employees. 

Recognition where it is due
With our peer-to-peer recognition module, you can recognize peers and managers for their contribution. A simple "Good Job" or a "Thank You" can go a long way in making anyone's day, and with Connect, you have the option to award badges to each other and let gratitude drive your interactions with other members of the organization.

Company-wide live broadcasts, simplified
Use live broadcast to elevate employee engagement and internal communications. From company-wide updates to interactive Q&A sessions with the leadership, to internal training, reach 10,000 plus employees in one go. Ensure that all your employees feel like they belong in the organization, helping you build a more cohesive company culture.

Easily accessible information
Use the built-in knowledge management and document repository to share policies, guides, goals, and values. Build an archive for employees to draw on when needed.

Bridging the gap 
Use Town Halls and Live Broadcasts to conduct regular AMAs with company leadership or topic experts. Cultivate transparency, build trust, and co-create a healthy company culture.

Exclusive space for idea sharing 
Inspiration can come from anywhere. Using the Ideas module in Zoho Connect, employees have a platform to share ideas and tap into their collective potential. Users can vote on and comment to show support for an idea, making it easier to plan, prioritize, and implement it. 

Work plans help you get ahead
Whether it's a team project or a personal to-do list, you can create a work plan using Kanban-style task Boards. Break complex projects into smaller tasks, assign them to the right people, set priority levels, and track the progress of work, so you and your team can focus on what's important.

Create positive feedback loops
Run employee surveys to take the pulse of your organization. Get an understanding of what employees require, and incorporate their feedback to ensure they're engaged and happy at work.
	
A schedule that you can carry anywhere
From personal appointments and team meetings to the office football tournament, you can create events in Connect's calendar and invite colleagues. Track who will be attending using the RSVP feature. 

Automate work to improve productivity
Build custom apps to solve use cases such as work-related bookings and travel, register details of new hires, or gather the details on the volunteers for your charity programs. Through Workflows and Schedulers, you can automate regular and repetitive work.

Bring your apps together
Get the Zoho advantage. Connect integrates with multiple apps within the Zoho ecosystem to provide you with a seamless experience. Through integrations with popular apps like Zapier, Trello, Google Drive, and more, you can keep track of what's going on without switching tabs. 

Advanced admin capabilities
Decentralize admin responsibilities and assign them to employees using custom roles, automate adding users to groups/boards using workflow-based dynamic membership, and gain insights on your intranet performance with richer analytics.

Never miss an update, but don't let them overwhelm you
With push notifications from Zoho Connect, you'll never miss anything important at your workplace. You can also customize the activities that you need to stay informed about.


Benefits:

Unify people and processes by streamlining all internal communications, keeping everyone up to speed on company information and automating mundane work.

Boost employee engagement by creating a culture of recognition and gratitude. Build transparency and gain trust through regular communications between management and employees.

Through the built-in document repository and knowledge base, you can ensure that all information is accessible, and you create an environment that's conducive to learning and sharing.

Propel innovation by encouraging ideas and solutions from all sides. Bring team interactions to your screen by using Connect as a stage for employees to discover expertise and keep learning.

Simplify onboarding by aligning new hires to the company's values and culture, and also by giving them a platform to express themselves and build healthy relationships within the organization.

Break down silos by letting communication flow freely and helping employees get to know others, regardless of hierarchies. 

Extend collaboration beyond your organization by creating a community for your partners, vendors, agents, and customers, or any other collaborator or stakeholder who impacts your business.

Create an open culture where interactions are transparent and friendly, where employees and management trust each other, and employee well-being is at the forefront of the company's values.