Episode 024 - How To Keep Employees Engaged in the Time of COVID-19
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Episode 024 - How To Keep Employees Engaged in the Time of COVID-19

Summary

Finding creative ways to keep employees engaged and to do their work is not always easy when forced to work from home. Chris and Michael talk about some employee engagement tactics that sometimes work.
During this time of COVID-19 companies have to find creative ways to engage in their employees. As a leader, you have to find ways for your employees to engage with each other to to their job effectively.  Michael and Chris ponder ideas to provide ways to engage with employees and to sometimes make it fun when everyone is working at home.

Michael talks about building an accountability framework for his employees in his new position.  There was not one when he got to his company and he's built it out.

Chris gets us off the subject a little and starts talking about how he uses his Facebook - DFW Running Group as a testing ground for his B2B community he runs for work. Luckily, Michael brings us back to some key points.

Show notes and Tools that could be useful for Employee and Customer Engagement
  1. Facebook - DFW Running Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/424512757580264/ - Chris mentions this during his talk with Michael
  2. Icebreaker Video - https://icebreaker.video/ - Gather your peeps, spark new connections, and have fun together — no matter where you are.
  3. Remo - https://remo.co/ - Grow your revenue, and connect with your audience in the most interactive way online

Creators and Guests

Chris Detzel
Host
Chris Detzel
Chris is a versatile Digital Community Strategist with several years of experience. He has owned community vision, strategy, and execution. He is responsible for leading the development and execution of community engagement programs, creating compelling content for customer communities and acts as the voice of the customer. He believes that data should drive decisions as it is the key element of any long-term successful strategy.