Blog | PollyDiscover how Polly can help you engage and empower your team.2024-02-16T11:29:53Z2024-02-16T11:29:53Zen7 Audience Engagement Strategies for Your Next Meeting2024-02-16T11:29:53Z2024-02-16T11:29:53Z<div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper">
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<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">We all want more audience engagement at our meetings. It’s no fun to be hosting a lunch & learn and find that there’s no questions from the audience, or to post on the internal team social media and get no interaction back.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">We all want more audience engagement at our meetings. It’s no fun to be hosting a lunch & learn and find that there’s no questions from the audience, or to post on the internal team social media and get no interaction back.</span></p>2024-02-16T11:29:53ZNicola Scoon11 Strategies to Help You Run More Interactive Meetings2024-01-22T06:57:36Z2024-01-22T06:57:36Z<div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper">
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<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">We’ve all been in meetings where most of the time is spent listening to one person speak, at length, about one topic. Even with the best attention span, these meetings can feel tiring, overwhelming, and dull.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">We’ve all been in meetings where most of the time is spent listening to one person speak, at length, about one topic. Even with the best attention span, these meetings can feel tiring, overwhelming, and dull.</span></p>2024-01-22T06:57:36ZNicola Scoon10 of the Best Employee Engagement Strategies To Try in 20242023-12-15T04:00:47Z2023-12-15T04:00:47Z<div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper">
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<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">High levels of employee engagement are something that most HR teams dream of. Engaged employees are happier, more productive, and can have a direct impact on your bottom line — but how do you keep everyone engaged?</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">High levels of employee engagement are something that most HR teams dream of. Engaged employees are happier, more productive, and can have a direct impact on your bottom line — but how do you keep everyone engaged?</span></p>2023-12-15T04:00:47ZNicola Scoon50 Unique and Intriguing Would You Rather Questions for Work2023-12-14T11:13:30Z2023-12-14T11:13:30Z<div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper">
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<p style="font-size: 16px;">Would you rather questions aren’t just for your family holiday party or getting to know a new friend or partner. They also work perfectly in the workplace.</p>
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<p style="font-size: 16px;">Would you rather questions aren’t just for your family holiday party or getting to know a new friend or partner. They also work perfectly in the workplace.</p>2023-12-14T11:13:30ZNicola Scoon11 of the Best Team Icebreakers for Remote Teams2023-11-29T15:00:00Z2023-11-29T15:00:00Z<div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper">
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<p style="font-size: 16px;">When you hear the phrase “team icebreaker,” your first thought might be those traditional activities like using uncooked spaghetti and marshmallows to build towers, or playing a game of charades that you really didn’t want to take part in.</p>
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<p style="font-size: 16px;">When you hear the phrase “team icebreaker,” your first thought might be those traditional activities like using uncooked spaghetti and marshmallows to build towers, or playing a game of charades that you really didn’t want to take part in.</p>2023-11-29T15:00:00ZNicola Scoon7 Ways to Conduct Better Culture Surveys2023-11-28T11:07:25Z2023-11-28T11:07:25Z<div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper">
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Every company has a culture, whether it’s a carefully designed and curated one or one that has developed completely naturally by accident. Your company culture is part of everything you are and do, from how you attract talent and onboard them to how your team members communicate with each other.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Every company has a culture, whether it’s a carefully designed and curated one or one that has developed completely naturally by accident. Your company culture is part of everything you are and do, from how you attract talent and onboard them to how your team members communicate with each other.</span></p>2023-11-28T11:07:25ZNicola Scoon9 Ways to Make Your Hybrid Remote Work Model Even Better2023-10-26T03:10:59Z2023-10-26T03:10:59Z<div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper">
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<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">It might sound like managing teams both in-person and remotely isn’t worth the extra work required, but that’s often not the case. In fact, a hybrid remote working model could be your best option if you need teams in the office or in the field. It offers you the benefits of both approaches, and helps balance the downsides of both too.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">It might sound like managing teams both in-person and remotely isn’t worth the extra work required, but that’s often not the case. In fact, a hybrid remote working model could be your best option if you need teams in the office or in the field. It offers you the benefits of both approaches, and helps balance the downsides of both too.</span></p>2023-10-26T03:10:59ZNicola Scoon11 Ways to Reduce Survey Fatigue and Increase Response Rates2023-10-17T10:32:31Z2023-10-17T10:32:31Z<div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper">
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<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">Although you might think every survey is highly valuable, chances are that your employees don’t share your point of view. If you’re always running surveys and asking for feedback, you might end up dealing with survey fatigue.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">Although you might think every survey is highly valuable, chances are that your employees don’t share your point of view. If you’re always running surveys and asking for feedback, you might end up dealing with survey fatigue.</span></p>2023-10-17T10:32:31ZNicola Scoon7 Expert Models to Help Level Up Team Effectiveness2023-09-27T12:19:01Z2023-09-27T12:19:01Z<div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper">
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<p style="font-size: 16px;">Every leader wants their team to work well together and reach their goals. Not only does this shared sense of teamwork lead to a boost in productivity levels, but it helps create lasting bonds of trust and dependability between team members. This is often known as team effectiveness.</p>
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<p style="font-size: 16px;">Every leader wants their team to work well together and reach their goals. Not only does this shared sense of teamwork lead to a boost in productivity levels, but it helps create lasting bonds of trust and dependability between team members. This is often known as team effectiveness.</p>2023-09-27T12:19:01ZNicola Scoon7 Ways to Give Autonomy in the Workplace Without Losing Productivity2023-09-15T10:26:11Z2023-09-15T10:26:11Z<div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper">
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<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">We’ve all experienced the pain of micromanagement and managers that don’t want to delegate any responsibility or power at all. As an employee in that situation, it can feel like you have no control over your work day.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">We’ve all experienced the pain of micromanagement and managers that don’t want to delegate any responsibility or power at all. As an employee in that situation, it can feel like you have no control over your work day.</span></p>2023-09-15T10:26:11ZNicola Scoon