One central platform to inform, support and connect 95 colleagues.
How non-profit Kom op tegen Kanker replaced an outdated intranet with Involv – a single starting point for a productive, connected working day.
Kom op tegen Kanker dreams of a world without cancer. Until that day, they fight and alleviate the disease, and use their expertise for a better policy on cancer. To be able to do all this, they mobilise as many people as possible.
The challenge
Early in 2021, the communication team of Kom op tegen Kanker started looking for a new intranet solution. They were struggling with several challenges they had already thoroughly mapped out. The project had been on the to-do list for years, but since Corona and the rise of remote work, the importance of internal communication had increased.
“On the one hand, the 95 employees lost too much time looking for information. There was no fixed place for information – everything was cast in news items, so colleagues had to search through old news permanently. In addition, the old intranet was not a fully-fledged communication channel: difficult to manage, not user-friendly, not attractive, with little interactivity, no segmentation and no access by mobile phone.”
Caroline VerschaerenEditor, Kom op tegen Kanker
Caroline VerschaerenA needs analysis also showed that people did not really know what their colleagues were doing; they couldn't find their way to each other and didn't feel properly connected. The new intranet therefore also had to become a social platform.
“So we saw three functions in the new intranet: inform (communication instrument), support (work instrument) and connect (social instrument). The intranet would become the central platform and most important internal communication channel – the starting point of the working day and the gateway to everything employees need.”
Why Involv
The team came across Involv after some online searching.
“The solution appealed because it offered a solution for the three functions we were looking for. In addition, we were already using Microsoft 365, so we could work within the same ecosystem and count on excellent integration with our current tools. The Involv demo also appealed to me immediately: not only did the system meet our needs, it also looked beautiful and user-friendly. Even the out-of-the-box package, without any modifications, would be a great solution for Kom op tegen Kanker.”
The result
After the demo, a personalised environment was set up for Kom op tegen Kanker, so management could also be involved and experience the added value of Involv for the organisation.
Involv Core was chosen, purchased at a non-profit discount thanks to the Involv donation programme. In terms of functionality, Involv Core offered everything to inform, support and connect people, meeting the needs of the organisation and its employees. The team did choose to apply extra styling so the intranet was perfectly attuned to the other communication channels of Kom op tegen Kanker.
The combination of those things – and a fantastic intranet launch by the communication team – ensured that the intranet was well received by employees, and it is now the starting point for a productive, connected working day.
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