The “Backyard”: Behind the scenes at an award-winning intranet

Yahoo’s intranet “Backyard” won Ragan’s 2015 Best Overall Intranet Award. Why? Their site boasts some impressive stats. Over 85% of employees visit the intranet daily and this number continues to grow! More than 90% of employees consider the site their main source of company news. Bringing this content to life means adding elements to surprise and delight employees. Attend this session to learn how Yahoo incorporates original content and interesting graphics into their intranet communications to spark collaboration, innovation, strong engagement and much more.

Key Highlights:

  • Why a graphic designer is your secret weapon to create content that keeps employees coming back
  • How to foster an internal-employee-first mentality to create top notch content
  • To give employees something to look forward to: Create an original content series that highlights the great work of leaders and individual contributors
  • Carolyn Clark
    VP, Corporate Marketing & Internal Communications
    Simpplr