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6 tips for creating more inclusive surveys

Now more than ever inclusion is a measure of workplace culture and inequality across industries. But what does it mean in the context of survey creation? From their language to their respondent experience, the best surveys are built to be inclusive. In a broad sense, this means surveying with empathy, respect, and clear motives. You create an inclusive survey when you’re thoughtful about how you ask respondents about things like religious affiliation, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

3 Actionable Takeaways from the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Content Services Platforms (CSP)

It’s that time of year again and the ubiquitous analyst firm has just released the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Content Services Platforms (CSP). Our team is proud to report that M-Files is positioned as the most visionary solution on this year’s quadrant — the ninth consecutive year on the quadrant altogether. Pat on the back. But while we here at M-Files are always keen to see where we land, the report serves as an invaluable tool for the business community at-large.

Mattermost integrations: Sending and receiving data with the Mattermost API

In the first three installments in this series, you learned how to send and request data with outgoing webhooks, incoming webhooks, and slash commands. In this article, you learn how to do this with the Mattermost API. Setting up webhooks or slash commands in Mattermost is very easy. Using the Mattermost API requires a few more steps. At the same time, the API is way more versatile and powerful than the other methods. Once you have made your first connection to the API, you will love it!

Courier Live: Supercharging Webhooks Part Deux

Shyamal Ruparel from Contentful joins Aydrian to continue working on sending notifications to subscribers of a blog powered by Contentful. Click "Show More" to jump to key moments in the video. Courier: The smartest way to design & deliver notifications. Design once, deliver to any channel with one API. Contentful: The content platform for the digital-first era

Why Choose Simpplr - The Best Employee Intranet Software for Today

According to Gartner, 9 out of 10 intranets fail. That’s a lot. We’re here to turn that statistic around – which is why Simpplr is backed by research to prevent intranet failure. The Simpplr employee intranet is purpose-built out of the box. Because heavy technical platform approaches just don’t work. It’s not just about rolling out an intranet software – it’s about rolling out the right one. We’re easy to use and enterprise-grade, which is part of why Simpplr is widely regarded as the best intranet software available. Simple design and easy usability are in our DNA.

Why we built Mattermost Cloud

Mattermost Cloud offers our trusted Mattermost self-managed collaboration platform as a software-as-a-service and removes the burden of administration. Organizations are adopting cloud strategies and moving to cloud software. There are costs associated with hosting and securing software, especially in a highly available environment. Deploying and maintaining a self-hosted environment requires expertise and an upfront investment of infrastructure.

How centralized communication helps your customer retention

Communicating efficiently has been both a challenge and a priority for most companies. Especially in times of covid-19, team collaboration has become a crucial issue for businesses wishing to emerge victorious from these hard times. But how to simplify communication flows between employees while improving customer retention? Certainly shopping behavior has suffered major changes this year, with a vertiginous growth in online shopping, but this doesn’t mean that selling became any easier.

New: Connect distributed teams at scale

What does it mean to be connected in a time when teams and tools are more distributed than ever? According to research[1], today’s enterprise workers switch between an average of 10 apps 25 times per day to execute work, resulting in unconnected communication, reduced efficiency, and duplicative work. In other words, instead of effectively moving work forward, many are stuck context switching and moving work back and forth between tools in a struggle to collaborate effectively.