Culture Coach Best Practices

Trying to decide what type of communities to create? Send a survey to find out more about everyone’s interests and create communities based on the top answers.
Company Parents, Pets, Foodies and Travelers can be great places to start.
To kick off the new community, make it personal. Share why you care about this topic and what you want to get out of it.
Pull people into the conversation by tagging them in posts and/or asking open-ended questions.

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Keep it simple! When setting up a contest, the easier the “ask,” the more responses you’ll see.
Consider incentivizing participation with prizes – company swag, points, gift cards, etc.
Encourage people to use a certain hashtag with their posts so it’s easy to tally the results.

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Have a dedicated space for peer-to-peer recognition to live.
Be a role model – recognize someone on your team and set a calendar reminder to do so regularly.
Add a photo or a fun gif to keep things exciting.
Try starting a recognition train – when someone is recognized, ask them to recognize someone else and keep the train moving!

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A few days before your meeting, send out a survey to collect questions and topics from your team.
Consider setting your survey to collect responses anonymously to get more candid responses.
Use your digital community to host an icebreaker ahead of time or to kick things off. Ask attendees to share a photo on a relevant topic. During the meeting, have people share why they chose the photo they shared.
Share resources like agendas or key takeaways in a channel where they won’t get buried by work-related posts.

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Keep it simple – the easier the ask, the more posts you’ll get.
It can be intimidating to go first. Ask a few friends to post right away to get things started.
React and comment on posts from other colleagues to encourage and reward people for participating.

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Next to each Culture Coach tip you’ll see a set of icons. They are your quick-reference guide for how the tip aligns to these categories:

Tip Icon Overview

Next to each Culture Coach tip you’ll see a set of icons. They are your quick-reference guide for how the tip aligns to these categories:

Which of Culture Coach’s 4 Key Actions does this most support?
- Find Commonality
- Show Appreciation
- Stay Informed
- Speak Up

How many participants are ideal?
- Small Group (<15)
- Medium Group (Dozens)
- Large Group (Hundreds)
- Any Group

How much are we asking participants to share?
- Low Depth
- Medium Depth
- High Depth