Bonfyre is a private social communication platform that helps companies improve employee engagement. It allows companies to create internal social networks for employees to communicate in real-time. Bonfyre combines simple usability with security features required by enterprises. It also provides analytics to help measure employee engagement. Bonfyre has helped companies like Marriott and Commerce Bank increase engagement among distributed employees. The founders believe Bonfyre can enhance human relationships in the workplace which is key to engagement.

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Company:
Bonfyre
Description:
Bonfyre is a private social
communication platform that augments
employee engagement around events,
project teams, employee groups, and
learning programs
Key Person:
Mark Sawyier
Co-Founder & CEO
Chris Dornfeld
Co-Founder & President
Website:
bonfyreapp.com
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Top 10 Employee Engagement Solution Providers 2016
I
n an era of increased corporate transparency,
workforce mobility, and dearth of skilled
labor—culture, engagement, and retention have
emerged as major focus areas for organizations.
The best companies are aiming to build and sustain a
culture of engagement, led by CEOs who understand
that employee engagement is not just a “nice to have”
but critical to achieving business results. Employee
Engagement is no more an enigmatic topic handled
by HR—it is a responsibility, which results in high
employee retention, lowering their turnover rates
and delivering better customer services, earning
more profits in long run.
The latest genre of vendors are providing culture
assessment tools, employee sentiment management
tools, pulse survey tools, and real-time employee
monitoring tools to guide leaders and supervisors
evaluate the situations within the workplace. These
advanced mechanisms ease the task of analyzing
employee engagement in the organizations.
Another ubiquitous trend is the usage of digital
and mobile approach in the businesses. Activating
digital platforms like social channels, internal
communications, company apps, and chat tools
also assist in improving employee engagement at
workplace.
To help CIOs find the right solution providers
among the exponential number of vendors, HR Tech
Outlook’s editorial board has reviewed top players
from a number of Employee Engagement solution
providers. In our selection we looked at the vendors’
capability to fulfill the burning need for cost-effective
and realistic Employee Engagement solutions that
add value to the HR ecosystem. We present to you
HR Tech Outlook’s “10 Most Promising Employee
Engagement Solution Providers 2016.”
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N
early 9 out of 10 employees believe that having a
culture of engaged and motivated employees are the
keys to a company’s success.(1)
Surprised? You shouldn’t be.
If your company is like most, the mission statement on the
corporate intranet or annual report states the value for each
employee. When pressed as to how this is demonstrated, most
companies point to their annual employee survey. You know
the one that carries consistently low participation numbers.
Historically, this is how companies have defined “employee
engagement”.
It doesn’t need to be this way...or stay this way, and Bonfyre
knows that.
Bonfyre, a private communications platform is transforming
the way companies build and measure employee engagement.
Companies can create one or many Bonfyre communities,
each a private social network, for real-time communication
that can be tailor-fit with dozens of advanced features. Bonfyre
combines a simple and delightful communication experience
with the security, control and customization required for the
enterprise—driving higher levels of engagement with today’s
mobile centric employee.
“Being engaged at work isn’t only about what you’re
doing.” stated Mark Sawyier, CEO and Co-Founder, Bonfyre.
“It’s also about who you are working with. Employee
engagement is all about human relationships and that is what
makes Bonfyre unique.”
Bonfyre empowers companies to connect with employees
in a more personal and human manner. With features to build
positive workplace relationships and effortless deployment,
Bonfyre is used to engage employees dynamically, irrespective
of location. “Once Bonfyre is launched, HR teams quickly
improve communication and generate real-time analytics to
measure engagement,” says Chris Dornfeld, Co-Founder and
President, Bonfyre.
Many times, the “Oh, now I get it!”
moment for what employee engagement
can mean for a company happens during
an event. With Bonfyre in hand, companies
build engagement leading up to, during
and, most importantly, weeks
and months following the event. “It’s an easy way to start.”
said Sawyier. “Once a client leverages the power of Bonfyre
for an event, employees enjoy the experience so much that
they continue to use the app, making their work lives more
productive and pleasurable. And when employees feel engaged,
stress decreases, cognition improves, and they become more
productive.”
Alongside leading companies like Marriott and Enterprise,
Bonfyre has helped many clients increase employee
engagement. Recently, Commerce Bank, a longstanding
financial services company, partnered with Bonfyre to celebrate
its 150th year in business. With offices located from Illinois
to Colorado, employees united in a virtual, festive setting
to share stories, post team photos and movies, express pride
in community service accomplishments and much more.
With employees of all ages participating, camaraderie and
engagement were at an all time high!
What does the future hold for Bonfyre?
Work has begun toward building tools to further increase
employee engagement and participation. Moreover, Bonfyre
is developing new search capabilities that allow employees to
quickly connect with other employees or information needed
to work faster and smarter. Finally, Bonfyre will soon launch
its enterprise-wide data visualization tools that aim to deliver
insights from data collected on the app. This intelligence
will give clients the information needed to make important
decisions. “We are disciplined in our focus to help our clients
engage their employees in innovative ways,” concludes
Sawyier.
Source: (1) Deloitte, “Culture in the Workplace”
88 percent of employees rank having engaged
and motivated employees as the top factor that
substantially contributes to a company’s success.
Only 15 percent of employees believe
strongly that their culture is widely upheld
within their own organizations.
Bonfyre
App-Based Employee Engagement
Once the app is deployed, HR teams
can improve communication and can
conduct analytics to measure employee
engagement
Mark Sawyier Chris Dornfeld