Improve Holiday Morale in Your Office with Digital Signage

The pamphlets and dull print-outs for many years were a big part of internal communication. Now, they are a thing of the past. Taking their place is creative content and digital signage, as companies find more innovative ways to communicate with the staff.

Powerful, yet fun, digital signage can enhance your team’s morale and inspire a sense of pride and loyalty. What’s more, digital signage is versatile and easy to customize. With the holiday season coming up, here are some ways to use corporate digital signage to improve your team’s holiday morale during this period.

1. Spruce Up the Lobby

First impressions matter. How about a warm welcome in festive cheer to usher in your employees. You can be as playful as you’d like with the words and graphics, granted it helps to create that warm atmosphere. Further, create such a mood for everyone when they walk in, and they’ll be in a great mood all day and be their most productive.

2. Hype Up the Office Holiday Parties

Office parties help foster a more friendly work environment by bringing together the whole team to mingle freely. The end of the year can be a hectic time as everyone tries their best to meet end-of-year goals. Above all, it can all get so overwhelming, and an office party is perfect for easing the tension and reinvigorate your team.

An office holiday party is a big deal, and you should make a big deal of it. Use creative graphics for the party announcement and schedule for its display on any number of screens in your office. Again, get everyone excited about what you have planned for the party, be it a live band performance or interactive games. Will it be a themed party? What’s the dress code?

Your staff will be looking forward to the party in excitement. Additionally, they will get through every day, knowing it’s bringing them closer to the big day.

3. Post Upcoming Events

Gift exchange is a big part of the holidays. In fact, you can do it in so many different ways, with secret Santa remaining to be the one of the most popular.

Whether you are doing secret Santa this year, a gift hunt, or draw a number gift grab, get everyone excited about the gift exchange with your digital signage. Your signage content should inform the team how the gift exchange will go, and when that should be. Moreover, make it even more interesting and share an animated video of what everyone is expected to do for the gift exchange.

Gifts are always a welcome token of appreciation. Therefore, looking forward to it will have your team in great spirits, and getting a thoughtful gift will certainly help improve holiday morale.

4. Employee Recognition

Celebrating every small win, big or small, is always a great way to boost your team’s morale and motivate them to do even better. Have an awards ceremony as part of your end-of-year office party to celebrate the contributions of your staff.

Actually, a custom “employee of the year” digital signage graphic will definitely stand out. Recognition with a moment to shine on the big screen is a sure morale booster. Celebrate as many of your team members as you’d wish, with a video collage.

5. The Year in Review

Look back at your year with the rest of the team with pictures and videos from different times. Remember when you signed on that big client you have been after for a while? In addition, share pictures from that day and remind your team how their efforts played into these successes. How about when you officially opened your latest branch a few months ago?

Reliving these moments in nostalgia will certainly reinvigorate your team. Looking back at the milestones achieved will give your team a reason to celebrate and make merry, and at the same time motivate them to strive for even better.

6. Live Social Media

Select a great caption for your office holiday party and have your team post throughout the event using this caption. What’s more, you can use these real-time posts for your video walls and display them throughout the party. Your team will love seeing their photos and texts on the big screen.

Make it interactive and encourage everyone to share what they think of the party as they use the caption. Again, encourage everyone, right from the top management, to participate in this exercise, so it’s more involving and fun. No doubt about it, everyone else will feel more comfortable sharing their goofy pictures from the party if the CEO shares their own.

This holiday season, use digital signage in the ways highlighted above and more to improve your team’s holiday morale. Also, you can achieve this by creating a fun atmosphere and encouraging social bonding. Make every day of this season as such, and put some extra effort towards the office party, and you will have a happy team ready to take on next year.