4 ways DaVita improved its intranet

Individualize the apps display. Modernize the search engine. Tell a joke. Hear how this health care organization reinvented its employee portal.

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Is your intranet just a link farm nobody actually goes to for news? One that makes searching for information all but impossible?

If you’re looking for a better approach, listen to Kristin Hayek. Hayek manages internal communications for DaVita, a 65,000-teammate health care organization in Denver.

In this Ragan Training video, “Transform your site into a place where employees want to get company news,” Hayek outlines how her organization transformed an internal “link farm” into a useful information portal that better informs employees.

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She also tells how DaVita communicated the changes in its intranet, The VillageWeb, to employees.

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