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Sparrow Connected

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What is Sparrow Connected?

Sparrow Connected is a corporate communications software application that provides extended capabilities to MS SharePoint and Microsoft Teams. It can be used in Intranets to bring user-targeted content and other capabilities. Sparrow Connected for Teams turns Microsoft Teams into a more effective internal communications hub, so everyone in the organization can be reached right where they do their work and connect the entire company.

With it, the user can reach everyone in the organization right where they do their work and connect the entire company. It can be used to send targeted news to each individual employee tailored to their role, location and interests; also, target entire departments or project teams to ensure that everyone stays in the know. Notify all employees when posting urgent communications and indicate when something is a required read, breaking news or needs to be acknowledged by each staff member. Then, monitor who has read and acknowledged information to understand the effectiveness of communication.

Also available, Sparrow Crisis Center, is a Microsoft Teams native app for tracking employee safety and communicating with employees during emergencies. As a component of an emergency action plan, Sparrow Crisis Centre sends emergency alert notifications and monitors employee safety via Microsoft Teams. It can be used to account for employees during and after a safety incident, maintain two-way communication with employees or employee groups during a crisis, or run drills to ensure an organization is ready in the event of an emergency, with targeting of departments, groups, offices and regions.

Sparrow Crisis Communication:

Targeted Alerts - Send instant alerts to targeted employee groups, departments, locations and individuals.

Geolocation Tracking - Confirm team members’ whereabouts via geolocation sharing.

Status Confirmation - Confirm that employees are safe. Team members can respond to alerts via MS Teams Chat and Text Message (SMS).

Broadcast Alerts - Send one-way emergency notifications and alerts to an organization.

Incident Report - Account for employees during and after an incident with a bird-eye view report. Easily compile detailed incidents report in PDF format that can be archived and saved as records of how the organization handles incidents.

Customizable Responses - Deliver instructions based on the response to an alert.



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Deployment TypesSaaS
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android

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What is Sparrow Connected?
Sparrow Connected is an internal communications app, providing a range of employee engagement features such as personalized newsfeeds to robust read-analytics. It connects mobile employees and is designed to enable teams to communicate strategically.
What are Sparrow Connected's top competitors?
Jive, Microsoft Viva Engage, and Workplace from Meta (discontinued) are common alternatives for Sparrow Connected.