Deepening Social Connections

Changing Lives for Good®

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One telling study showed that lack of social connection is a greater detriment to health than obesity, smoking, and high blood pressure. On the flip side, strong social connection leads to a 50% increased chance of longevity. Social connections strengthen our immune system helping us recover from diseases faster, and may even lengthen our life. People who feel more connected to others have lower rates of anxiety and depression. Social connectedness, therefore, generates a positive feedback loop of social, emotional and physical well-being.

“Take care of your employees. They’ll take care of your business.”

Sir Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Group

Strengthening social connections with Virgin Pulse

Overall, social connectedness and positive relationships point to benefits such as better physical health, a longer life span, better mental health. Virgin Pulse capabilities not only helps members connect with their colleagues at work, but also with friends and family outside of work. Our social network community provides fun competitions and motivates users to both initiate and stick with healthy habits that lead to achievement of their wellbeing goals.

Get results

62%

of organisations observed improvements in employee engagement and morale.

68%

More than two-thirds of members reported a decrease in stress levels after using the Virgin Pulse programme.

84%

of our members developed more positive daily habits with Virgin Pulse.

Virgin Pulse Social Experience

Virgin Pulse's new social experience landing page brings all of our social features into one which makes it easy to navigate and where members can find that social connection they are looking for by engaging with their peers doing fun challenges, chat in like-minded groups, or give each other shoutouts for a job well done. This social experience improves social connectedness for employees and increases employee motivation and engagement by surfacing what members want to see first.

Cross-sponsor challenges

Cross sponsor challenges build on our existing challenge framework to help employees build healthy habits. Players compete on small teams against teams at other organizations in either a basic, destination or stage challenges. Employers can boost employee engagement with the Cross Sponsor Challenge, which builds on our existing challenge framework and offers an enhanced sense of community and support. This new feature allows customers to compete against another team from a different company. Presentation2

Wellbeing experience for your employees, their family and friends

Virgin Pulse transforms the health and wellbeing of organisations, their people and their families and friends by empowering, inspiring and engaging them to make small, achievable changes in their daily routine that lead to outcomes. To encourage high engagement and social connections, our member can invite up to 10 Friends & Family to participate in a limited experience.

Create a culture of recognition with shoutouts

Capitalising on the psychological power of giving and receiving recognition, Shoutouts are a simple and valuable forum to build connectiveness and a culture of recognition in an organisation. Shoutouts on the Virgin Pulse platform is a recognition tool that highlights and celebrates the accomplishments of colleagues in a public forum - where others can see, like and comment!

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Content sharing

Members can share our daily content cards on their mobile devices with our internal social network, as well as on external sources such as Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook Messenger, Pinterest, HipChat, text message, and email.

Social Group Boards

Boost motivation and accountability among employees who share a common wellness goal! Social Group Boards are an effective way to create a sense of community and accountability with their peers on the Virgin Pulse platform, resulting in increased engagement and healthier habits. Employees can join and create on-platform affinity groups based on interests, clubs, and much more!

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