{"id":1554,"date":"2020-04-07T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2498005"},"modified":"2020-04-07T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T19:00:00","slug":"beekeeper-communications-platform-launches-free-coronavirus-specific-features-to-support-frontline-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/07\/beekeeper-communications-platform-launches-free-coronavirus-specific-features-to-support-frontline-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Beekeeper Communications Platform Launches Free Coronavirus-Specific Features To Support Frontline Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/3949-1586280476.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OAKLAND, Calif., April 7, 2020 &#8212; Beekeeper, the mobile-first communications platform for frontline workers, is releasing a host of new features for free for 2 months to help companies communicate with their employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. The rollout comes in response to a massive threefold increase in platform-wide activity since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new feature set is the most recent addition to the company&rsquo;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beekeeper.io\/en\/beekeeper-crisis-ready-communication?region=NA&amp;time=30days\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crisis-Ready Kit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a temporarily free Beekeeper product offering that was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/communications-platform-beekeeper-offers-free-crisis-ready-kit-to-companies-affected-by-coronavirus-301029385.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">released last month<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to help companies cope with the evolving health and regulatory situation. The new features include:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A tool for communicating shift schedules and scheduling changes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A mobile-first document library with useful document examples<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inline translations to coordinate across a multilingual workforce<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health-related forms to help employees report symptoms or request sick leave or personal protective equipment<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FAQ chatbots to educate employees about COVID-19 and best practices for health and safety<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve seen companies really pulling together to provide quality care and service, and to keep their teams safe. It&rsquo;s been inspiring to see how companies have responded to this crisis and we want to do our part to help them communicate and operate as effectively as possible in these difficult times. Together with our customers, we identified the key capabilities for companies to reach every single employee and give them the information and tools to address their needs in a single, pre-configured package,&rdquo; says Beekeeper&rsquo;s Chief Product Officer, Kees de Vos. <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The industries that have shown the steepest increase in weekly active users since the start of the pandemic include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health (+85%)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Logistics (+56%)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction (+45%)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manufacturing (+30%)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Government (+39%)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utilities (+27%)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beekeeper has set up an emergency rollout team to support new customers who need to reach their frontline workforce faster than ever before. The company has helped many businesses implement the platform in less than 48 hours, with more than 80% of the workforce being active on the platform within just 3 days after rollout.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interested companies should fill out the company&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beekeeper.io\/en\/beekeeper-crisis-ready-communication?region=NA&amp;time=30days\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crisis-Ready Kit form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and will be contacted shortly for information on how to get started.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressrelease.icrowdnewswire.com\/assets\/source\/users\/3949\/COVID-19-2.png?1586280341020\" alt=\"COVID-19-2\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/tag\/373164\/\" rel=\"tag\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/tag\/coroanvirus-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coroanvirus Business<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/tag\/employee-app\/\" rel=\"tag\">Employee App<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/tag\/employee-communication\/\" rel=\"tag\">Employee Communication<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/tag\/employee-engagement\/\" rel=\"tag\">Employee Engagement<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/tag\/frontline-workers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Frontline Workers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/tag\/hr\/\" rel=\"tag\">HR<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/tag\/internal-communication\/\" rel=\"tag\">internal communication<\/a><\/p>\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beekeeper.io\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.beekeeper.io<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Austin Sandmeyer<br \/>\naustin.sandmeyer@beekeeper.io<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/extended-distribution\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Extended Distribution<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Austin Sandmeyer<br \/>\naustin.sandmeyer@beekeeper.io<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/3949-1586280476.jpg\" alt=\"\">OAKLAND, Calif., April 7, 2020 &mdash; Beekeeper, the mobile-first communications platform for frontline workers, is releasing a host of new features for free for 2 months to help companies communicate with their employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. The rollout comes in response to a massive threefold increase in platform-wide activity since the start of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/04\/07\/beekeeper-communications-platform-launches-free-coronavirus-specific-features-to-support-frontline-workers\/\">Continue reading <span>Beekeeper Communications Platform Launches Free Coronavirus-Specific Features To Support Frontline Workers<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/07\/beekeeper-communications-platform-launches-free-coronavirus-specific-features-to-support-frontline-workers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-extended-distribution"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Beekeeper Communications Platform Launches Free Coronavirus-Specific Features To Support Frontline Workers - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/07\/beekeeper-communications-platform-launches-free-coronavirus-specific-features-to-support-frontline-workers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Beekeeper Communications Platform Launches Free Coronavirus-Specific Features To Support Frontline Workers - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"OAKLAND, Calif., April 7, 2020 &mdash; Beekeeper, the mobile-first communications platform for frontline workers, is releasing a host of new features for free for 2 months to help companies communicate with their employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. 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