Highly Praised for Contributions to Raising Employee Morale in a Period of Great Change Due to the Pandemic and Business Integration
LINE Fukuoka Corporation (“LINE Fukuoka”; Location: Hakata Ward, Fukuoka; Representative Director, President, and Chief Executive Officer: Yusuke Suzuki) is pleased to announce that the company has received the Silver Award in the Web/App Based Internal Communication Planning Unit Division at the Internal Communication Awards 2021, which recognizes companies for outstanding internal communication projects.
■ About the Award
• Division: Web/App Based Internal Communication Planning Unit (Web/アプリ社内報部門 企画単体)
• Project: “The Past and Future of LINE Fukuoka“
• Result: Silver Award (8th place out of 55 total projects)
• Project overview: The project received its award for interviewing roughly 30 company leaders about LINE Fukuoka’s trajectory as it celebrated its seventh anniversary while facing major changes, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and business integration with Z Holdings.
The company’s history and the personality of the interviewees is clearly conveyed. The project received praise as an effective approach to addressing concerns from employees facing major changes, as well as for its success in going beyond one-way information delivery by gathering employee feedback and creating communication with employees.
■ Excerpt of Remarks from Internal Communication Awards 2021 Judges
• Great care was taken in each step of the process, including advance information collection, conducting interviews that provided a deep-dive based on that information, creating articles that are cohesive and well-structured for smooth reading, and post-project surveys as well as the delivery of those results and summarized articles. The final product is fit for a special communication project to celebrate a company anniversary.
• The project, which provided a wide variety of special content as the company celebrated its seventh anniversary during a period of drastic change due to the pandemic and business integration, carried out a major role in contributing to internal communications.
■ About the Internal Communication Awards
The Internal Communication Awards (社内報アワード) are an annual ceremony held by wis works, Inc. (a company specialized in internal communications) where companies across Japan are awarded for outstanding internal communication initiatives.
Moving forward, LINE Fukuoka will continue to pursue internal communication initiatives in order to create an organization that is strong and united even during periods of major change like the pandemic.
■ Reference
The LINE Fukuoka Press (LINE Fukuoka’s owned media) blog has a collection of the company’s internal communication projects.
• WFH communication ideas that create cross-department exchange
• Creative team strengthening under WFH conditions
• The annual LINE Family Day Event where family members of employees are invited to our office
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■ Company Overview
Company name: LINE Fukuoka Corporation
Location: JRJP Hakata Bldg. 12F, 8-1 Hakataekichuogai, Hakata Ward, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
Representative: Yusuke Suzuki, Representative Director, President, and CEO
Capital: JPY 490 million (As of January 2018)
Established: November 18, 2013
Business activities: All development, creation, operational, planning, and sales activities for LINE and related services.
https://linefukuoka.co.jp/en/