{"id":3843,"date":"2023-06-13T13:18:52","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T13:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learn.brightbreaks.com\/learn\/?p=3843"},"modified":"2023-06-21T15:43:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T15:43:18","slug":"employee-experience-manager-emily-brunelle-employee-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learn.brightbreaks.com\/learn\/blog\/employee-experience-manager-emily-brunelle-employee-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Engaging a team of 350 employees: Emily Brunelle, Employee Experience Manager at Bloomerang shares advice"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3843\" class=\"elementor elementor-3843\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f67a94 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5f67a94\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a5e912 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a5e912\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Emily Brunelle, the Employee Experience Manager at Bloomerang sat down with myself and a few other Bright Breaks customers this month to discuss employee engagement.<\/p><p>Bloomerang has been a Bright Breaks customer since November of 2022. Our program quickly became a success across the company and continues to be a favourite well-being initiative among employees.\u00a0<\/p><p>Emily is at the helm of Bright Breaks&#8217; success at Bloomerang &#8211; her taking the time to chat with us was a real treat!<\/p><h2>Middle School Teacher Turned Employee Experience Manager<\/h2><p>How does teaching kids relate to employee engagement?<\/p><p>According to Emily, there are striking similarities between her previous profession as a middle school English teacher and her current career in employee experience.\u00a0<\/p><p>&#8220;I am really passionate about how to engage and motivate people, because that&#8217;s all teaching is, is motivating the kids to do the work you really need them to do&#8230; and honestly employee engagement is not that different, they might seem like worlds away but those skills are more transferrable that you would think. &#8216;How can I make people feel happy, safe and healthy so that they can do good work?'&#8221;\u00a0<\/p><p>Emily first dipped her toe in the world of employee experience\u00a0 when she volunteered to chair her company&#8217;s culture committee at a small tech startup. Five years, two title changes and a merger later, Emily is now the Employee Engagement Manager at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomerang.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomerang<\/a>, a 350 employee software company that serves nonprofit organizations.\u00a0<\/p><p>I sat down with Emily to chat about her experience and advice around employee engagement, including how Bloomerang gets the most out of Bright Breaks.\u00a0<\/p><p>See the 45 minute info-packed discussion below.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e012f80 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e012f80\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-560d4ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"560d4ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/835524433?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"Employee Engagement: Bright Breaks Champion Chat June 8, 2023 with Emily Brunelle\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfb2104 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dfb2104\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d4095d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d4095d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h2>Bloomerang&#8217;s Employee Engagement Tools, Activities and Initiatives<\/h2><p>Watch the video to learn more about:<\/p><ul><li>Tools Emily and her team rely for employee engagement<ul><li>Bright Breaks, 7-minute live well-being breaks automatically suggested in employees&#8217; work calendars<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donut.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donut<\/a>, a Slack integration that encourages connection<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uncommongiving.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uncommon Giving<\/a>, a platform that empowers employees to contribute to charitable causes<\/li><li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.snappy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Snappy<\/a>, a platform that makes giving employees meaningful rewards and gifts easy<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/slack.com\/apps\/A021H4HSEGL-swell?tab=more_info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swell<\/a>, a friction-free employee pulse survey Slack integration\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>\u00a0Employee engagement activities at Bloomerang<ul><li>Annual wellness challenge that includes Bright Breaks<\/li><li>&#8216;Bloom U&#8217;, a year-round program inviting employees to teach master classes based on personal skills for the rest of the company<\/li><li>Company-wide gifting<\/li><li>Employee Recognition program<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Bloomerang&#8217;s Culture Committee<\/li><\/ul><p>&#8230;and much more!<\/p><p>If you&#8217;re in the world of HR and employee experience, you&#8217;ll enjoy Emily&#8217;s candid talk around all things employee engagement.\u00a0<\/p><h2>Listen to More Bright Breaks Customers<\/h2><p>If you&#8217;d love to hear more from other HR leaders at companies who use Bright Breaks, <a href=\"https:\/\/brightbreaks.com\/blog\/tag\/bright-breaks-champion-chat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">see other champion chats here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emily Brunelle, the Employee Experience Manager at Bloomerang sat down with myself and a few other Bright Breaks customers this month to discuss employee engagement. 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