The story sets before you speak
Restructures and incidents get an unofficial version first. Correcting one is harder than setting it.
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App tab 01 · Announcements
Official news,
Official news,
before the rumour
Shawts is a mobile app module in Tawasol for official announcements, multimedia updates, reactions, comments and replies to the organization. It connects this work to the organization’s shared structure and access controls, within a platform deployed on the organization’s own infrastructure or in a private cloud.
Instantpush deliveryOne feedeverything officialNo emailrequired
9:41● ● ◼
Tuesday, 9 September08:15
The updated policy is ready. Tap to read the official announcement.
Tap to open the Shawt↗Notification to full postone tap, inside the employee app
Product screens and counts are illustrative. Confirm supported controls, limitations and operating responsibilities for your deployment.
The problem
Rumour is faster than email
Deskless staff hear last
Email assumes a laptop. A noticeboard assumes somebody walks past it.
A slow channel gets skipped
Once people stop trusting official comms, the crisis alert lands somewhere they've learned to ignore.
What employees seeEverything official,
Everything official,
in one place
The actual employee interface—not another dashboard view.
Rich media feed
A message worth opening.
Bold text, lists, image galleries, video and links that turn live. A crisis alert doesn't have to look like a plain email.
✓Live push delivered09:14
Lock screen.
Right now.
It arrives the instant it publishes. Nothing buried under two hundred external emails.
Site B access updateTAWASOL · nowAccess is restricted until tomorrow. Tap to open.
Delivered to the selected shiftFind it weeks later
Search from the top bar, for when last month's announcement suddenly matters.
POLICYRevised overtime policy12 matches · 3 months ago
React and reply
Thumbs up, thumbs down, comments. Employees engage with the announcement itself.
Try a reactionA direct line upward
Message the organization by subject, from inside the app. No personal numbers, no guessing which department.
Message about↗ Workplace safety
Precise relevance
Only what concerns you
Employees receive what's targeted to their unit or group. Irrelevant messages are what annoy people, not notifications.
Filter the employee feed 14 relevant announcements
The argument
A channel has to be alive before you need it
Feeds carrying only policy updates and warnings train people to ignore them. Then the emergency arrives somewhere nobody opens.
Mix in a recognition, a new joiner, a photo from a site visit. The everyday content is what keeps the habit alive so the urgent content lands.
RecognitionNew joinersSite momentsUrgent updates
One working day
A day in the feed
Revised overtime policy
Push notification. Read in forty seconds, thumbs up.
The backlog cleared early
A colleague is recognised for clearing the backlog early. Two hundred people see it.
Site B access restricted
Site B access is restricted until tomorrow. Every shift supervisor has it before they leave.
FAQ
How does Shawts work?
Shawts covers official announcements, multimedia updates, reactions, comments and replies to the organization.
What employees experience when Shawts becomes the official feed.
It arrives by push notification the moment it is published, without waiting in an email queue or a manager cascade.
Yes. They can react with thumbs up or down, comment, or send a direct message to the organization by subject.
Yes. Global search from the top bar finds past announcements when they become relevant again.
No. Employees can sign in using the identifier your organization configures, such as Employee ID, badge number or mobile number.
Formatted text, lists, image galleries, video and links that become active automatically.
Targeting follows organizational units and groups, so employees receive the messages selected for them rather than every message sent.
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