F8, San Jose, 19th April 2017 – Groovy Gecko, specialist webcast provider, today announced that it is partnering with Facebook to enable richer communication using Live video on Workplace, its collaboration platform that helps organizations get more done.
As part of Facebook’s F8 event this week, Workplace has announced a number of new integrations and partnerships. As part of that, Groovy Gecko is partnering with Facebook to help Workplace users deliver a range of rich and engaging Live and on-demand video on the platform.
Groovy Gecko has developed a solid technology platform and workflows for delivering live, fully interactive webcasts into social media platforms, including Facebook. It has extensive experience delivering video into similar platforms for a wide range of clients across the globe, having delivered over 185 since April 2016.
“Internal communications are becoming increasingly important for companies across every sector imaginable,” commented Jake Ward, Business Development Director, Groovy Gecko. “Workplace has a unique selling point in its alignment with Facebook, which has over 1.86 billion monthly active users. Employees don’t need to learn how to use yet another new platform, they are already extremely familiar with it.”
Workplace is being used across multiple industries and in 77 different languages by organisations on every single continent, including Antarctica. The latest integrations and partnerships were announced at F8 (https://www.fbf8.com/), the Facebook Developer Conference in San Jose.
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