Beacon was born out of our wealth of knowledge and experience delivering complex SharePoint intranets, portals and comms sites to enable more engaging employee experiences by providing what we have discovered are the most valuable solutions for all clients.
Those key challenges Beacon answers for all internal communicators, digital channel managers and SharePoint engineers are to:
- Design standout SharePoint sites that look better than normal SharePoint
- Simplify news management across global organisations
- Offer news personalisation tailored for the individual
- Manage business mandated tools while customising favourite links and apps for employees
Beacon offers a comprehensive suite of features designed to enhance the employee experience and increase engagement within an organisation. It serves as the core tool, integrating various functionalities to address multiple challenges.
The best part, it’s all delivered within Teams and SharePoint. No need to go to yet another platform or app outside of M365. Keeping collaboration and communication where your employees already work.
Branding & Design
Make your intranet sites and pages look more like your brand with a wide range of design webparts that provide better employee engagement and simplified user experience.
News Management & Personalisation
Enable internal comms teams to plan, create and track employee news while giving employees the capability of personalising how they view their newsfeed.
Customised Links & Tools
Provide a clean and simple way of saving quick links and favourite tools within one safe place.
Discover Beacon
Click through the image and learn about each design component.
Showcase Banner
Great for clients looking for improved engagement with important announcements, feedback, collections or promotions - helping important 'call to action' messages stand out on the page.
Content Highlight (Carousel)
Great for showcasing multiple pieces of content in a compact space, ensuring users see key information without overwhelming them with too much information at once.
Content Highlight (Block Colour Cards)
Great for showcasing content from a single site or across multiple sources in a compact view.
Section Background (customer border)
Great for adding a pop of brand colour to sections. Use a custom border to create stylish brand transitions between sections.
MyTools
Great for pinning favourite and frequented tools, as well as business mandatory apps.
My Newsfeed
Great for creating personalised news experience, allowing employees to engage with relevant content while customisable notifications keep them informed without overwhelming.
Rich Content (Masonry Grid)
Great for highlighting achievements, goals or statistics in a visually engaging format.
Section Background (Image & Custom Border)
Great for brands with distinctive shapes, like slants or curves. Create dynamic, custom-shaped sections that add a unique visual flair.
Media Experience
Great for embedding media (podcasts, social media feeds or training videos) from platforms like Spotify and YouTube directly onto a page.
Section Background
Great for adding a pop of brand colour to sections, drawing attention to key areas and creating a cohesive, branded look.
How Beacon Compares
* Microsoft Brand Centre is still in a beta phase. While custom fonts have been introduced, colours are not yet available. Switching to the Brand Centre can cause issues with existing Organisation Asset libraries.
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