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Employee engagement software

Engagement software that runs the program, not just the survey.

Surveys tell you what's wrong. ChangeEngine runs everything around them: the recognition, the moments, the culture campaigns and the follow-through people actually feel, then measures what moved. From our app, or the AI assistant you already use.

Surveys, recognition, events and campaigns in one place · 75+ HRIS integrations
Works insidethrough the ChangeEngine MCP
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Engagement, this month
your review: 20 min
MON
Pulse survey to 900, results by team Friday
TUE
11 work anniversaries celebrated, e-gifts sent
WED
Town hall invite with manager talking points
THU
You-said-we-did update to every team that responded
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Why engagement scores stall

The survey isn't the program

Most teams run a survey, share the results and hope. Engagement moves when people feel seen every week, and when they can see their feedback changed something.

After the survey

Nothing visibly changes

Close the loop automatically: what you heard, what's changing and when, by team.

Every week

Moments slip through the cracks

Birthdays, anniversaries, wins and milestones go out on time, triggered by your HRIS.

Leadership

Hard to prove what worked

Participation, reads and actions by team, next to the survey scores they moved.

A year of engagement

The always-on engagement calendar

A typical engagement program, planned once and running all year. Every moment is drafted, segmented and scheduled for you.

Monthly

Pulse survey

Three questions by email, Slack, Teams or text.

SurveyAutomated
Within a week

You said, we did

Results and next steps by team, with manager talking points.

EmailManager
Every week

Moments that matter

Birthdays, anniversaries and promotions, celebrated on time.

RecognitionE-gift
Quarterly

Town hall

Invites, question collection and a recap for everyone who missed it.

TeamsVideo
Seasonal

Culture campaigns

Heritage months, wellness weeks and company traditions.

HubPoster
Ongoing

Manager nudges

A heads-up when a team is quiet or a milestone is coming.

Manager
Annually

Engagement survey

The big one, with participation chased automatically.

SurveySMS
EmployeeManagerAutomatedEvery moment branches by team, location and language.
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How it works

Describe the program. Review the drafts. Ship it.

01

Describe it

Tell the engine what you want to move and for whom.

02

Review it

Pulses, results emails, manager talking points and invites arrive drafted in your brand.

03

Run it

Moments trigger from HRIS data and land on every channel in local time.

04

Prove it

Participation and score movement by team, in one report.

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Engagement plan, drafted
in 2 min

"Our engagement score dropped in two regions. Build a 90-day plan: pulse, close the loop, a recognition push and a town hall."

PLAN
12 moments over 90 days, weighted to the two regions
DRAFT
Pulse, results email, manager talking points, town hall invite, recap
WHO
Two regions and their managers, from BambooHR
SEND
Local time, Spanish for 30% of the West region
TRACK
Participation and score movement by team
Real output

What your people actually see

Examples built in ChangeEngine for our sample brand, Twincrest. Yours start from your logo, colors and voice.

Branded pulse and annual engagement surveys

Pulse and annual surveys

Branded surveys people actually finish.

Birthday and work anniversary messages on phone and email

Birthdays and anniversaries

Celebrated on time, every time, from HRIS dates.

Save-the-date invite for a company retreat in Slack

Events and offsites

Invites, reminders and recaps that fill the room.

Happy hour and lunch-and-learn event invites

Lunch-and-learns and socials

Event kits with posters, invites and Slack posts.

Employee of the month award and promotion announcements

Shout-outs and awards

Recognition that's visible across the company.

TPTwincrest People#all-company
You said, we did
Thanks to the 812 of you who took the pulse. Here are the three things changing this quarter, starting with flexible Fridays.
See the plan

Close-the-loop updates

Show people what changed because they spoke up.

Employee Hub AI

One place for everything that makes work feel like a community

News, recognition, events, surveys and the apps people use every day, in one branded hub. Describe your company and Employee Hub AI builds it in minutes. It opens on any phone, no app store required.

✓Recognition wall and shout-outs
✓Events calendar with one-tap RSVP
✓Open surveys and you-said-we-did updates
✓HR Knowledge Agent answers everyday HR questions
Build a hub freeFree to get started
Twincrest hub
✦ Ask anything
This week at Twincrest
Hi Priya
2 things worth a minute
Pulse
3 questions
Closes Friday
Recognition
Shout-outs
18 this week
Events
Summer offsite
RSVP by June 1
You said, we did
Flexible Fridays
Starts next month
HR Agent
Ask HR anything
PTO, payroll, benefits
Culture
Heritage month
Stories from colleagues
✦Added a you-said-we-did section with this quarter's three changes.
ChangeEngine MCP

Run engagement from Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot

The ChangeEngine MCP plugs into the AI assistant your company already approved. Launch a pulse, summarize comments or plan the next town hall without leaving it. Your roles and approvals stay in charge.

Claude
Claude
ChatGPT
ChatGPT
Microsoft Copilot
Copilot
MCP
Any MCP client
Launch a pulseSummarize open commentsDraft a you-said-we-didPlan the next town hallPull participation by team

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the open standard AI assistants use to connect to business systems.

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ChangeEngine in your assistant
MCP

Summarize the comments from last week's pulse for the Ops team, and draft a you-said-we-did email for their manager to send.

READ
214 comments from the Ops pulse, themes ranked
DRAFT
Manager email with three actions and dates
WHO
Ops team, 142 people, from Workday
SEND
Queued for the manager to review

Done. The draft is waiting for the manager's approval in ChangeEngine.

Video case studies

Watch how teams move engagement

From 39,000+ targeted messages to collaboration scores that climbed from the bottom three to the top three.

Combe video case study▶

Combe uses ChangeEngine to send 39,000+ targeted comms, build 39 segments, and save 210+ hours while scaling a people first global strategy.

Rose Paving video case study▶

Rose Paving boosts survey participation and uses AI to analyze results fast, turning employee feedback into visible action and stronger trust.

Ethos Risk video case study▶

Ethos Risk used exit surveys to uncover real drivers of turnover, challenge assumptions, and turn feedback into actionable retention improvements.

Integral Ad Science video case study▶

IAS boosts survey participation with segmented reminders and real-time analytics. Tracking opens, clicks, and engagement to turn feedback into action.

Dealpath video case study▶

Dealpath uses themed campaigns and creative comms to boost morale, helping move collaboration scores from bottom three to top three.

Cart.com video case study▶

Cart.com replaced manual comms with automation. Streamlining recognition, timecard reminders, and engagement while reducing stress and scaling culture.

“[With ChangeEngine] we’re not just pushing info. We’re celebrating, connecting, and showing people they matter: across regions, across time zones, and across every screen.”

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Integrations

Runs on the HRIS you already have

Names, roles, teams, locations, managers and key dates sync from your HRIS, so every audience builds itself and every program triggers on time. Nothing to export, nothing to upload.

✓75+ HRIS and payroll integrations, plus Active Directory
✓Segment on any synced field: role, location, team, language, manager
✓Most teams fully connected in 7 to 10 business days
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and 50+ more

Under the hood

The modules behind an always-on program

Engagement isn't one tool. It's surveys, recognition, content and analytics working off the same people data, so every moment knows who it's for.

A forward deployed engineer walking an HR leader through a custom app in front of a whiteboard user flow
Forward deployed engineering

Need something we don't do out of the box? Your engineer builds it.

ChangeEngine provides a forward deployed engineer who builds whatever custom apps your engagement program needs, and ships them inside your Employee Hub with your branding and your data.

Peer recognition wallIdeas board with votingTeam challenge leaderboardCulture quizEvent check-inConnector to your survey tool

Built with your team and approved by IT before anything goes live.

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Desk and frontline

Hear from the people who never answer surveys

Participation drops where email doesn't reach. Send pulses and updates by text, WhatsApp, Teams or QR poster so every team gets a voice, not just the people at a desk.

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Gmail logoGmail
Microsoft Teams logoMicrosoft Teams
Slack logoSlack
SMS logoSMS
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Analytics

See what moved engagement, not just the score

Participation, reads, reactions and actions by team and location, next to your survey results, so you can see which programs actually moved the needle.

✓Survey participation by team and location
✓Comment themes summarized by AI
✓Program reach next to score movement
✓A leadership report you can forward as is
Explore Engagement Analytics →
Message analytics with open and response rates by channel
Reads and responses by channel
Adoption rates by team
Participation by team
Who runs it

Engagement is everyone's job. This keeps it organized.

Rated by HR teams on G2

What People teams say about engagement

G2 Users Most Likely to Recommend, Enterprise, 2026G2 Best Support, Mid-Market, 2026G2 High Performer 2026

"The analytics and customization tools helped us double employee engagement metrics in a single quarter."

Andrea E.
Andrea E.
VP, HRIS and People Solutions

"I can finally organize all our programs and visualize moments and communications in a single platform. I can give visibility to the C-suite to showcase how we are thinking about employee journeys."

Julie R.
Julie R.
Chief People Officer

"We partnered to develop campaigns to keep employees engaged. Having a partner like ChangeEngine is imperative to drive success."

Chris D.
Chris D.
Director, Talent and Org Development
Your first 30 days

Live in under two weeks

Our team starts building your first program while IT connects your HRIS, and your forward deployed engineer scopes anything custom.

7 to 10
business days to full setup
75+
HRIS integrations
Day 1

Brand kit loaded

Logo, colors, fonts and tone set once.

Days 2 to 5

HRIS connected

Roles, teams and locations sync.

Days 7 to 10

First program live

Drafted by AI, reviewed by your team.

Day 30

First results

Reads and actions by team and location.

For IT and security

Why IT says yes in one meeting

There is no new app for employees, no code to maintain and nothing to host. ChangeEngine connects to the systems IT already runs through standard, auditable integrations.

Certified

Certified, not self-attested

SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certified and GDPR compliant, with documentation ready in the Trust Center.

Identity

SSO on day one

SAML or OAuth single sign-on with optional 2FA. Employees reach the hub with Google or Microsoft sign-in.

Data

Your data stays in your region

Encryption in transit and at rest, with data residency in the US, EU or Canada. Content is generated inside your ChangeEngine environment.

AI governance

No shadow AI

The MCP runs inside the assistant you already approved and acts with the signed-in user's permissions. Nothing sends without an approval.

Integrations

Through the front door

Workday, ADP, BambooHR, UKG and 75+ more, plus Active Directory, Teams, Slack and SharePoint, all through standard APIs.

Control

Roles and approvals

Role-based permissions and approval steps, so comms, legal and leadership sign off before anything goes out.

FAQ

Employee Engagement questions, answered

What is employee engagement software?

Software that runs the programs that make people want to stay: surveys, recognition, culture moments, events and the follow-through after feedback. ChangeEngine runs all of it from one platform and measures what moved.

How is this different from a survey tool?

Survey tools measure. ChangeEngine runs the program around the survey: closing the loop, recognition, campaigns and manager nudges. It includes surveys and works alongside the one you already use.

Does it include surveys?

Yes. Pulses and annual surveys by email, Slack, Teams or text, with participation chased automatically and AI summaries of open comments.

Can it reach frontline teams?

Yes. Text, WhatsApp, QR posters and the Employee Hub reach people who never open a work inbox.

How do we measure impact?

Participation, reads, reactions and actions by team and location, next to the survey results they moved, in a report you can forward.

Can we run it from an AI assistant?

Yes. The ChangeEngine MCP lets Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot launch pulses, summarize comments and draft updates, with your roles and approvals in place.

Related programs

Programs that run alongside this one

Bring the engagement score you want to move.

We'll build the 90-day plan live on the call, off your real HRIS fields.