Drive Action and Accountability with Communication Manager
Don’t just send messages, make sure they are received, read, understood, and acted upon. From critical food recalls to daily promotions, Jolt provides trackable announcements and alerts to keep your team aligned, accountable, and safe.
What is Effective Team Communication in the Workplace?
Effective team communication is ensuring the information is received, understood, and the employee knows how to implement it. In a busy environment, group texts can often get ignored, emails go unread, and whiteboard messages can be missed. A missed policy change can lead to compliance issues, an unread product promotion can result in lost sales, and a delayed food recall can put customer safety at risk.
Jolt Communication Manager is the tool designed to fix this breakdown, It allows managers to see who received and read the message, it even takes it one step further and asks employees to show they understand by providing video instruction, testing knowledge by completing a quiz, and engagement tracking to make sure the whole team is on the same page.
Powerful Tools to Improve Team Communication
Jolt is a comprehensive team app for communication that gives you the flexibility to handle both routine updates and emergencies.
Announcements
For Information that Needs to Stick Announcements are the perfect tool for distributing important, non-urgent information that requires comprehension. Messages are displayed to designated employees the moment they log in to the Jolt app, ensuring they can’t be missed.
Verify with Quizzes
Attach simple quizzes to any announcement to confirm your team understands the new policy, promotion, or procedure before they start their shift.
Rich Media Support
Increase understanding by using text, images, videos, PDFs, Word docs, and PowerPoint to make messages engaging and effective for employees.
Track Engagement
See who has viewed your announcement and who has completed the quiz, giving you a complete audit trail of your communication.
MESSAGE BLASTS
For Urgent Alerts That Can’t Wait When information is time-sensitive and critical, Message Blasts deliver it instantly. Send SMS text messages and emails directly to individual employees or entire teams, reaching them even when they aren’t at work.
Immediate Delivery
During emergencies like power outages, weather closures, civil unrest, or food safety recalls every second counts.
Direct to Personal Devices
Send alerts directly to the the team’s personal mobile devices. This ensures the messages are seen.
Targeted and Bulk Messaging
Send a message to a single employee, a specific role group or your entire organization with just a few clicks.
Why Our Customers Love Jolt Communication Manager
Jolt Communication Manager has made follow up with my team much more efficient. What really takes the cake is the capability to ask questions to make sure your crew actually reads the memo.
– Isaac R. Culver’s Franchisee
The ability to share documents and announcements to all of my staff at once is great. We share a weekly update newsletter so all managers are aware of what is going on. It has helped keep everyone focused on our goals.
– Josh R. McDonald’s Franchisee
Transform How Your Business Communicates
From critical safety alerts to daily operational updates, Jolt provides a single, reliable channel to keep your team informed and accountable.
- Food Safety & Recalls: Instantly notify all locations of a product recall and use quizzes to confirm the affected items have been pulled from shelves.
- Policy & SOP Changes: Roll out new procedures and use detailed reporting to ensure 100% compliance across your entire organization.
- Promotions & Menu Updates: Launch new LTOs and menu items with confidence, knowing every employee has been trained on the latest offerings.
- Emergency Notifications: Keep your team safe during unexpected events with immediate, direct-to-device alerts.
Ready to Build a More Connected and Accountable Team?
Schedule a free, personalized demo today and discover how Jolt Communication Manager can eliminate confusion and bring clarity to your operations.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are team communication tools?
Team communication tools are digital platforms or apps designed to help teams in the workplace share information, collaborate on tasks, and stay aligned. They replace inefficient methods like group texts, emails, and paper notes with a centralized system for messages, announcements, and alerts. Jolt is a communication tool built specifically for deskless environments like restaurants and retail.
How can team communication be improved?
Team communication improves when it is clear, targeted, and trackable. The best way to improve it is by using a dedicated tool that: 1) ensures messages are seen by the right people, 2) confirms the information was understood (using features like quizzes), and 3) provides a reliable channel for urgent alerts. This moves teams from hoping messages are read to knowing they are.
Why is team communication so important?
Effective team communication is the backbone of successful operations. It ensures that safety procedures are followed, brand standards are met, promotions are executed correctly, and employees feel connected and valued. Poor communication leads to errors, safety risks, wasted resources, and lower employee morale.
How does Jolt help with virtual or multi-location team communication?
Jolt is designed for distributed teams. Whether your employees are in different locations or working different shifts, Jolt acts as a single source of truth. Announcements are delivered to every employee upon login, regardless of their location, and Message Blasts can reach team members on their personal devices, making it perfect for managing communication across a widespread or virtual workforce.
What is the difference between intra-team and cross-team communication?
Intra-team communication happens within a specific group (e.g., messages between kitchen staff). Cross-team communication happens between different groups (e.g., a manager sending a new policy to all cashiers). Jolt’s role-based targeting excels at both, allowing you to send messages to an entire team or a specific subset of employees across multiple teams.