{"id":59372,"date":"2023-11-09T09:19:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T14:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/?p=59372"},"modified":"2023-11-09T09:33:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T14:33:23","slug":"corporate-gifs-positive-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/corporate-gifs-positive-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"GIFs That Keep on Giving Positive Corporate Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

To start with, you should know that I\u2019m on team \u201cgif\u201d versus \u201cjiff\u201d. Wordplay and beyond, bear with me as I step outside my normal blog post style here. (Or maybe this is the real normal? \ud83d\ude09)<\/p>\n

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My colleagues will probably recognize right away why I chose this GIF to start with. I have a jacket like this, I wear glasses, and, well, it’s a GIF! I\u2019m not sure when it happened, but most people know me for my crazy accuracy at finding just the right GIF for any occasion (though, I\u2019m not as good at the actual gifts<\/em>, mind you \ud83d\ude09). But I know just who to blame\u2026<\/p>\n

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Honestly, \u201cgifing<\/em>\u201d (yes, that\u2019s a made-up word there, but we\u2019re going with it!) is the way I contribute to culture\u2014wherever I am. My friends and family are now used to conversations in which I share the perfect GIFs that seem to just \u201cget\u201d what I\u2019m trying to say, and somehow this style bled over at work. I find myself breaking the ice, adding to conversations, or boosting morale with a well-placed GIF.<\/p>\n

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\"ganbatte<\/p>\n

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Ganbatte<\/strong> is Japanese for \u201cdo your best\u201d, similar to \ud654\uc774\ud305 or \u201cfighting<\/strong>\u201d in Korean!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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There are a ton of ways to improve corporate culture<\/a>, but many of these are from the perspective of the employer. Let\u2019s take some time to explore a fun way employees can give back and improve culture\u2014November is the month of gratitude and thankfulness, after all!<\/p>\n

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How can GIFs help to improve corporate culture?<\/h2>\n

GIF<\/strong> stands for Graphical Interchange Format<\/a>. Technically, it\u2019s just an image format.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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While “corporate memes” is an increasingly popular search term, GIFs are a step up from these simple images. That\u2019s because a GIF includes animation applied to still images so they look like a short video. That\u2019s it! GIFs are so readily available because\u00a0 they’re easy to make from the frames of a video or a collection of images.<\/p>\n

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But the real magic is in how they express what the sharer would like others to get. Much like memes, a GIF can be meaningful be for a niche group, or a broad audience, but you don\u2019t have to know exactly where it comes from to understand its sentiment.<\/p>\n

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Using GIFs at work can be a fun and creative way to improve corporate culture, if used appropriately. How?<\/p>\n

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