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Give new employees a clearer starting point.
Joining an organisation means taking in information that may only become useful later. A digital onboarding guide brings the organisation's story, practical explanations and helpful references together. Use Greenzeen to draft a reading journey that introduces the workplace without trying to reproduce every internal system.
From a welcome to a sense of direction
Understand the organisation
Explain its purpose, culture and ways of working through concrete examples. Show how a new colleague's work connects with the wider organisation.
Navigate the first days
Arrange information around when it becomes relevant. A useful first-day introduction has a different purpose from material for the first month.
Find the right people
Introduce key roles, teams and established contact channels. Assign someone to check practical details before the guide is shared.
A companion to the onboarding programme
A first edition might contain a welcome, a first-week overview and introductions to important teams. Follow with working practices and links to approved procedures. The guide does not need to contain every operational detail itself.
Keep personal arrangements, account details and restricted documents outside the general introduction. The onboarding programme remains a process managed by the organisation; the guide provides context. Review a small draft with the questions a newcomer is likely to ask.
From a publication brief to a first draft
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Choose one reader and purpose
Decide who the first edition is for, which question it should answer and what material belongs in it.
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Plan a concise reading journey
Start with the essentials, add context and point to existing sources or channels for the next step.
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Review real content
Try a representative section in Greenzeen and check text, imagery, links and readability before developing the rest.
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Frequently asked questions
A guide explains information and gives readers a route through it. Completing training, recording progress and signing off tasks are separate needs that belong in your organisation's established processes and systems.
Assign an editorial owner and a review schedule. Link to the official source for frequently changing information, such as procedures and contact details, instead of maintaining unnecessary copies throughout the guide.
Choose a small, representative part of your publication: an introduction, one story and a practical next step. Use it to assess the reading experience. Begin with non-confidential sample content and check the current capabilities and terms in Greenzeen.
Build a first draft with your own content.
Try Greenzeen and explore whether the publication format fits your story and readers.
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