Names & Faces
Fast, visual employee directories.
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Rou Mills

Names & Faces - Fast, visual employee directories.

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Names & Faces is a visual employee directory that solves a problem experienced by everyone from the CEO to the intern. How do I get to know the people around me? How do I get context for where they fit in. And how do I get in touch when I need to?

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Paul Galatis
Maker
Hello PH, Today we’re launching Names & Faces. We make visual employee directories for companies. Sound simple? Perhaps. But we think it's pretty magical. And here's why. What we’ve built solves a problem faced by everyone from the CEO to new starters every day – how do I get to know the people around me, how do I get context for where they fit in and how do I get in touch when I need to? Anyone who has succeeded in business knows that it's what happens between people that really matters. But in most organisations, clunky intranets and complicated HR systems have failed dismally at helping us keep up with who is who and discover who to reach out to when we need help. Not being able to do these simple things quickly erodes culture, limits collaboration and makes it difficult for people to engage with the people they need to in order to do the best work of their lives. What we've built is not a new social network. The world knows we don't need another one of those. And it's not a new communication tool. It is the simplest, fastest and most intuitive way to get to know your people, get context for where they fit in and get in touch when you need to. We hope you like it. I am Paul
Gary Willmott
@paulgalatis Great to see amazing products being launched from South Africa. I don't see the pricing option? I would be reluctant to onboard all my staff, unless I knew what the cost would be. Is there a reason you have chosen to be less transparent about this?
Kimbo Brown-Schirato
@paulgalatis - yay my friend! Always pushing the envelope. Come visit us already!
Paul Galatis
Maker
@garywillmott thanks for your note. We're still exploring the pros and cons of public facing pricing. We want to make Names & Faces available to as many organisations as possible while still building a solid, commercially viable business. So for now we're dealing with each client on a client by client basis. Drop me a line on paul@namesandfaces.com and let's see if we can help.
Paul Galatis
Maker
@kimbo_brown_schirato Thanks for the shout out, Kimbo! x
Ryan Hoover
I struggle with not only names but faces. I blame Twitter which feeds my brain hundreds of faces every day. I would use a version of this if it could include every acquaintance I've met.
Julie Chabin
@rrhoover 😅I was about to ping you on this product, just because of this.
Ryan Hoover
@syswarren WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY, JUUUULLIEEEE?
Paul Galatis
Maker
@rrhoover that's a lot of blame to place on Twitter;) The challenge of creating a directory of every acquaintance you've ever met is something we're not tackling right now - mainly because human beings are simply terrible at filing. What we think is a more pressing need is helping people know the people that they should know - i.e. the people in their company! In my past company, I started battling to keep up with who was who at about 50 people. How many people are you guys at Product Hunt?
Paul Galatis
Maker
@rrhoover @syswarren What are you trying to say, Juuuuullliiiee? Shout if we can help;)
Ryan Hoover
@paulgalatis agree, what I'm describing is a different product. We have ~20 people at Product Hunt and about ~90 total at AngelList.
ChristopherM
Harvard Connect, before it became the mess that is Facebook, but for business <3
Paul Galatis
Maker
@christopherm Indeed. Thanks for the shout out, Christopher.
Justin Nothling
How long does it take to get Names & Faces up and running for a company of 1,200 people running Workday?
Paul Galatis
Maker
@justinnothling Hey Justin, we've have a Workday integration that allows us to get any company using Workday up and running with Names & Faces in 48 hours. The same goes for clients on any of today's leading HRIS systems. We have clients on Workday, Bamboo, SAP Success Factors, Zenefits, Sage People, Bob, UltiPro, PaySpace and Gusto. And we're building new integrations all the time.
Jorge L Camargo
Congrats on the launch!! -- Are you considering using Slack as an integration to populate the directory? It would be super helpful in our case :)
Paul Galatis
Maker
@jcmrgo Hey Jorge, yes, we have a Slack integration to populate Slack's directory with the Names & Faces data coming up shortly for the teams that need it. For now, we integrate with Slack simply by displaying each person's Slack handle on their profile. Tapping on that opens Slack and takes you straight to a direct message with that person. How many people are you at Ecaresoft?
Steve Davis
@jcmrgo @paulgalatis Hi - I see your comment about Slack integration (populating Slack from Names & Faces) was 'coming up shortly' appx a year ago. Was this work completed? Is it available in current versions of Names & Faces?
James Woolley

Invaluable product, no matter the size of your company.

Pros:

Extremely useful and super easy to use.

Cons:

None to date.

Greg Whitfield

Good internal engagement and relationship building between staff and different teams is critical. This app goes a long way to help make this happen.

Pros:

Super easy to use, great UI

Cons:

None yet

Deb Ish

This can’t be blank

Pros:

Lots of cool stuff

Cons:

Another app!

Bianca Blanckenberg

Love the birthday notifications

Pros:

Simple to use, helpful and amazing features

Cons:

If only I could have Names & Faces for all my other communities in my life

Paul Galatis
Maker
Hey Bianca, thanks for your kind words. You can have Names & Faces for your other communities! Just drop us a line and lets see what we can do.
Chiara

Integration with other social networks in companies should be considered. If you're marketing the tool to the South African market, why does your video have an American accent?

Pros:

Clean look, easy to use, and useful

Cons:

How would this fit in with other social networks used by large corporates, such as Yammer?

Paul Galatis
Maker
Thanks Chiara. We're pretty convinced that the world doesn't need another messaging tool or another social network. And we certainly don't need another inbox to check for messages. If you use Yammer in your company, your employees' Yammer handles will appear on their Names & Faces profiles. Tapping on a Yammer handle from within Names & Faces will simply bounce you directly to the Yammer app to start your conversation in the channel you already use. The same goes for Whatsapp, email, phone calls, Slack, Skype for Business, etc.
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