Minnesota Power, a division of ALLETE Energy

Employees of Minnesota Power, a division of ALLETE Energy, start their mornings off by sitting at their desks and opening up a video that walks them through a few minutes of stretches. These exercises start their days off right and have had a positive impact on employee health. How is this possible? One word. Mediasite.

The company initially purchased the Mediasite webcasting platform for human resource purposes, but it quickly realized that the possibilities are endless with this technology. The exercise program is just one example of how the company uses Mediasite, but it is also used for recording presentations, speakers and training, to name a few. 

"Before we had to go and talk to every employee - 1,200 employees spread throughout the organization. Now I see the potential for recording that training annually and using the Mediasite mechanisms to get it out there to people on their own time to complete without having to tie up a lot of resources doing that," said Steve Beck, director of information technology solutions.