Designing and launching a new, or revamped, intranet may be a massive project, but the success of your efforts isn’t the launch – the journey towards a useful intranet has only just begun. Some ideas on where you should focus next. ...
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We had a little fun with the #IntranetLinkBait hashtag on Twitter – transforming everyday corporate news into overly sensational headlines to parody the outrageousness of some websites. Here we share some of the best, but is there a need to modernise our internal comms headlines? ...
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Getting executives communicating more frequently, or sharing their insights in a more accessible manner, isn't about telling them 'to blog more', it's about helping leaders express their priorities and insights (even concerns). The 'blog' thing is just the channel; the intranet is just the platform....
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Sometimes, internal communication still seems to be too focused on big events and top-down messaging. A focus on corporate strategy, big events, mundane administration announcements and so on, leave the employee wondering what to do with this information, and consigning it to the ‘nice to know’ bucket....
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We noticed that many organisations we work with have good quality intranet content produced by the Communications team, but as you get into the detail of their sites standards start to drop. Quite oftenthe people responsible for these areas have been trained on the publishing tool, but had little guidance on how to get the most from an intranet as a channel: how to...
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Live blogging from Step Two's Intranet Conference 15-16th May. Conference agendaIntroduction - James Robertson The conference theme is "Intranets Unite", both in the sense of Intranets uniting people in our organizations, and as an event for intranet managers to come together and share. A lively audience of about 160 have come togetherJames argued that on the theme of uniting mobile intranets, we don't want 20 different apps...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The agenda for the digital workplace is becoming established from an architectural perspective, but what are the things we need to preserve from the employeeworker point of view? Here is our take on a manifesto for employees, contractors and freelancers.We originally released this last October as a text version inspired (like so many) by the Cluetrain manifesto. We've now produced a graphic version with the help...
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[frame]This post is part of a series that looks at what’s changed from an intranet manager perspective, in particular things employees will notice and improvements for site and content owners.SharePoint 2013 seriesIs SharePoint 2013 worth waiting for? SharePoint 2013 for intranet sites SharePoint 2013 social features (this post) SharePoint 2013 for collaboration SharePoint 2013 digital workplace and mobile (forthcoming) SharePoint 2013 governance, analytics and search (forthcoming) SharePoint 2013 user experience (forthcoming)See our summary webinar on...
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[frame]This post is part of a series that looks at what’s changed from an intranet manager perspective, in particular things employees will notice and improvements for site and content owners.SharePoint 2013 SeriesIs SharePoint 2013 worth waiting for? SharePoint 2013 for intranet sites (this post) SharePoint 2013 social features SharePoint 2013 for collaboration SharePoint 2013 digital workplace and mobile (forthcoming) SharePoint 2013 governance, analytics and search (forthcoming) SharePoint 2013 user experience (forthcoming)See our summary webinar...
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Microsoft to Buy Yammer - SharePoint Implications? It looks official that Microsoft will acquire Yammer. This has led to lots of speculation about why and what it means for intranets.I suspect that Microsoft are more interested in the user base than the technology, as this is pretty trivial to replicate, and they were already on that path with Office Talk. It may also be a more predatory...
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