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25 Sep 2013

Interaction 2013

by Sam Marshall
in Collaboration, Conference, Intranets
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Live blogging from Interaction 2013 in London, hosted by Interact Intranet #iic13[caption id="attachment_1580" align="alignright" width="150"] Interaction 2013[/caption] Michael Sampson - Collaboration on the Intranet Michael (@collabguy) began with 'The 5% problem for intranets': Typical functions of the intranet  - Communication, Content, Workflow - are important, but only represent a small fraction of what people do in their working day. What really matters in Collaboration.Things people struggle with on...

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31 Jul 2013

The 3-click myth for intranets debunked

by Sam Marshall
in Conference, Information Architecture, Intranets, UX
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At Intranets 2013 in Sydney earlier this year I was invited to join a 'mythbuster' session where I was asked to debunk the belief that "Everything must be 3 clicks or less from the intranet home page". This post summarises the case I made, or you can watch the 5-minute video:[video file="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2M97pGKhGE" width="560" height="315" tjpbbb7E="false"]The principle that everything should be within 3 clicks has been...

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09 Jun 2013

Digital Workplace Trends report 2013 – Review

by Sam Marshall
in Adoption, Digital Workplace, Intranets, Strategy
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Introduction Jane McConnell kindly shared with me a copy of her latest Digital Workplace Trends report, based on a survey of 362 organisations covering their current activities and future plans. This is the seventh time she has run her survey (it began as the Global Intranet Trends report in 2006), so can genuinely claim to be an insight into longer-term trends.The way the report defines the...

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15 May 2013

Intranets 2013 Conference Sydney – Day 2

by Sam Marshall
in Adoption, Collaboration, Conference, Digital Workplace, Intranets, Strategy
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Live blogging from Day 2 (see also Day 1). It's been a fantastic conference so far, so I'll try to do justice to today's tracks (and apologies in advance when it goes silent at the end as I've the privilege of being the closing keynote -- no pressure then!). Conference agenda.Creating Trust and Uniting staff at a global and local level. Kim Sbarcea - ThinkingShiftJames...

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14 May 2013

Intranets 2013 Conference, Sydney – Day 1

by Sam Marshall
in Adoption, Collaboration, Communications, Conference, Digital Workplace, Intranets, SharePoint
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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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22 Jan 2013

Digital Workplace Manifesto (illustrated)

by Sam Marshall
in Collaboration, Communications, Digital Workplace, Intranets, SharePoint, Uncategorized
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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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23 Oct 2012

Digital Workplace Manifesto (text)

by Sam Marshall
in Adoption, Digital Workplace, Intranets, Knowledge Management, Strategy
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[caption id="attachment_1251" align="alignright" width="200"] image: Kheel Center, Cornell U.[/caption][alert]This post has been superseded by an illustrated version of the Digital Workplace Manifesto[/alert]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? Inspired (like so many) by the market-driven Cluetrain manifesto, here is our take on a manifesto...

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21 Aug 2012

SharePoint 2013 for Collaboration

by Sam Marshall
in Collaboration, Digital Workplace, Intranets, SharePoint, Strategy, Technology
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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 SharePoint 2013 for collaboration (this post) 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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02 Aug 2012

SharePoint 2013 Social Features

by Sam Marshall
in Collaboration, Communications, Digital Workplace, Intranets, SharePoint, Technology
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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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31 Jul 2012

SharePoint 2013: What’s New for Intranet Sites

by Sam Marshall
in Communications, Intranets, SharePoint, Strategy, Technology
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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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