Intranets

A framework for evolving your intranet strategy
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IBF Live – intranet and digital workplace insights in a monthly online broadcast Digital Workplace Live is the unique online show from IBF. Going out live on the first Tuesday of every month it offers live tours and expert insights on intranets, social and collaborative software, mobile apps and the broader digital workplace. Learn about subscribing…

If you’re interested in competing for an intranet award, there is no shortage of opportunities. Entering an intranet competition can be an important exercise for your team, even if you don’t win. And, more broadly, intranet competitions provide a helpful pulse check for the industry. Intranet awards abound We recently wrote about the Intranet Innovation…

IBF Live – the online broadcast featuring the best intranets from around the world Digital Workplace Live is the unique online intranet show from IBF. Going out live on the first Tuesday of every month, it’s unmissable for anyone who works with intranets, portals and digital workplaces. July 2nd episode: Accenture’s Jive-based social intranet On Tuesday,…

IBF Live – the online broadcast featuring the best intranets from around the world Digital Workplace Live is the unique online intranet show from IBF. Going out live on the first Tuesday of every month, it’s unmissable for anyone who works with intranets, portals and digital workplaces. June 4th episode: Amgen’s highly rated intranet On Tuesday,…

One of the best things about this year’s Digital Workplace 24 was being able to see so many great intranets and social platforms in action. From Virgin Media’s integrated deployment of CISCO WebEx Social to IBM’s bold new homepage design  to AMP’s great welding together of social and content, we were treated to 24 hours of…

Many discussions in the past hours of Digital Workplace 24 have evolved around collaboration. This morning there was a lively discussion after the Deloitte presentation. There are many reasons why we are trying to get these social tools introduced in our organisations and each organisation may have their own specific reasons. However, I think the…

This is a guest blog post by Lisa Pratt, Account Executive at ClerksWell. ClerksWell is an expert in developing intranets focused on user experience and has recently launched EasyShare, a fixed-cost, fully enhanced intranet solution based on SharePoint 2010 and 2013. From small organizations to global corporate companies, the website has become a powerful communications…

Many intranets feature a list of “quick links”, intended (one assumes) to give users access to important or popular content or services at the touch of a button. Intranet quick links take up valuable space on the intranet homepage and seem almost universal. But they so often go wrong. Indeed, some commentators would have them…

In some ways the work of managing an intranet has been very much the same for the last decade. In other ways, it’s a rapidly evolving field with new trends and practices surfacing all the time. There’s no better way to tap into those trends than to spend two days hashing out intranet challenges with…

I was just on LinkedIn, briefly browsing the inevitable list of suggested new connections that appear on the site. You know the screen. A bunch of boxes with friendly faces of people, most of whom you’ve never actually met or seen before. Those who use LinkedIn are often either those looking for job opportunities, or…

This is a guest blog post from Ed Dale, Search Services Manager at Digital Workplace Group (DWG) member Ernst & Young. This post is based on a discussion thread from the confidential online DWG Member Network, where intranet professionals from large global companies discuss their intranet challenges in a private online setting. A recent DWG…