6 tactics to improve adoption and business value of your intranet employee directory

Most large organizations struggle with adoption and integration of rich employee profiles on their intranets. Often having multiple systems with employee profiles adds to the challenge, but these six tactics can help. Imagine this: You’re in a taxi from the airport, running late to give a presentation at one of your company’s offices in another…

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IBF Live report: When should you delete intranet content?

By Matt Wilson – Originally posed on Ragan.com. How can you tell if something on your intranet is worth deleting? The intranet team at international shipping company Maersk Line figured out a system for it, according to Lise Thygesen, the company’s intranet manager. “A page can appear boring and still have a lot of visitors…

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Instant intranet improvement – by cleaning up!

Every intranet manager I have met has been struggling with unused, unmanaged or outdated content on their intranet. Only a few of them have automated systems to identify and manage expired content, and if these systems are available, they are not always in place for every type of content. But if this is an issue,…

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Social intranets part 2: leadership support and presenting content

The term ‘social intranet’ is now firmly established in the intranet industry. It describes intranets which have moved from a more traditional model, based on centralized corporate communications, to those that are more focused on user-generated content, collaboration, two-way communication and a variety of ’social’ tools. Moving to a greater participatory model changes the fundamental…

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The “hidden gem” that is DWG Research

Over in the UK the nation is getting into party mood as we start the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. It’s also a year of celebration at DWG (formerly IBF) as it’s our 10th year anniversary and we’re excited about the New York and London member meetings coming up on 13-14 June. Something I’m very passionate…

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