Usability, aesthetics, functionality… and SharePoint!

CA Technologies (formerly Computer Associates) and EA (Electronic Arts) join us on IBF Live, Sept. 6, to show us their intranets!  Maish Nichani from PebbleRoad in Singapore also stops by the studio to talk about his new, free, incredibly useful book: Manager’s guidebook on intranet redesign projects. This month, Paul Miller, our regular host, is on vacation, so…

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Internal App Stores: Challenges and Opportunities

Enterprise mobility may well be the number one issue set to engulf intranet managers over the next two years. In his recent research report for IBF, Martin White concluded that “Although enterprise mobility is likely to be a disruptive innovation in most organisations, it also offers the intranet team the opportunity to make a very…

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A little strategy with your social? Yes, please!

On the next IBF Live, we invite Accenture and Covidien (formerly Tyco Healthcare) to compare notes on their enterprise social strategies. And Modus Associates also pays us a visit to share the highlights of their award-winning strategy project for the Cleveland Clinic intranet. Join us Tuesday, August 2nd on IBF Live for another month of…

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Hello, Gorgeous!

Coming up on the July 5th episode is the 2011 My Beautiful Intranet competition winner, the Government of British Columbia, announced during IBF 24. Courtney Campbell and Jaya Polden from the BC Government will share the fascinating story behind this winning design. This intranet was one of 36 entries submitted to the IBF 24 competition…

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IBF 24 – The Final Leg

We’re back in London for the grand finale of IBF 24, the last segment of our global exploration of intranet and digital workplace (DW) deployment, highlighting the good, the bad and the (occasionally) ugly aspects of online working across a broad range of organisations. Site tours are the bread and butter of this event, so…

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My Beautiful Intranet Winner Announced!

The Government of British Columbia has the ‘most beautiful intranet’ of 2011, as voted by a panel of IBF experts during the finale of this year’s IBF 24. Our three judges, IBF managing director Helen Day, art critic Jane Singer and former BT intranet manager Mark Morrell, singled out the Canadian province’s site for its…

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IBF24 from The Netherlands: Focus on new ways of working

The portion of IBF24 hosted from The Netherlands was short and sweet, with two excellent intranet tours and two interviews with authors. Both interviews focused on the new ways of working needed to succeed in this modern, digital age of knowledge workers. The first intranet tour from The Netherlands was led by Chloe Chavardes and…

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IBF24 in Australia brings SharePoint stories and innovation inspiration

The Australian hosted segment of IBF24 lasted only two hours, but packed a major punch of SharePoint intranet tours. This segment also highlighted Deloitte Digital’s major investment in innovation, which inspired IBF attendees from every continent, and included an interview with collaboration expert Michael Sampson. These two hours of intranet tours started off with a…

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Chapter 2 of the IBF 24 Chronicles: New York

Next we moved to the New York Center of Gravity, which was hosted by co-anchors Ruth Neighbors, Usability Analyst; Information Architect; Web Content Strategist at the The McGraw-Hill Companies; and Jessica Lawrence, Managing Director at New York Tech Meetup. They were joined by Mike D’Angelo, lead benchmarker for IBF, Blair Klein, Executive Director, Emerging Communications…

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Who were IBF 24’s real stars? Look to Hollywood for an answer

As with any good LA story, ours starts with co-anchors Andy Janowski, IBF, and Roie Edery, IPC – The Hospitalist Company, enjoying a bite of dinner last night when they had their first brush celebrity. Although Fabio from BRAVO’s Top Chef is a tough act to follow, the LA Center of Gravity opened with a…

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IBF 24 Blog – Part One: London

Welcome to the official blog of IBF 24 – our around-the-clock, across-the-globe excursion into current ideas and practice in the field of intranets and digital workplace (DW) technology. Over the next 24 hours, we’ll bring you highlights from the interviews, live tours and keynote presentations which make this such a unique event for intranet and…

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NBC to Sponsor and be Featured on IBF 24

The Digital Workplace Group is pleased to announce that CNBC, first in business worldwide, will be a sponsor and featured presenter at IBF 24, a landmark event that provides a live interactive experience for thousands of the world’s intranet, digital and online practitioners. Scott Drake, CNBC Digital Vice President, and Stacy Eisner, CNBC Brand Marketing…

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