‘What tool when?’ – helping employees to navigate the digital workplace and optimize their use of tools
The workplace is evolving rapidly, with an array of tools and platforms designed to streamline communication and collaboration. From email to enterprise social networks, from Microsoft Teams to Slack, the options seem endless. However, with this abundance of choices comes confusion and frustration for many employees. The question often arises: which tool is best suited…
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How to train publishers and content owners for your SharePoint intranet
An intranet is only as good as its content. You can have a beautiful design, amazing integrations and all the latest bells and whistles, but if your content has no value, is out of date, badly written or hard to find, then your intranet is not a success. Ultimately adoption will suffer. Most intranets rely…
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Giving employees the best content for their needs: Six approaches to success
Well-managed intranets, at the core of any digital workplace, must satisfy the daily needs of employees by providing trustworthy, relevant and task-focused content in line with defined standards and controls. At the same time, they must align with broader organizational goals, relating to collaboration and remote working. A strategic approach to the planning, implementation and…
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Delivering internal communications and intranet content in a hybrid workplace: the challenges and opportunities
Guest author, Annette Corbett, identifies some quick wins and reasons to be optimistic about the future of internal communications and content in the digital workplace.
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Why HR is the essential digital workplace partner
Maturity is the act of knowing when and how to behave at the right time and in the right place. Maturity is subjective. Maturity is a fluid state. Just as there is no one path to maturity for a human being, there is no one path towards digital maturity for an organization. The quest for…
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Nine key communications, content and employee engagement trends
In DWG’s recent annual update on Communications and Content, research author, Nicole Carter, looks at the latest trends in internal communications, content strategy and employee engagement. The research identifies three key trends within each of the topic areas: Internal communications Crisis communications – repurposing existing plans and widening the scope of what is considered a crisis…
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Seven digital workplace takeaways from the 2021 DWG member survey
Digital workplaces and the ways in which employees work are always in a state of flux – but the past year has shown just how dramatic such change can be, with intranets, digital workplaces and the teams behind them having to adapt rapidly to new needs and circumstances. Here at DWG, we keep a keen…
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Tech hubs, taxonomies and chatbots: four more takeaways from DWG24
During 2020 many events have pivoted to being virtual. While most of us miss in-person conferences and workshops to some extent, digital conferences and festivals have helped to bring the global digital workplace and intranet community together, to share knowledge and continue to learn. In many respects, DWG24 was ahead of its time; DWG24 is…
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Digital workplace overload: How to reduce employee technostress
We live in a time of unprecedented digital workplace “wealth”. The knowledge, connectivity and tools at our fingertips afford us new possibilities in how we work. And this year, we’ve seen just how essential this is in order to keep many people working, collaborating, productive and connected. Yet there’s another side to this story. We…
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A sneak peek at what’s coming for DWG24
We are very excited here at DWG as our signature online digital workplace event, DWG24, is only days away. The guests are ready, the rehearsals are nearly over and we are gargling honey and lemon to ensure our voices are in tip-top condition! DWG24 broadcasts from around the world over 24 hours and is TOTALLY FREE…
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Technology-driven behavioural change: Seven key takeaways from the August Technology Exchange
Can you change behaviour with technology? At the DWG Technology and Research Institute we are working to evolve and improve our offerings that will help organizations on their technology evaluation journeys. In our latest Technology Exchange, we borrowed the successful “VOP3: Voice of the Practitioner” format from our DWG Institute Technology Labs, where we hear…
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Communicating in real-time at work: The promise and the perils
Real-time communications (RTC), such as instant messaging, video calling, tele/video conferencing and internet relay chat, have become central to how people communicate and work inside organizations. During the COVID-19 crisis, these tools have assumed even more importance. DWG’s new research report Communicating in real-time at work: The promise and the perils explores the ways organizations…
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