Research on enterprise mobile – value lies in tools for frontline workforce
Synopsis: While large companies have struggled for several years with advanced use of smartphones and tablets, digital workplace frontrunners are seeing huge value from enterprise mobile tools designed for frontline workers. This article pulls from DWG’s new research report – Success with enterprise mobile: how tools for frontline employees drive value. One of the genuinely…
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Creating a better intranet news experience in SharePoint
Guest post by Stacy Wilson of Eloquor Consulting Stacy Wilson (@stacylwilson) is the Owner/President of Eloquor Consulting. Eloquor helps companies improve their internal communications, with a focus on intranet/portal projects and change management. Stacy consults and speaks extensively about SharePoint, internal communications and related topics. SharePoint out-of-the-box is – how can I put this politely…
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Making your corporate intranet feel less corporate
In our recent blog post series on social intranets, and also in the entries which are coming into our “My Beautiful Intranet Goes Social” contest, we’ve seen how interaction in the workplace is being facilitated through microblogging, activity streams and social networks. We’ve also seen how user-generated content (UGC) is being surfaced and featured more…
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Changing behaviour by doing
Professor Karen Pine (@karenpine) started her talk at the Meaning conference by telling a story about a Geography teacher (from the too long ago to get sued 1970s). “Get as far away from this classroom as you can,” says the teacher. So, Karen’s friend hitch-hikes to Ipswich. The teacher had arranged for all of the…
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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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Nowhere to hide for leaders – why CEOs must be up front and personal in the Digital Workplace
It’s always amazing to find how the leadership of some organizations simply do not involve themselves in the Digital Workplace, or its main constituent channels. These CEOs are effectively anonymous there, either by being invisible both to employees and to customers, or heavily disguised behind the words of their corporate communications departments. Yet the Digital…
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Southwest offers employees many avenues to sound off
You can’t demand engagement, but you can coax it. A tour of Southwest’s intranet reveals how this is done. By Matt Wilson Employee engagement is important. As researchers at Gallup put it, “The world’s top-performing organizations understand that employee engagement is a force that drives business outcomes.” If you need help with managing the welfare…
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Get key insights into how video is being used in the enterprise: participate in our survey
Are you using a video sharing platform within your organization? How are using it for internal communications and knowledge sharing? Are you getting high levels of adoption? If you are interested in the answer to any of these questions and would like to get key insights into how organizations are using video, then participate in…
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The battle for the intranet home page: is it worth the fight?
Designing intranet home pages has always been part battle, part balancing act. Intranet teams are trying to fit a variety of functions and content into a limited space, while ensuring acceptable levels of usability, aesthetics, corporate branding and sometimes accessibility. They’re also trying to keep various stakeholders and user populations happy, some of whom will…
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The art of rating
In this new series of blog posts, Chris Tubb, one of the IBF Benchmarking team will take a look at ways that small elements of the digital workplace can be improved through design. When we are benchmarking member intranets at IBF, feedback and rating often comes up as an area for improvement. As more intranet…
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Intranet thought leader Andy Jankowski to address corporate communication strategists about the digital workplace
8th November 2011, New York The Digital Workplace Group is delighted to announce that IBF Global Director and intranet thought leader Andy Jankowski will be addressing the forthcoming Conference Board Council on Corporate Communications Strategy about the latest trends in the digital workplace. The presentation takes place on 18th November in Charlotte, NC. The Conference…
Blog Digital workplace Internal communications Corporate Comms… What’s it good for?
A few weeks ago, former IBF Live guest Oscar Berg posted a question on Google+ that kicked off a passionate debate about the role of Communications in an increasingly digital landscape: Why do you think so many organizations still put corporate news in the center of attraction on their intranets even though they have the…
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