Posts by Alex Manchester

Five fundamental capabilities of social intranets

By: Alex Manchester Posted: July 31, 2013

Social intranets provide a valuable mix of functionality, beyond publishing content and news.

Use social intranets to solve business problems

By: Alex Manchester Posted: June 26, 2013

Go beyond woolly objectives for social intranets, to solve real business problems.

Designing intranet homepages that help employees do their jobs

By: Alex Manchester Posted: March 28, 2013

How much of your intranet home is red (irrelevant) vs green (directly helpful for staff)?

Taking care with intranet information architecture concepts

By: Alex Manchester Posted: November 29, 2012

Avoid structuring the intranet to match today’s business units, and think twice about ‘my’.

Tips and considerations for a successful social intranet

By: Alex Manchester Posted: September 20, 2012

There are a number of pitfalls to avoid when creating a new social intranet, to ensure adoption and business value.

Selecting enterprise social network software

By: Alex Manchester Posted: April 30, 2012

There are many enterprise social tools, which vary greatly in their capabilities, and it is important to choose carefully.

Briefing a visual design agency for intranet designs

By: Alex Manchester Posted: March 27, 2012

Visual design is important for intranets, and great work by design agencies is key to this.

Card sorting: online versus offline

By: Alex Manchester Posted: August 29, 2011

When should online card sorting be used, and how to make the most of it as a research technique?

Comprehensive training and support is a critical component of delivering, and sustaining, a great intranet.

There are a variety of smart ways to help staff find what they need, when searching and browsing.