Archives for Content management

Content migration: start as you plan to continue

By: James Robertson Posted: April 26, 2013

When migrating to a new intranet, it’s important to establish the right authoring practices from the outset.

A model for author training

By: James Robertson Posted: December 13, 2012

As budgets get tighter, organisations are looking for more efficient ways to train their staff. Intranets teams and authors are no exception. While many will jump to the online training …

Accessibility for intranets

By: James Robertson Posted: December 13, 2012

In an ideal world, every staff member would be able to access the intranet regardless of role, location or disability. In reality, many staff do not have access to the …

Use your CMS to improve intranet content

By: James Robertson Posted: October 31, 2012

We have written a number of articles on how to improve intranet content including Improving intranet content and Helping intranet authors write quality content. Most of these activities focus on …

Improving intranet content

By: James Robertson Posted: August 22, 2012

As one of the five key purposes of an intranet, content is too often left out of the equation when redesigning or improving the intranet. To be of any real …

A checklist for quality content

By: James Robertson Posted: August 22, 2012

Quality content is key to the success of any intranet, making it both useful and usable. To achieve this, intranet teams must ensure intranet authors have the right tools, training …

The classic texts of project management outline the importance of initial planning and design activities. While they only consist of 10-30% of the project, they lay the groundwork for everything …

How to create the right sites on your SharePoint intranet

By: James Robertson Posted: January 18, 2012

When you want to create a new site in your SharePoint intranet, this is the page you’re presented with. It’s pretty daunting for an inexperienced site administrator or content owner: …

Helping intranet authors write quality content

By: James Robertson Posted: September 29, 2011

p>One of the keys to a successful intranet is high quality, well written content, making it both useful and usable. Writing for the online medium is different from writing for …

Educating authors using a drop in centre

By: James Robertson Posted: June 30, 2011

The credibility of any intranet is dependent on content. Content that is created, published and maintained by many different people across the organisation. This frees up the intranet team to …