How to create successful SharePoint intranets (presentation)

By: James Robertson Posted: July 23, 2014

We’ve just had the pleasure of participating in both the Australian and New Zealand SharePoint conferences, organised by Share The Point. These events covered a huge spectrum of SharePoint topics, …

Great (SharePoint) intranets in the modern age

By: James Robertson Posted: October 30, 2013

I’ve been touring the globe over the last few months, talking about the possibilities now available for intranets running on SharePoint. Like other modern technologies provided to intranet teams, SharePoint …

The power of content management in SharePoint

By: James Robertson Posted: September 27, 2013

I was pleased to be in Utrecht this week for the Congres SharePoint, which saw 350+ people come together for a day of high-energy presentations. For my part, I talked …

Video: great SharePoint intranets in the modern age

By: James Robertson Posted: August 28, 2013

I’ve been doing a lot of presenting recently to SharePoint audiences about what great intranets look like, and how to deliver them. These talks have shared as many intranet screenshots …

A lot of thinking needs to go into developing a SharePoint intranet, whether it’s a new site or an upgrade of an existing intranet. The knowledge and skills required is …

Presentation: Governance for SharePoint intranets

By: James Robertson Posted: October 9, 2012

Yesterday I gave a presentation in Denmark to a diverse group of organisations, all wrestling with SharePoint. While they’d all found SharePoint to be useful, the common story was the …

“Helping staff do their jobs” is the primary purpose of most intranets. Yet this is only achieved when staff can quickly and easily find what they need on the intranet. …

Two streams of SharePoint governance

By: James Robertson Posted: April 3, 2012

A few weeks back, we were at the Australian SharePoint conference in Melbourne, which was packed with both attendees and vendors. The word of the event was “governance”, to the …

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: …