Intranets2012, to be held in Sydney on 16-18 May, will be even bigger and better than last year (hard to imagine!). We've got more international speakers, a pile of great topics, and even more attendees ready to network. So it's worth highlighting that early-bird rates for Intranets2012 close ...
Monthly Archives: February 2012
February 28, 2012
Early-bird closes in two weeks for Intranets2012
Categorised under: Conferences & presentations
Tags: conference, intranets2012
February 23, 2012
Musings about the role of the intranet in the digital workplace
It was an interesting experience writing A week in the digital workplace. The real-world narrative structure forces you to look at how things are really going to work, from a user perspective. (No abstract theory allowed!) Coming from an intranet starting point, I've found it useful to look back through ...
Categorised under: Digital workplace, Enterprise 2.0, Intranets
Tags: digital workplace, future, future vision, Intranets
February 22, 2012
New (free) report: A week in the digital workplace
The digital workplace is an emerging term that describes how the working environments in organisations of every type are being transformed by new technologies and behaviours. While the digital workplace offers a holistic view of the enterprise space, the challenge is to understand it in concrete terms. As ...
Categorised under: Digital workplace, Enterprise 2.0, Future intranet, Intranets
Tags: digital workplace, Enterprise 2.0, future, Intranets
February 21, 2012
Interview with Sharon O’Dea on UK Parliament’s award-winning mobile intranet
The 2011 Intranet Innovation Awards were notable for not one but three remarkable mobile examples. In this interview, Sharon O'Dea explains what UK Parliament has delivered, and what it took to do (hint: surprisingly little!). Key points ...
Categorised under: intranet innovation awards, Intranets, Mobile
February 21, 2012
Our books are now available on Amazon!
Our two books, Designing intranets: creating sites that work and What every intranet team should know have been bought by organisations across the globe. It's likely that these are the two best-selling intranet books yet written. While our books are extremely popular, shipping the books from ...
Categorised under: Announcements
February 20, 2012
What the digital workplace needs for success
This week we start discussing the digital workplace with a bang. (Watch this space for a big release in the next few days.) Observing the discussions to date, it's interesting to step back and observe the activity and momentum of the movement as a whole. There's no question that organisations need ...
Categorised under: Digital workplace, Enterprise 2.0, Intranets, Knowledge management
Tags: digital workplace, Enterprise 2.0, intranet 2.0, Intranets, Knowledge management
February 16, 2012
An outline for intranet author training
We know that most intranet authors do this as a hobby, not as part of their job, so we need to make intranet authoring an easy thing to do. This starts with training. Often organisations outsource training to the company providing the technical solution, which tends to result in technical ...
Categorised under: Content management, Intranets
Tags: authoring, governance, Intranets, publishing
February 16, 2012
There must be only one staff profile in the digital workplace
Staff members' digital identities underpin everything they do in today's organisations. The 'digital workplace' is centred around staff profiles that show who staff are, what they are doing, their skills and expertise, and who they are connected to. As the richness of interaction, communication and collaboration grows, so does the importance ...
Categorised under: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Intranets
February 15, 2012
Top ten reasons why your boss should sign off on Intranets2012
Talking with intranets teams throughout Australia (and beyond), there's no doubt that everyone wants to attend Intranets2012 in Sydney on May 16-18. We recognise, however, that is can be a challenge to get sign-off and budget from the boss. So to help you make the case, these are our top ...
Categorised under: Conferences & presentations
Tags: intranets2012
February 15, 2012
Creative design thinking for a law firm intranet
Over the years we've seen some superb law firm intranets, including the 2010 Intranet Innovation Award winning site, BenNet, at Bennett Jones. The nature of law firms does, on the face of it, provide a great opportunity for some fundamental intranet, document and ...
Categorised under: Enterprise 2.0, Intranets
Tags: case study, design thinking, innovation, Intranets, legal firms, mobile
February 9, 2012
Our intranet workshops for the coming six months
For many years now, we've run workshops of the highest standard throughout Australia. These are designed to build the in-house skills and expertise of intranet teams, as well as inspiring them with a view of the best that's happening across the globe. With 2012 rapidly unfolding, we've just announced our full ...
Categorised under: Conferences & presentations
February 7, 2012
Book review: Collaboration Roadmap
Collaboration and social tools are becoming the "new normal" within organisations, sitting alongside established corporate platforms such as the intranet. Yet while the technology is becoming widespread, there is strangely little discussion about how to ensure adoption and success. It seems like there is an assumption that if collaboration tools are ...
Categorised under: Book & product reviews, Collaboration
Tags: Collaboration
February 6, 2012
What I cover in my “Designing intranets” workshop (video preview)
Building on my best-selling book Designing intranets: creating sites that work, I've run full-day workshops around the globe. These are a lot of fun to run, and pack in a lot of practical techniques, real-world ...
Categorised under: Conferences & presentations
Tags: Intranets
February 1, 2012
Getting the right mix of talks at Intranets2012
Every conference is a big deal: for the organisers, and for participants who have to pay serious money to attend. The central element of a valuable conference is the right programme mix. Conferences shouldn't be just about sitting in a room filled with people who do just what you do everyday, ...
Categorised under: Conferences & presentations
Tags: conference, Intranets, intranets2012, programme
