A day on intranet design with Victorian councils
Categorised under: Conferences & presentations
Last Friday I spent the day in Melbourne, running an Intranet Design + Redesign workshop for local councils. The in-house workshop was organised by one council, and with other councils invited to join the session. We ended up with about 24 people in the room representing 15 different councils from across the Melbourne metropolitan region and beyond.
This was a great group, and their energy made the day fly by. (It’s so much easier to run a workshop when everyone’s laughing and having fun!). It seems they enjoyed the day too:
“Great lightbulb moments! James is an engaging presenter who knows his ’stuff” — he has great stories, responds easily and fully to questions, imparts heaps of relevant information and keeps to time schedule too.”
“Thanks, lots of inspiration and focus.”
“Great! Really informative and now I can go back to work with tools to use straight away.”
“Changed my thinking alot about the role of the intranet and how we can improve it.”
“Really informative, engaging and useful.”
“Useful, interesting, engaging, well presented. Lots of useful tips and tricks.”
“Excellent. Well presented. Great use of visuals and slides.”
“Really interesting! It got me in the mindset to get working on my intranet and intranet strategy. One of the best trainers I have seen.”
“Excellent – knows his stuff, keeps it interesting, injects humour. Would recommend highly.”
This is the second time this year we’ve run a private workshop session in Melbourne, and the format works well. It’s extremely cost-effective for participants, and a great way for us to connect with a tightly-knit group of participants. Drop us a line if you’d like to organise something similar in your neighbourhood…
Tags: design, Information architecture, Intranets, usability, user-centred design, workshops
James Robertson is the Managing Director of 