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16 days until the Intranet Innovation Awards closes

It's now only 16 days until entries for the 2008 Intranet Innovation Awards closes, on 16 May 2008. We're aware of a lot of organisations who are planning on submitting this year, so you don't want to miss out!

Winners of the inaugural awards demonstrated a wide range of ideas, and have been very generous in sharing these for the benefit of the wider community. In return, they gained much-deserved recognition, including YouTube interviews, writeups in major journals, and inclusion in the Intranet Innovations 2007 report (not to mention receiving a beautiful glass trophy!).

This year will be even bigger, with entries covering many individual improvements to intranets. These may include valuable staff directory enhancements, powerful search tools, delivery of information to Blackberries, interactive features on intranets, new ways of meeting frontline needs, or interesting intranet applications, just to mention a few ideas.

We also have an international judging panel this year, consisting of four intranet experts across four continents:

• James Robertson
  Step Two Designs (Australia)
• Martin White
  Intranet Focus (UK)
• Jane McConnell
  NetStrategy/JMC (France)
• Howard McQueen
  McQueen Consulting (USA)

Putting in an entry should only take an afternoon, or slightly longer if you want more time to polish. Full details can be found on the awards page.

A reminder of some useful resources:

• What do innovative intranets look like?
  (presentation from the recent IA Summit, including audio, talking through some of last year's winners)
• How to win an Intranet Innovation Award
  (tips on how to submit the best possible entry)
• Intranet Innovations 2007
  (report containing full details on last year's winners)
• Awards page
  (includes the entry form)

Good luck!

Posted by jamesr on April 30, 2008 11:27 PM
Categories: Intranets