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I'm going to have a busy three weeks in Europe in March, and most of the details are now finalised. I'm starting with a keynote presentation on "Intranets in 2015" at IntraTeam Event 2010 in Denmark (March 2-4), and wrapping up with a keynote on the Intranet Innovation Award winners ...

Now that I've got my last international trip done for 2009, I can look forward to a good break over Christmas. Planning the next trip to Europe in March 2010 already beckons however. At this point, I know I'll be starting with keynoting the IntraTeam conference in Denmark on March 2-4, ...

Michael Sampson will be running his masterclass on SharePoint Collaboration and Governance in Sydney on December 1. Michael is the author of two books on using SharePoint for collaboration, and I've reviewed them both (see Seamless Teamwork and SharePoint Roadmap for Collaboration). Here's Michael's overview of ...

It's nice to be back home, even if the weather is cold and wet, much like my last two weeks in Europe. The last two weeks have been frantically busy, but enjoyable nonetheless. I started with two days in Switzerland, including presenting to a local group of intranet managers from organisations ...

I'm pleased to be returning to the 9th Annual Strategic Intranet Summit this year, to be held in Wellington on 31st August. I'll be giving a keynote presentation on Building momentum for the intranet team, as well as a full-day workshop on Intranet strategy and management -- from good to ...

Unfortunately work commitments in Australia kept me from attending the inaugural J. Boye conference in Philadelphia. From the looks of this video, it was a great event! Thanks to Line Berg Ostergaard for pulling this ...

We've been pleased (and a little surprised!) how quickly our Brisbane intranet session has sold out. With a waiting list building up, we've announced a second date for 17 June 2009. This is also filling fast, so you'll need to be very quick. We're down to haggling over the ...

A quick reminder that it's just over a week until the free afternoon session in Sydney on the Intranet Innovation Awards (Monday 23 February). We've had 70+ people register, but have ...

The Intranet Innovation Awards are unique in recognising individual improvements to intranets, not sites as a whole. Winners show how new approaches to designing and delivering intranets can help staff and ...

I'm pleased to be returning to Denmark again in March, to present at the IntraTeam Event 2009 conference, to be held in Copenhagen on 3-5 March 2009. I was one of the keynote speakers last year, and this was a great event. 200+ intranet team members in the one room, ...

For two years now we've been running our Intranet Leadership Forum in Australia, providing a professional community for intranet teams. This is hugely enjoyable to run, and I think there's a lot of value to be gained from these types of groups. I'm therefore very excited to hear that J. ...

Just a quick reminder about the Intranet Innovation Awards Roadshow in Canberra next Tuesday (November 11). It's a free session, and we already have 90 signed up. There's still space for a few more, but we need to know now. Where: Canberra When: Tuesday, 11 November 2008, 2-4pm Cost: Free Sign up: ...

This is part 2 of our ongoing series that explains how we work and what services we provide as a business. We spend a lot of time on planes, keynoting conferences and running workshops across the globe, including in Australia, New Zealand, S-E Asia, Europe and the US. The workshops are ...

As mentioned in my last post, I'll be running a workshop in Denmark in September (before heading across to present at KMWorld & Intranets in San Jose). I'd like to make the most of the 24-hour flight from Australia to Europe. I'll have some time free on the week ...

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Spreading the word on behalf of the WIPA committee: WIPA is presenting an afternoon seminar on the use of the latest eyetracking technologies and the challenges of ensuring usability when an Agile Development process is used for developing websites. The two speakers are Dr Peter Brawn and Dr John Eklund, who are both experienced ...

Just a quick note to highlight two of our upcoming workshops: Complete Intranet Management Melbourne, 9 May 2008 Running in a few days, this is a unique opportunity to get "under the hood" of the Intranet Hive, our new methodology for managing intranets. This provides a view of all the ongoing ...

Last year I had the great pleasure of speaking at the JBoye conference in Denmark. All in all, a very worthwhile event, with good talks and many friendly conversations. While I won't be making it back this year (only so much travelling I can do!), I'll nonetheless highlight the ...

Just a reminder that I'm running not one but two workshops at the upcoming IA Summit (Miami, April 10-14). In particular, my one-day intranet workshop is the full masterclass that I run all over the globe, so this is worth heading down to Miami just for this. The two workshops:...

As you're probably aware, we've got a pile of upcoming workshops planned throughout Australia. We've put a lot of work into designing these, and they have been very well received by past participants. For some years now, we have also been providing in-house workshops for organisations. We've been fairly quiet ...

We've now published our full set of workshops for the coming six months. Note that most of these will only be run twice in 2008, so you'll want to book early! Dates Location Event name 2 April 2008 Sydney Innovative Information Management Planning Cairo Walker ...

The team at Step Two have a busy schedule of international events and workshops over the coming six months. We strongly recommend all these events, and encourage you to drop by to say hi: Dates Location Event Details 5 - 6 March 2008 Copenhagen, Denmark...

I'm pleased to announce that I'll be running a once-off intranet masterclass in London on 7 March 2008. The workshop is being organised by Martin White of Intranet Focus, UK's foremost intranet expert and a close working partner of Step Two Designs. This is the first time that I've run a ...

Just a quick reminder that our Information architecture fundamentals workshop being held in Canberra on 26 October 2007 is rapidly approaching. This workshop is designed to teach core IA skills, and is a very effective way of building in-house expertise within web and intranet teams. During the workshop, you will ...

It's just been announced that registration is open for the Oz-IA/2007 conference (Sydney, September 22-23). This is a remarkable practitioner-led conference, the only one of its kind in Australia. If you are an information architect or usability specialist, this your best chance for professional development (and some serious networking!). ...

As noted earlier, I'll be back in Europe in November. I'll be running a half-day workshop at cmf2007 (Aarhus, Denmark) on Designing innovative intranets. Details as follows: Designing and structuring an intranet isn't easy. This workshop explores key principles, introduces innovative new approaches and highlights the latest research results. ...

The program has just been published for the Oz-IA conference, to be held in Sydney on September 22 and 23. This is a great conference, with a depth of material for information architects that can't be obtained anywhere else. So if you want to build your IA expertise, you ...

Ok, to summarise, we've just announce a whole raft of workshops and masterclasses for the the coming six months throughout Australia. To make this easier to follow, here's a full event calendar: Dates Location Event Name 24 August 2007 Sydney Information Architecture Fundamental...