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Blog category: Conferences & presentations
February 3, 2010 by James Robertson
First workshop of the year: Intranet Design + Redesign (Sydney, March 25)
Tags: design, Intranets, user-centred design, workshop
January 27, 2010 by James Robertson
Finalising Europe in March
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 ...
January 18, 2010 by James Robertson
In-house presentations on intranets
We've seen a lot of intranets, and have worked with a lot of organisations. With three years of the global Intranet Innovation Awards under our belts, we have a remarkable collection of intranet case studies, covering every industry and focus. It's therefore about time we highlighted the in-house presentations we ...
Tags: business case, Intranets
December 2, 2009 by James Robertson
Returning to Europe in March 2010
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, ...
December 1, 2009 by James Robertson
Slidecast of the 2009 Intranet Innovation Award winners
Last week we held an awards ceremony at the KMWorld conference in San Jose. In addition, I gave a 50 minute presentation that shared plenty of detail on a number of the winners. The ...
November 30, 2009 by James Robertson
A day on intranet design with Victorian councils
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 ...
Tags: design, Information architecture, Intranets, usability, user-centred design, workshops
November 19, 2009 by James Robertson
A gathering of award winners in San Jose
This morning we held an awards ceremony at KMWorld in San Jose for some of the US-based winners of the Intranet Innovation Awards. In front of the assembled masses, I was delighted to hand over the lovely glass trophies in ...
October 27, 2009 by James Robertson
Masterclass on SharePoint Collaboration and Governance in Sydney
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 ...
October 14, 2009 by James Robertson
Intranet Innovation Awards events (Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra)
With the release of this year's winners of the Intranet Innovation Awards imminent, we've organised a series of events throughout Australia to share the remarkable ideas and approaches that have been uncovered. Now in their third year, the Intranet Innovation Awards are global awards that discover and share vital intranet ...
October 6, 2009 by James Robertson
Back in Australia
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 ...
September 28, 2009 by James Robertson
Visiting the US, opportunities to speak?
I'm now half way through my current European trip, and it's back-to-back workshops and conferences. I really enjoy these international trips, as they give me a chance to reach a wider audience, and to find out what's happening in the world. I've now presented in over a dozen countries, ...
September 20, 2009 by James Robertson
Ready for the world-premier in London of our “Intranet design + redesign” workshop
Phew! It's been a busy week, and I'm glad to finally be on a plane to Europe. One of the bigger projects was putting the finishing touches to our brand-new Intranet design + redesign workshop. I've been running intranet strategy workshops for years now. They've run in over a dozen countries ...
Tags: design, Information architecture, Intranets, usability, workshops
August 24, 2009 by James Robertson
KMWorld: sharing the latest on intranets
I'll be presenting at the upcoming KMWorld conference in San Jose, sharing details on this year's winners of the Intranet Innovation Awards. I'll also be running two workshops, on intranets and search. As a speaker, I've been given a discount code that will save you $200 on the registration. ...
Tags: Intranets
August 21, 2009 by James Robertson
BTpedia – BT’s corporate wiki
Mark Morrell has written about BTpedia, BT's corporate wiki. To quote: BTpedia was created in 2007. Beta testing with users has led to a small application becoming a critical place for people to share how to do things in BT. Without advertising or publicity it has grown to over ...
August 17, 2009 by James Robertson
Switzerland, England, Norway and Denmark
I'm putting the final touches to my next European trip in September. I'll have a packed schedule, visiting five countries in ten working days. These are the events announced so far, make sure you book quickly as I won't be back again until March 2010: Dates Location Event Detail...
July 31, 2009 by James Robertson
Intranets when organisations merge (Sydney & Brisbane)
A new round of government agency mergers is sweeping through NSW and Queensland, creating a range of new "super agencies". In most cases, the existing departments have intranets, and the obvious question to ask is: what to do with these multiple intranets? When agencies merge, there is considerable pressure to move quickly, ...
July 30, 2009 by James Robertson
Feedback on the first “Succeeding at collaboration” workshop
We had a ball at the "Succeeding at collaboration" workshop in Canberra this week. This is some of the feedback from participants: "Great - directly applicable to me & particularly valuable for sparking ideas." "Very relevant, well pitched, excellent!" "Good, interactive, plain English, sensible stuff!" "Good common sense practical advice, but packaged in a ...
Tags: Collaboration, workshops
July 29, 2009 by James Robertson
Yesterday’s collaboration workshop in Canberra
Talk about collaborating on collaboration! I ran the first of our "Succeeding at collaboration" workshops yesterday in Canberra, and discussions were vigorous and insightful from the outset. At some points I could barely get a word in edgeways, which is exactly what you want when so much great experience is ...
Tags: Collaboration, workshops
July 29, 2009 by James Robertson
Collaboration workshop comes to Melbourne (10 September 2009)
We're steadily working our way through Australia, and have just announced a Melbourne date for our Succeeding at collaboration workshop (10 September 2009). As usual, there are only 10 places, so these will ...
Tags: blogs, Collaboration, team sites, wikis, workshop
July 24, 2009 by James Robertson
How to write a corporate Twitter strategy (…and here’s one I made earlier)
Neil Williams has published a complete corporate Twitter strategy, developed for the Cabinet Office in the UK. To quote: You might think a 20-page strategy a bit over the top for a tool like Twitter. After all, microblogging is a low-barrier to entry, low-risk and low-resource channel relative to other corporate ...
Tags: governance, policy, social media, twitter
July 23, 2009 by James Robertson
Brand new workshop: intranet design + redesign (Sydney, 21 October 2009)
We've been working with intranet teams for years now, as well as writing articles and running workshops around the globe. Something that's been on our to-do list for ages now has been to create ...
Tags: design, Information architecture, Intranets, redesign, usability, workshop
July 21, 2009 by James Robertson
Canberra collaboration workshop sold out, now a Sydney date (August 25)
Our first Succeeding at collaboration workshop, scheduled for Canberra has been a big hit. We've now organised a date for Sydney (25 August 2009). We expect this to fill, so you'll want ...
Tags: Collaboration, workshops
July 6, 2009 by James Robertson
The Shut Up, Move On (SUMO) Guide to Succeeding in Challenging and Changing Times (Sydney, August 5)
This is a little off-topic, but I've heard so many people rave about this I couldn't say no to a request to spread the word: Paul McGee, better known as The SUMO Guy (Shut Up, Move On), is giving a one-off rare public seminar in Sydney on Wednesday 5 August 2009. ...
June 15, 2009 by James Robertson
Speaking in NZ (August 2009)
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 ...
June 15, 2009 by James Robertson
What is government 2.0?
Craig Thomler answers the question: what is Government 2.0? To quote: Government 2.0 grew out of Web 2.0 in an attempt to define a new approach to governing which provides governments and their citizens more direct and immediate ways to communicate, engage and collaborate enabled by Web 2.0 principles and ...
Tags: government, web 2.0
June 5, 2009 by James Robertson
J.Boye Philadelphia 09 – The best thing seen at the conference
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 ...
May 5, 2009 by James Robertson
Expert session: succeeding at collaboration (Canberra, 28 July 2009)
We've just announced a new expert session on succeeding at collaboration, to be held in Canberra on 28 July 2009. SharePoint, wikis and blogs are bringing collaboration capabilities into many organisations, and are spreading ...
Tags: Collaboration
April 23, 2009 by James Robertson
Workshops sold out, new dates
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 ...
April 15, 2009 by James Robertson
Don’t miss out: Sydney workshops are filling up
The second reminder for today is about our upcoming events in Sydney, which are down to the last handful of places: Expert session: intranet strategy and managementSydney, 7 May 2009 This intensive intranet strategy session will give you the tools, ideas and methodologies you need to make a success of ...
April 3, 2009 by James Robertson
Video interview from Denmark
At the end of the excellent IntraTeam conference in Denmark, I was invited to do a quick video interview. I'm still a bit over-excited after giving my presentation, and I seem to be blinking very slowly (jetlag? strange video effect?). Still, some useful ground ...
March 27, 2009 by James Robertson
Expert session: intranet strategy and management (Brisbane, 22 May 2009)
Having launched our new expert session on intranets in Sydney, we were immediately swamped for requests for a Brisbane showing. Ever responsive to our customer needs, we've caved in to these demands and ...
March 23, 2009 by James Robertson
Expert session: CMS selection strategies (Sydney, 14 May 2009)
Learn from the foremost experts to save money and mitigate technology risks. Choosing the right web content management system (CMS) is vital. Spend a day with James Robertson, one of the foremost experts on CMS, ...
March 23, 2009 by James Robertson
Expert session: intranet strategy and management (Sydney, 7 May 2009)
This is the first of an ongoing series of intensive training sessions that we'll be holding at our lovely offices in inner-city Sydney: Learn from the foremost experts to build in-house skills in tight economic ...
March 6, 2009 by James Robertson
Finished up at the IntraTeam conference in Denmark
Today is my last day in Denmark (for this trip), and I've spent a very enjoyable three days at the IntraTeam Event 2009. This has been probably the best intranet conference I've spoken at, and I think there's a few reasons for this: Danes are friendly and surprisingly passionate about ...
Tags: Intranets
February 23, 2009 by James Robertson
Two-day intranet masterclass in Denmark (27-28 April)
I've just organised to run another two-day intranet masterclass in Copenhagen, Denmark on 27-28 April 2009. Presented by IntraTeam, this was a packed event late last year, with a tremendous group of intranet teams freely sharing their successes and challenges. An overview of the workshop: Intranets must succeed. While they ...
Tags: Intranets
February 13, 2009 by James Robertson
Just over a week until Sydney awards roadshow
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 ...
February 4, 2009 by James Robertson
Intranet Innovation Award winners spread their wings
One of benefits of being a winner of the global Intranet Innovation Awards is that you get invites to great places in the world to share what you've been doing. One such example: The International Intranet Day run by J. Boye in Denmark (March 25), includes presentations from three ...
Tags: awards, innovation, Intranets
January 30, 2009 by James Robertson
Intranet Innovation Awards come to Sydney (23 February 2009)
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 ...
January 23, 2009 by James Robertson
Visiting Vienna for a day
In addition to the one-day masterclass I'll be running in London, I'll also be presenting a session in Vienna on 11 March 2009. There is some great intranet work being done in this corner of Europe, and there are already a number of interesting organisations who have registered. You ...
December 16, 2008 by James Robertson
Enterprise 2.0 Executive Forum 2009
Ross Dawson of the Future Exploration Network organises truly excellent events, and the next one will be the Enterprise 2.0 Executive Forum 2009, to be held in Sydney on 24 February. To quote: The Enterprise 2.0 Executive Forum is a deeply practical day for executives who want to harness social ...
Tags: Enterprise 2.0
December 16, 2008 by James Robertson
Delivering Innovative Intranets (London, March 2009)
As part of my European trip coming up in March, I'll now be running a one-day intranet masterclass in London, on Tuesday March 12th. To quote: General consensus is growing: Intranets must succeed. While they have grown greatly over the last ten years, too many intranets deliver just corporate documents ...
December 10, 2008 by James Robertson
IntraTeam Event 2009 (Denmark, March 2009)
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, ...
November 26, 2008 by James Robertson
One week until Melbourne intranet roadshow
Just a quick reminder that's only a week until the Intranet Innovation Awards Roadshow in Melbourne (Thursday December 4). We have 80+ people signed up to see some innovative (and practical!) ideas relating to intranets. It's not too late to attend, but you'll need to register before the day: When: Thursday, ...
November 14, 2008 by James Robertson
New community of practice in the UK
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. ...
November 14, 2008 by James Robertson
Serena to talk at the NSW KM Forum
Just a quick note to say that Serena Joyner (the KM lead in our growing team) is speaking at the NSW KM Forum on Tuesday 25th November. This is what she'll be covering: Collaboration on the frontline – the challenges and some success stories We will look at some case studies ...
November 6, 2008 by James Robertson
Next Tuesday in Canberra: Intranet Innovation Awards Roadshow
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: ...
November 5, 2008 by James Robertson
Intranet Innovation Awards: Melbourne (December 4)
We've now organised an Intranet Innovation Award Roadshow event for Melbourne, providing a free afternoon session sharing insights and ideas from this year's winners. Discover approaches that can be reused in your ...
October 27, 2008 by James Robertson
Intranet Innovation Awards Roadshow: Brisbane
We've now organised a Intranet Innovation Award Roadshow event for Brisbane, providing a free afternoon session sharing insights and ideas from this year's winners. Discover approaches that can be reused in ...
Tags: awards, brisbane, innovation, Intranets
October 22, 2008 by James Robertson
Intranets & Social Media Workshops for Communicators (Sydney, October 28)
Just a quick note to say that it's not too late to sign up for the intranet workshop I'll be running in Sydney on October 28. Organised by Melcrum, this will cover intranet strategies from a comms team perspective. Topics covered include: understanding intranets understanding staff needs delivering successful intranets innovative intranets your intranet questions ...
October 15, 2008 by James Robertson
Intranet Innovation Award Roadshow: Canberra
This is the first of the Intranet Innovation Award Roadshow events, free afternoon sessions sharing insights and ideas from this year’s winners. Discover approaches that can be reused in your organisation, ...
August 31, 2008 by James Robertson
Off soon to London, Copenhagen and San Jose
It's now just over a week until I start into my next around-the-world trip. This time I'll be visiting London, Copenhagen and San Jose. The main reason for my trip is to run a two-day intranet masterclass in Copenhagen (17-18 September). This will cover all my latest intranet thinking, ...
August 8, 2008 by James Robertson
How we work (2): in-house workshops
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 ...
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August 7, 2008 by James Robertson
Two workshops at KMWorld & Intranets 2008 (San Jose, September 23-25)
I'll be participating heavily this year in the KMWorld & Intranets 2008 conference, held in San Jose on September 23-25. In addition to presenting on a number of topics, I'll be running two workshops: W5 – Strategies for Innovative Intranets 9:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m While the concept of the intranet as ...
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July 6, 2008 by James Robertson
Some spare time in Europe
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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July 6, 2008 by James Robertson
“Delivering Innovative Intranets” comes to Denmark in September
In September I'll be presenting a two-day intranet workshop in Denmark (17-18 September 2008). Organised by IntraTeam, this is going to be a great event, for both novice and experienced teams. A wide range of topics will be covered, including all my latest thinking: evolution of intranets understanding staff needs 6x2 methodology ...
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June 27, 2008 by James Robertson
Last chance for Presentation Zen in Sydney
| View Despite the late notice, we've had registrations flooding in for the Presentation Zen session ...
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June 19, 2008 by James Robertson
Open Publish 08 (Sydney, July)
Registration for Open Publish 08 is now open, and it's not to be missed. This has evolved into the definitive content management conference within Australia, covering web content management, structured (XML) content, content strategy and much more. Run by practitioners for practitioners, this isn't a hollow excuse for vendor pitches ...
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June 12, 2008 by James Robertson
Presentation Zen comes to Sydney (4th July)
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May 23, 2008 by James Robertson
The Australian CMS marketplace [+ audio]
| View We do a lot of work helping organisations select a suitable content management system (CMS), ...
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May 15, 2008 by James Robertson
WIPA Usability and Eyetracking Seminars (Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane)
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 ...
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May 9, 2008 by James Robertson
Intranet questions (Wellington, NZ)
The last two days I've been running a workshop in Wellington, New Zealand. A great group, and very vigorous discussions and debates. As ever, for the record, these were the "big questions" raised by participants at the beginning of the workshop: Homepage policy? Intranet vs document management? Process for delivering a business-effective intranet? Intranet redevelopment ...
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May 6, 2008 by James Robertson
Highlighting two workshops (Melbourne, Brisbane)
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 ...
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May 5, 2008 by James Robertson
The four purposes of an intranet [+ audio]
| View As you may have noticed, I've been working steadily to capture some ...
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April 24, 2008 by James Robertson
What do innovative intranets look like? [+ audio]
| View For those who missed my talk at the recent IA Summit in Miami, ...
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April 17, 2008 by James Robertson
Call for papers: Open Publish 2008 (Sydney)
Open Publish 2008 is an event focused on issues such as improving the quality of information, better productivity for users and reducing non-productive costs. It will be of particular interest to those who believe in the potential of technology but understand the importance of people. By combining the flexible collaboration ...
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April 14, 2008 by James Robertson
Six phases of intranet evolution (including audio)
| View I've been talking about the evolution of intranets for some time now, at ...
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April 10, 2008 by James Robertson
NSW Department of Primary Industries intranet demonstration (Canberra)
When Kate Needham demonstrated her award-winning intranet in Sydney a month or two ago, the sesions sold out in a matter of days. So if you'd like to see the same demonstration in Canberra, you'd better be quick! Details as follows: The NSW Department of Primary Industries intranet, InSite, was recently ...
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April 7, 2008 by James Robertson
Call for speakers: JBoye08 (Denmark)
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 ...
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April 2, 2008 by James Robertson
Managing and Growing Your Intranet (Auckland & Wellington)
I'll be running a pair of two-day Managing and Growing Your Intranet masterclasses in New Zealand in May. These have a huge amount of information packed in, and they'll be further tuned with the latest thinking between now and May. The key details: Managing and Growing Your Intranet 5 & 6 ...
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March 16, 2008 by James Robertson
Two workshops at the IA Summit
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:...
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March 6, 2008 by James Robertson
Speaking to the Geneva Web Group
Just a quick note to say that I'll be speaking at the Geneva Web Group on Monday March 17th. This is what I'll be covering: Intranets must succeed. While they have progressed greatly over the last decade, they still struggle to get the support and recognition they need to truly ...
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March 6, 2008 by James Robertson
Presentation: Understanding staff needs and how to meet them
| View These are the slides from my keynote presentation at the IntraTeam conference ...
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March 1, 2008 by James Robertson
Workshops: information management and information architecture
Just a quick reminder that the early-bird rate is just about to close for two of our upcoming workshops: Innovative Information Management Planning Sydney, 2 April 2008 Cairo Walker outlines new approaches to information management that provide practical ways of delivering solutions even in complex organisations. Information Architecture Essentials Sydney, 9 April 2008 One-day ...
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February 27, 2008 by James Robertson
Collaboration is about people
| View I've just uploaded the presentation I gave today at a KM Roundtable meeting in Melbourne. A ...
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February 18, 2008 by James Robertson
Narrative Techniques for Business (Melbourne, Canberra and beyond)
Anecdote are unquestionably the leading thinkers (and doers) in Australia on narrative techniques. Drawing on the best thinking from around the globe (and their own insights), they've done a lot of very interesting work. They are also great folk just to spend time with. So it's worth mentioning that they have ...
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February 14, 2008 by James Robertson
In-house 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 ...
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February 8, 2008 by James Robertson
How to successfully moderate a conference panel, a comprehensive guide
Jeremiah Owyang has written an article on successfully moderating a conference panel. To quote: Sadly, the value of most panels are really poor, and this is mostly due to the lack of moderation. Just yesterday, I heard that one nervous moderator asked the panelists to introduce themselves, then went directly ...
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February 5, 2008 by James Robertson
Six month workshop calendar
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 ...
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February 4, 2008 by James Robertson
Complete Intranet Management (Melbourne, May 9)
We've just launched a brand-new workshop that introduces a unique model for intranet management: the Intranet Hive. The Intranet Hive was first created for an intranet team within a large Australian financial services organisation. Led by an experienced intranet manager, the team was effective and ...
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February 4, 2008 by James Robertson
Innovative Information Management Planning (Sydney, April 2)
Cairo's Innovative Information Management Planning workshop is a truly unique event, giving a fresh approach to planning information projects. We've just lined up a date in Sydney on 2 April, and this is not far off (the early-bird date closes on 2 March). At a glance: To be successful, information ...
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February 3, 2008 by James Robertson
Brisbane intranet managers get together 20 February 08
Our Brisbane office, run by Rebecca Rodgers, is holding its second informal get-together for Brisbane intranet managers. Details as follows: Date: Wednesday, 20 February 2008 Time: 10am - 12noon Place: Suncorp Centre, Level 17, 36 Wickham Tce, Brisbane Topic: Intranet Innovation Awards Cost: Free The Intranet Innovation Awards are global awards that celebrate new ideas and ...
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January 31, 2008 by James Robertson
Intranet Planning Day (Canberra, 4 June 2008)
I've just scheduled another one of my Intranet Planning Day workshops, for 4 June in Canberra. As ever, I've packed all my best thinking on intranet management into this workshop, including my unique '6x2 methodology'. I'm only running two of these in Australia this year, so you won't want ...
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January 24, 2008 by James Robertson
Information Architecture Essentials (Sydney, Brisbane)
We've started our event calendar for the year with a new round of our ever-popular Information Architecture Essentials workshops: Sydney: 9 April 2008 Brisbane: 18 June 2008 In this one-day workshop, Patrick Kennedy will present the fundamentals of information architecture (IA), the core methodology for organising and designing websites and intranets. ...
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January 22, 2008 by James Robertson
International events
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...
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January 21, 2008 by James Robertson
Enterprise 2.0 Executive Forum 2008 (Sydney, February)
Ross Dawson of Future Exploration Network will be hosting the Enterprise 2.0 Executive Forum 2008 on February 19 in Sydney. Enterprise 2.0 is an important topic for many organisations, but the challenge is finding how best to deploy these new technologies and ideas. Enterprise 2.0 Executive Forum will provide a ...
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January 12, 2008 by James Robertson
Intranet masterclass in London (7 March 2008)
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 ...
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November 29, 2007 by James Robertson
It’s nice to have friends
It's nice to have friends. Over the years, we've met a lot of people at conferences and events, and have steady readers of the articles we publish. We've also worked with a lot of organisations, or have had conversations via emails. The connections we build at conferences, however, can be lost ...
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November 23, 2007 by James Robertson
Making intranets work (for communicators)
| View These are the slides from the 1.5 hour workshop I gave at the IABC "Communicators' Day ...
September 28, 2007 by James Robertson
Intranet Planning Day (Canberra, October)
Another quick note to highlight the Intranet Planning Day masterclass that I'll be running in Canberra on 19 October. These contain all my latest thinking on how to deliver successful intranets, including the 6x2 methodology. Topics covered during the day: model of intranet evolution, explaining why intranets are the way they are creating ...
September 27, 2007 by James Robertson
Information architecture fundamentals (Canberra, October)
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 ...
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September 11, 2007 by James Robertson
Where collaboration tools fit in (Melbourne, Sydney)
Just a reminder that I'll be presenting two Where collaboration tools fit in afternoons in the coming month, details as follows: Melbourne 25 September 2007 Crowne Plaza Hotel Sydney 10 October 2007 Mercure Hotel I'll be covering the four phases of collaboration, as well as providing a model that describes where to target collaboration ...
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August 28, 2007 by James Robertson
Registration has opened for Oz-IA/2007
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!). ...
August 27, 2007 by James Robertson
Where collaboration tools fit in (Brisbane, September 12)
Are you thinking of installing SharePoint, QuickPlaces, or equivalent? Do you already have these types of collaboration tools in your organisation, but are struggling to work out how they relate to your intranet, document management systems, etc? With the rapid spread of collaboration tools, the opportunity for new approaches to intranets ...
August 24, 2007 by James Robertson
Workshop in Denmark
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. ...
August 24, 2007 by James Robertson
IABC Communicators’ Day Out (Sydney)
Just a quick note to say that I'll be running a mini intranet workshop at the IABC Communicators' Day Out, 22-23 November in Sydney. This will be a 1.5 hour session on intranet strategy, targeted particularly at those communication folks responsible for running a corporate intranet. Should be a good ...
August 24, 2007 by James Robertson
Program finalised for Oz-IA
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 ...
August 10, 2007 by James Robertson
Would you like me to drop by when in Europe?
I'll be back to Europe in early November, to speak (and run a workshop) at the always-excellent cmf2007 conference in Denmark. Now, it's a long way to come for just a three day conference, so I'm planning to stay a little longer. So if you'd like me to drop by ...
July 17, 2007 by James Robertson
Six month event calendar (Australia)
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...
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July 17, 2007 by James Robertson
Where collaboration tools fit in (Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney)
To meet the huge level of interest in collaboration at the moment, we've organised three more sessions on Where collaboration tools fit in, with dates as follows: Brisbane (12 September 2007) Melbourne (25 September 2007) Sydney (10 October 2007) To quote: With the rapid spread of collaboration tools such as SharePoint, the ...
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July 15, 2007 by James Robertson
Information Architecture Fundamentals (Sydney + Canberra)
After quite some time, we've finally found the time to restart our hugely popular Information Architecture Fundamentals workshops. These are great sessions to build in-house skills within web and intranet teams. The two dates planned for 2007: Sydney (24 August 2007) Canberra (26 October 2007) To quote: In this one-day workshop, Patrick ...
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