For 2010 we're very pleased to have a new judge on the panel for the Intranet Innovation Awards. William Amurgis, Manger - Internal communications, at American Electric Power (AEP), is our first practitioner judge, and represents the USA on the panel. He'll ...
Blog category: intranet innovation awards
March 1, 2010 by James Robertson
William Amurgis joins the Intranet Innovation Awards judging panel
March 1, 2010 by James Robertson
2010 Intranet Innovation Awards now open for entries
We're pleased to announce that the 2010 Intranet Innovation Awards are now open for entries. Now in their fourth year, the Intranet Innovation Awards are the premier awards for intranet teams. Drawing on the best of intranet work around the world, ...
February 18, 2010 by James Robertson
Video interview with Sabre on their online social tools
Sabre Holdings is one of the largest travel services businesses in the world, quietly connecting travel agents with airlines, as well as running major sites such as Travelocity. Sabre Town, their enterprise social space, provides a ...
Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, innovation, intranet innovation awards, Intranets, sabre, social tools
February 16, 2010 by James Robertson
What do you expect in the 2010 Intranet Innovation Awards?
Here at Step Two Designs we're gearing up for the launch of the 2010 Intranet Innovation Awards, with submissions opening in March (just a couple of weeks!). It doesn't seem too long ago that we unveiled the 2009 winners and many genuinely spectacular intranet innovations, from CRS Australia's super-smart ...
February 16, 2010 by James Robertson
Video interview with NYK on wiki-based intranet news
NYK is one of the world's largest shipping and transport firms, with 770 major ships sailing the oceans. In an incredibly competitive market, it is vital to quickly respond to industry changes and competitor moves. To facilitate ...
Tags: Enterprise 2.0, innovation, intranet innovation awards, Intranets, news, wikis
January 19, 2010 by James Robertson
Video interview with Prophet on streamlining 360 degree feedback
We often talk about using the intranet to save time, and to streamline common business tasks. This is all about taking a cumbersome existing process, and replacing it with an online version that works spectacularly ...
January 15, 2010 by James Robertson
Video interview with AEP on award-winning ideas system
When I was in San Jose for the KMWorld conference, I organised an awards ceremony for the US winners of the Intranet Innovation Awards. This also allowed me to do video interviews with a number of ...
Tags: ideas system, innovation, intranet innovation awards, Intranets
January 6, 2010 by James Robertson
How to generate business support for intranet innovation
Just before Christmas I gave an in-house presentation at a major Australian bank. In this organisation, the intranet team has recently delivered the start of a major intranet upgrade, and are now working on building support for their next steps. This came about because the intranet manager attended our Sydney ...
December 16, 2009 by James Robertson
Gold winner: ChTPZ (Russia)
[caption id="attachment_3888" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="ChTPZ's 'Mobile Employee' service is an easy-to-use, custom-designed SMS system that's housed on the intranet and tightly integrated with the organisation's corporate directory."] Post 10 of 10 in a series of blog posts giving more insight into ...
December 14, 2009 by James Robertson
Gold winner: COWI (Denmark)
[caption id="attachment_3888" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="COWI's project sites have enabled faster and more effective working across teams and departments, while maintaining compliance with the organisation's strict methodology."] Post 9 of 10 in a series of blog posts giving more insight into this year's ...
December 10, 2009 by James Robertson
Gold winner: American Electric Power (USA)
[caption id="attachment_3888" align="alignnone" width="599" caption="AEP's 'Now Ideas' helped the company identify $8 million in savings in five months."] Post 8 of 10 in a series of blog posts giving more insight into this year's Intranet Innovation Award winners. American Electric Power’s ...
December 7, 2009 by James Robertson
Gold winner: NYK Group (UK)
[caption id="attachment_3888" align="alignnone" width="599" caption="NYK's wiki News Room provided a cost-effective, global and user-friendly solution to sharing and distributing Group news. Screenshot courtesy of NYK."] Post 7 of 10 in a series of blog posts giving more insight into this year's ...
Tags: intranet innovation awards, Intranets, wikis
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 24, 2009 by James Robertson
Intranet Innovations 2009: insights into this year’s winners
The 2009 Intranet Innovation Award winners were unveiled in Sydney on 5 November 2009. There's a wealth of great screenshots, information, tips and advice in the 2009 Awards report, which you can find on the Step Two Designs website. This article summarises the winners and hits on some of ...
November 24, 2009 by James Robertson
Gold winner: SunGard (NZ/USA)
[caption id="attachment_3888" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Sungard's Skills Matrix dispenses with a wall-sized spreadsheet and allows managers and other staff to find the right employee for a task. Image provided courtesy of Sungard"] Post 6 of 10 in a series of blog posts giving ...
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 ...
November 18, 2009 by James Robertson
Gold winner: Prophet (USA)
[caption id="attachment_3888" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Prophet's in-house designed online performance evaluations system reduced the appraisal process timeframe from two months to one week. Screenshot courtesy of Prophet."] Post 5 of 10 in a series of blog posts giving more insight into this year's ...
November 12, 2009 by James Robertson
Gold winner: Sabre (USA)
[caption id="attachment_3888" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Sabre Town is social networking for the enterprise, an in-house developed, Facebook-style platform that's led to quantifiable savings for the company. Screenshot courtesy of Sabre."] Post 4 of 10 in a series of blog posts giving more insight ...
Tags: Enterprise 2.0, intranet innovation awards, Intranets, social networking, web 2.0
November 10, 2009 by James Robertson
Gold winner: IBM (USA)
[caption id="attachment_3888" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="The w3 Toolbar is an active, multi-functional browser tool enabling users to recommend, share and link to content, files and more. Screenshot courtesy of IBM."] Post 3 of 10 in a series of blog posts giving more insight ...
November 9, 2009 by James Robertson
Gold winner: IDEO (USA)
[caption id="attachment_3877" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Rich people profiles, including projects and availability. Screenshot courtesy of IDEO."][/caption] Post 2 of 10 of a series of blog posts giving more insight into this year’s Intranet ...
Tags: Enterprise 2.0, intranet innovation awards, Intranets, web 2.0
November 6, 2009 by James Robertson
2009 platinum winner: CRS Australia (Australia)
Post 1 of 10. This is the first of a series of blog posts giving more insight into this year's Intranet Innovation Award winners. Workflow inbox and moreCRS Australia (Australia) CRS Australia provides vocational rehabilitation services and assistance for people with ...
Tags: integration, intranet innovation awards, Intranets, sap
