SharePoint straight ‘out of the box’ isn’t necessarily unpleasant to look at – it’s blue and has neat boxes – but it’s not ideal. By investing some of your budget in branding and design you can make your SharePoint much more attractive. Having a great design really lifts the user experience, and is key for [...]
Categorised under: Interface design, Intranets, SharePoint
Also tagged: branding, design, Intranets, SharePoint, usability
You’re a powerful and highly respected professional services firm, with offices high up in a tower building overlooking a spectacular view. You’re a major consumer goods company that delivers products designed for the fashion elite, constantly at the leading edge. You’re a global technology company, that attracts the brightest minds to deliver the most innovative [...]
Categorised under: Intranets
Also tagged: branding, culture, Intranets, reputation
SharePoint is many things, but out of the box, beautiful isn’t one of them. The boxy design and shades of blue isn’t ugly per-se, but do little to inspire adoption and enthusiasm. It used to be said that it was too hard to make SharePoint beautiful, but the following selection of examples show otherwise (you [...]
Categorised under: Design & usability guidelines, Intranets, Usability & user-centered design
Also tagged: brand, branding, design, Intranets, SharePoint
The Financial Brand talks about ‘Simon’, a highly-branded intranet at Delta Community. To quote: The Financial Brand interviewed Mary Olson, VP of Marketing, Delta Community, and talked about the credit union’s creative — and branded – employee intranet, affectionately named “Simon.” Simon is the portal for all employee communications — the guy who knows what’s [...]
Categorised under: Intranets
Peter Richards has written a post on creating a solid intranet brand. To quote: There always seems to be a debate on whether to give the Intranet a name or not. From my experience I think it is essential that the Intranet has a name and an individual design that differentiates it from any other [...]
Categorised under: Intranets