Let’s face it, as much as internal comms likes to publish corporate news, most staff aren’t that interested in reading it. While part of the problem is the lack of relevant stories, one of the big issues is lack of time. In today’s busy working life, there simply isn’t much time to catch up on [...]
Categorised under: Intranets, Mobile
Also tagged: communication, Intranets, mobile, news
The nature of internal communications and intranets is changing greatly. While new technology offers exciting new possibilities for comms teams, it does put a spotlight on the age-old divide between comms and technology teams. It was great this week to present at the Melcrum Digitial Communications Summit in Melbourne. My presentation set the scene for [...]
Categorised under: Conferences & presentations, Intranets
Also tagged: communication, digital workplace, internal communications, intranet teams, Intranets
Two major trends are affecting how intranets are used to communicate to, and connect with, staff. The first is the move by internal communications teams away from just top-down corporate communications to two-way communication and dialogue. The second is the rise of collaborative and social tools, which promise to transform how staff find each other, [...]
Categorised under: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Intranets
Also tagged: Collaboration, communication, Intranets, news, social intranets
In the old days, corporate news and information was communicated on paper, either as internal newsletters or a company newspaper. Created weekly, monthly or quarterly, these paper communications were delivered to staff desks or pigeonholes. In the modern era, communication is electronic, except perhaps for field or shop-floor staff. Newsletters have been converted into PDFs, [...]
Categorised under: Intranets
Also tagged: communication, Intranets2011, news, newsletters
Jessica Scarpati writes about collaboration on the intranet, drawing on the opinions of a few in the industry. To quote: Building an intranet to house static content such as an employee directory and benefits forms can make a portal as dated as a corporate brochure. Making unified communications (UC) tools — collaboration applications, wikis, micro-blogs [...]
Categorised under: Enterprise 2.0, Intranets
Also tagged: Collaboration, communication, Intranets