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Intranet Innovation Awards

The Intranet Innovation Awards are global awards that celebrate new ideas and innovative approaches to the design and delivery of intranets. The goal is to find these ideas (whether large or small), and to share them with the wider community.

Uniquely, these awards recognise individual intranet improvements, and not intranets as a whole.

The awards are about improving all intranets, by increasing the pace of innovation across the whole of the intranet community. Every idea, no matter how small, adds to our understanding of what it means to have a successful intranet.

2007 winners

The inaugural awards have now been judged, and the winners selected. Full details can be found in the Intranet Innovations 2007 report, containing screenshots and examples from all winners. Commended entries provide further insights and ideas.

Platinum award winner

  • “Avanti e Veloci web portal”
    Fiat Group Automobiles (Italy)

Gold awards winners

  • “Staff Locator”
    City of Casey (Australia)
  • “Persona pack”
    Environment Agency (UK)
  • “Practice Area Communities”
    Perkins Eastman (USA)
  • “Product collaboration”
    Nycomed (Switzerland / Denmark)
  • “Away Today”
    SunGard AvantGard (USA / New Zealand)
  • “Investigator Wizard”
    QBE (Australia)

Commended entries

  • “Onomi: enterprise social bookmarking”
    The Mitre Corporation (USA)
  • “eHabitat: learning and collaboration”
    DSTA (Singapore)
  • “Intranet news via Blackberry”
    Perkins Eastman (USA)
  • “Phone book privacy settings”
    Caloundra City Council (Australia)
  • “Real-time status of staff”
    Northland Regional Council (New Zealand)
  • “Live Search on intranet”
    Lotterywest (Australia)
  • “Dashboard reports on home page”
    Lotterywest (Australia)

(Obtain a copy of the Intranet Innovation 2007 report, containing the full results from the awards)

2008 awards

The inaugural Intranet Innovation Awards have demonstrated that great ideas come in many shapes and sizes. It should also provide inspiration for intranet teams, and encouragement that a real difference can be made by intranets, no matter the organisation or the size of the intranet team.

Next year’s awards will open in March 2008, and submissions will be accepted from across the globe. Full details will be posted on this page.

Reading through this year’s winners, many intranet teams will undoubtedly discover that improvements they have already made to their site are viable contenders for an innovation award.

Teams also have six months from the release of this year’s winners to plan their work and to deliver new features, whether large or small.

How to win an award

Based on the judging of this year’s awards, we can share a few tips and suggestions that will help you win an innovation award in 2008:

  • Focus on delivering a single innovative improvement. While improving a whole intranet is undoubtedly valuable, it is not innovative, and these awards uniquely focus on specific enhancements that are uncommon or innovative.
  • Submit several different entries if you’ve implemented a number of innovative enhancements.
  • Demonstrate business benefits. Entries that can quantify (or articulate) the direct benefits to staff or the organisation will be very strongly placed to win an award. It’s not enough just to implement some new technology or idea.
  • Sell your idea. The judges must rely on the descriptions provided by entrants when reviewing submissions. Write more rather than less, and communicate what was done, why, and how it has helped the organisation.
  • Use this year’s winners as a benchmark. While there were many worthy entries this year, we’re confident that a review of the winners will highlight even more innovative intranet ideas that have yet to see the light of day.
  • Don’t be shy! Even small improvements can be very innovative (and award-winning). Enhancements do not have to impact the whole organisation, or be life-changing for the fundamental purpose of the intranet.

Benefits of entering

  • Intranet Innovation Award winners will receive global recognition, including listing on the Step Two Designs website, as well as being communicated via our global network of supporters.
  • Award winners will receive a trophy that can be proudly displayed by the team.
  • Winners will also receive printed certificates recognising their success (with enough copies for all of the team members).
  • Award winners will be showcased in the Intranet Innovations 2007 report, including screenshots and supporting descriptions.
  • Winners will receive a full copy of the Innovations 2007 report.
  • (Only winning or commended entries will be shared, and we will publish only positive comments on entries.)