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Beyond the standard content audit

By: Steve Byrne Posted: April 26, 2013

Using Excel in more powerful ways can bring further insights beyond a typical content audit

Content migration: start as you plan to continue

By: James Robertson Posted: April 26, 2013

When migrating to a new intranet, it’s important to establish the right authoring practices from the outset.

Designing intranet homepages that help employees do their jobs

By: Alex Manchester Posted: March 28, 2013

How much of your intranet home is red (irrelevant) vs green (directly helpful for staff)?

Every intranet needs a strategy

By: Steve Byrne Posted: February 27, 2013

An intranet vision is the starting point, but a strategy is still needed showing how to get there.

How to make this your last big intranet redesign

By: James Robertson Posted: June 25, 2012

Intranet redesigns involve a huge amount of work, so how do we make this the last big redesign that’s needed?

Intranets: global and local

By: James Robertson Posted: December 21, 2011

All intranets must find a balance between global (common) and local (specific) information.

Tree testing for effective navigation

By: Steve Byrne Posted: October 26, 2011

Tree testing provides a cheap and effective way of checking draft navigation before proceeding further into a redesign.

Intranet teams need technology savvy

By: James Robertson Posted: August 29, 2011

Intranet teams can’t afford to be technology ignorant, but nor do they need to be geeks.

What message does your intranet send to your staff?

By: James Robertson Posted: July 29, 2011

Organisations with a strong public brand and reputation are under growing pressure to deliver an intranet to match.

Coaching for intranet success

By: Steve Byrne Posted: June 30, 2011

Effective coaching techniques are critical for achieving a well performing intranet team.