We pulled together a very strong lineup of speakers this year, and a big thank you to all those who travelled from across Australia and internationally.
Browse the presentations from the conference, and take away key insights:
Day 1 (Wednesday 16 May)
| Time | Stream 1 | Stream 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00-9:30 | Welcome to Country Conference opening: James Robertson | |
| 9:30-10:30 | International keynote: The promise and peril of internal social media (PDF) William Amurgis, American Electric Power (USA) | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Morning tea | |
| 11:00-11:45 | Yammer case study: engaging staff from the ground up (Prezi) Rebecca Jackson, Melbourne Water | From Frontpage to SP2010 – an Energex case study (PDF) Kristy Long, Energex |
| 11:45-12:30 | Overcoming the fear: why the C-suite is secretly afraid of social intranets (Slideshare) Deane Barker, Blend Interactive (USA) | Managing authoring communities: techniques, tools & tips Krystal Gee, CRS Australia |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch | |
| 1:30-1:50 | Aligning your intranet with your organisation’s vision (Slideshare) Andrew Wright, CIBA Solutions | Getting forms online and automating the workflow (PDF) Adele Ezzy, Sutherland Shire Council |
| 1:55-2:15 | Transforming intranets with social software to drive performance and value (Slideshare) Dion Hinchcliffe, Dachis Group | Delivering a Sharepoint intranet in a professional services firm (PDF) Judy Kearney, Allens Arthur Robinson |
| 2:20-2:40 | Personas: a tool for empathy (Slideshare) Steve Baty, Meld Studios | |
| 2:45-3:30 | Create your own homepage policy in 45min (PDF) Rebecca Rodgers & Catherine Grenfell, Step Two Designs | Ausgrid powers up The Wire using SharePoint 2010 Tyson Nutt, Ausgrid |
| 3:30-4:00 | Afternoon tea | |
| 4:00-5:15 | Plenary session: Four ideas that will transform intranets | |
| 6:30-late | Evening social event | |
Day 2 (Thursday 17 May)
| Time | Stream 1 | Stream 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30-10:30 | International keynote: Achieving “Eureka” (PDF) Martin White (UK) | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Morning tea | |
| 11:00-11:45 | Personal and huge: rolling out a new intranet to 120,000 people (Slideshare) Karina Smith, & Ellen Geraghty, NSW Dept Education & Communities | Building shared understanding to complex problems (PDF) Paul Culmsee, Seven Sigma |
| 11:45-12:30 | Collaboration: something old, something bold, something cold (Slideshare) Michael Sampson (New Zealand) | From word to WCAG 2.0: solving accessibilty challenges (PDF) Rachel McAlpine, Contented Enterprises Ltd (New Zealand) |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch | |
| 1:30-1:50 | Bringing it all together: developing the QUT intranet strategy (PDF) Natalie Ryan, QUT | 10 design thinking principles for intranets Vernon Meyer, AMP |
| 1:55-2:15 | Creating a governance framework – stop talking about it and write one (PDF) Damien Battisson, DEEWR | The “I don’t want to learn anything new” intranet — a SharePoint intranet for 21 to 75 year olds (Slideshare) Dorje McKinnon, Lincoln University (New Zealand) |
| 2:20-3:05 | Service design for intranets (Slideshare) Maish Nichani, PebbleRoad (Singapore) | Learning through collaborating and “lurking” online (PDF) Mandy Geddes, Institute of Executive Coaching |
| 3:05-3:30 | Afternoon tea | |
| 3:30-4:45 | Closing keynote: Intranets that surprise and delight (Slideshare) James Robertson, Step Two Designs | |