Archives for intranets

No collaboration without communications

By: Amanda Broomhall Posted: March 23, 2009

Getting the fundamentals of good communication right is a prerequisite for collaboration initiatives.

Tackling the global-local challenge?

By: James Robertson Posted: February 4, 2009

In recent projects, we’ve been doing a lot of work relating to what Jane McConnell calls the global-local challenge of intranets. In any large organisations, there will be many different …

Basics of governance

By: Amanda Broomhall Posted: November 27, 2008

Governance is about having a framework in place that enables the decision-making and planning processes for the intranet.

Extend the reach of the staff directory

By: James Robertson Posted: November 27, 2008

Staff directories are only useful when they contain all staff, even those without a PC or payroll number.

Creating a new intranet: funnelling down to a solution

By: James Robertson Posted: November 5, 2008

It’s nice to be involved at the start of a brand new intranet, rather than improving (or fixing!) an existing intranet, which is the norm. It’s also a fairly small …

25 reasons why saving time on your intranet is a bad metric

By: James Robertson Posted: October 21, 2008

We’ve all heard the argument: if we can save staff 2 minutes a day looking for information on the intranet, we can multiply this out by the number of staff …

Metadata fundamentals for intranets and websites

By: James Robertson Posted: October 19, 2008

While basic metadata is routinely captured by most publishing tools, there is still widespread confusion about its uses and limits.

Three ways to update the staff directory

By: James Robertson Posted: October 19, 2008

There are three main ways of keeping a staff directory up to date: centralised updates, self-service updating and via integration.

Naming the intranet

By: Amanda Broomhall Posted: September 11, 2008

Giving the intranet a name helps to build its identity, and may even give it a personality within the organisation.

How intranet teams should spend their time

By: Catherine Grenfell Posted: August 5, 2008

Intranet teams need to carefully manage their time, to ensure that progress is always being made.