Microsoft has announced the next version of SharePoint, to be called SharePoint Server 2016. Though it will not be released until the second half of 2015, not likely before September, there will be a preview version at the big Ignite …
Why reinvent the wheel when you can steal from others? The best intranets have superb executive sponsorship – usually the President or CEO or someone in the C-Suite – and going hand-in-hand with executive sponsorship, the requisite funding. Governance is …
Internal Branding & Employee Engagement Conference When: September 9-11, 2014 Where: Vancouver, BC Register: Online at http://www.aliconferences.com/events/internal-branding-employee-engagement Reinventing Internal Communications to Drive Behavior Change and a Strategic & Brand-Centric Culture. Learn practical strategies and step-by-step …
Intranet managers and consultants are the consummate knowledge workers. And most of us have come to learn intimately that knowledge is power. In particular, an intranet manager needs to explicitly know and understand: the requirements of the business, intranet best …
Intranet design is pretty stale; and most intranets tend to look alike. Intranet design isn’t the most imaginative business, but occasionally an innovator steps forth…. Enter IBM. IBM undertook a ‘galactic’ intranet redesign a few years ago. In fact, it …
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“I no longer support the idea of home page news and features,” says Shel Holtz, Principal, Holtz Communications + Technology. “My opinion has changed 180 degrees in the past two years. Activity streams is where we are moving.” At Pitney …
It takes a highly engaging, collaborative intranet to be a great intranet. And a highly engaged workforce, led by a very active executive team that not only believes in and talks social, but walks social too. DIRECTV, which has since …
It takes a highly engaging, collaborative intranet to be a great intranet. DIRECTV has an 80% participation rate on their social intranet that features active bloggers among their executive team, including the CEO, and CMO. In fact, more than a …
Part II of a four part series on great intranets. The Cisco intranet, called Cisco Employee Connection (CEC), is now 20 years old, and supports a workforce of more than 100,000 (75,000 full-time employees plus contractors). “The intranet connects everyone …
