The original intranet, intranet 1.0, typically began as a nothing more than an online bruchure hosted on some techie’s desktop, buried in the IT basement. Intranet 1.0 grew and evolved rapidly, more so at some organizations than others, but in …
Employees don’t want to blog, but they do want to read blogs (and most all content) from the executive suite (see my last column Do employees want to blog?). In fact, undertake an employee communications audit in 100 organizations, pick …
Social media tools (web / intranet 2.0) are so simple and inexpensive to deploy that it’s incredibly easy to be lulled into complacency until your initiative begins to fail. Â Often, failure is simply a lack of use or adoption by …
Is your intranet ‘social’? Or is it antiquated? Social media on the intranet (Intranet 2.0) are present on about half of all intranets (in the Western World). Once a nice-to-have or a future wish, Intranet 2.0 tools such as …
It matters little what technology powers a blog. Don’t ask me whether Drupal is better than SharePoint, or if WordPress is better than Blogger. If you ask such a question then you’re likely consigning yourself to failure. If you ask …
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Most executives are pretty smart, capable people, but many (if not most) get a failing grade for social media, particularly blogs. While there are always exceptions to the rule, there are in fact very few good executive blogs. I’ve read …
(SAN JOSE, CA) “Digital work became more social… but work has always been social,” says Thomas Vander Wal, InfoCloud Solutions, addressing the KM World 2009 conference. “Businesses by nature are social – you need to have people in your organization …
I recently received a copy of the Intranet Global Survey from Toby Ward, CEO of Prescient Digital Media. The headlight quote was encouraging, “Employees want to work for progressive and innovative organizations, and expect 2.0 environments from employers of …
Social Media Becoming Mainstream on Corporate Intranet Read More »
Like anything, you get what you pay for. However, that doesn't mean a social media or Intranet 2.0 solution can't be an inexpensive solution, but it does require proper planning & governance, and usually some customization. According to the results …
Intranet 2.0: The investment vs satisfaction corollary Read More »
