Military experts would agree that most successful battles are the result of meticulous preparation. A sound well structured battle plan is needed, a thorough approach to bringing the right resources to the right place at the right time.

Publishing on the web should be approached in much the same way. But we do need powerful software support to achieve this. Sadly content management systems simply don't recognise text structuring as important, so for content creators that means using an ‘outliner’. Malcolm Davison of writingfortheweb.co.uk looks at the history of this software and the latest optons.

Source: writingfortheweb.tumblr.com Posted by MDavison 2 days, 14 hours, 17 minutes ago

It was well worth spending a day in a 747 to attend the Step Two Designs Intranets2012 conference in Sydney on 16-17 May.

This is the second time that James Robertson and his team have run the event, which like the Intrateam event in Denmark is based around the Step Two community of intranet managers, though of course open to all.

One of the benefits was that the speakers were remarkably honest about the problems they were facing...

Source: www.intranetfocus.com Posted by admin 4 days, 5 hours, 47 minutes ago

In this blog article I will explain why a social intranet is a great way to bring value to your organization in three ways. This is the first part and in this article I will focus on the power of innovation.

As we know knowledge as a resource becomes more important in this fast growing world every day. Markets have always been rough on organizations who didn’t keep up with innovations and now that markets become more global the competition gets even harder. Organizations need new ideas and an ongoing supply of innovations because otherwise they will very quickly be left behind the competition.

To understand how innovative power can be added to your organization it is important to take a look at how creative new ideas develop in an organization. Amabile said that creativity can be enhanced by three components:

1. Expertise
2. Creative thinking skills
3. and Motivation

Source: blog.thefruitcorporation.com Posted by admin 8 days, 6 hours, 10 minutes ago

Fresh on the horizon for me is the "One Intranet" project that will merge intranets from many organisations into one with a vision of saving money and improving efficiency. This is a great opportunity to rethink the intranet within the workplace and to put in place some governance and strategy around content.

I've had my head in our public website for a while now and the intranet has been bubbling along in terms of content updates and section changes. But there has been no real development in terms o...

Source: intranetdiary.blogspot.com Posted by admin 9 days, 6 hours, 31 minutes ago

Employee intranets have traditionally been owned and managed by technology, communications, or human resources. Today, there’s a trend toward employee intranets being owned by teams responsible for internal knowledge sharing or knowledge management.

That makes a lot of sense, but it also can cause confusion. Words like “knowledge,” “knowledge sharing,” and “content” mean different things to different people. Often, the problem is that people are trying to draw a line between knowledge and content.

Source: blog.braintraffic.com Posted by admin 21 days, 6 hours, 26 minutes ago

You’ve been feeling low, you have no energy and you’re starting to get worried. You go to the doctor who, after checking a few vital parameters, tells you there’s nothing major wrong and prescribes some medication that will help you get back to normal. We would never dream of taking chances with our health so we get regular check ups and, if the worst comes to the worst, we hope that anything major is caught early enough to be able to do something about it.

This is just common sense isn’t it?  Yet organizations can expend huge resources on their intranets and communication systems but generally have no idea of how healthy they are at any one time.

Source: patrickcwalsh.wordpress.com Posted by admin 21 days, 6 hours, 19 minutes ago

What makes all the difference in an amazing intranet? I bet you’re thinking it’s stuff like social media, Google-like search and the most current graphics. As great as those are, they’re not the foundation of a trusted and reliable intranet. And that’s where a few secret weapons can make all of the difference. I’m talking about the neglected, but highly important foundational items that will create a home for employees that’s more than just shiny.

Source: www.accidentalinformation.com Posted by admin 27 days, 5 hours, 53 minutes ago

This blog post covers some of the ideas about adoption, what it is, why it matters, and how to encourage it.

This post takes a more theoretical approach (surprise, surprise) to thinking about adoption than others and by the end of reading it, I hope you find it useful in framing your own organization’s adoption challenges and seeing new ways of moving beyond your current state.

Source: www.thoughtfarmer.com Posted by admin 27 days, 5 hours, 58 minutes ago

What makes all the difference in an amazing intranet? I bet you’re thinking it’s stuff like social media, Google-like search and the most current graphics. As great as those are, they’re not the foundation of a trusted and reliable intranet. And that’s where a few secret weapons can make all of the difference. I’m talking about the neglected, but highly important foundational items that will create a home for employees that’s more tha...

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In one way or another, every department in a company serves employees to some extent. It is HR's core business function to serve the employee and yet their presence on the intranet is often understated.

We could list 100 ways in which an intranet enriches a company but to condense it down, here are three common goals for the intranet:

1. Supports the company culture and collaboration
2. Improves and streamlines communication
3. Offers tasks, education and knowledge to employees

HR is tied into #3. There are so many ways HR can benefit from the intranet and streamline tasks for employees.

Top of mind is vacation requests, benefits, retirement, career growth, workplace compensation, recruiting, safety, health & wellness, HR policies, grievances, conflict resolution.

Source: blogs.intranetconnections.com Posted by IntranetConnections 39 days, 10 hours, 48 minutes ago