There’s now only one month to submit entries into our ‘My Beautiful Intranet (Goes Social)’ contest –the closing date is 9 November – but we’re already seeing some great entries that demonstrate high aesthetics. Our competition is a sort of beauty pageant for intranets – for example one of the judges last year was an art critic! However this year we’ve tried to give it a new twist by insisting there is a social element to entries. Read on, enjoy looking at the entries and vote!

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When building a business case around a social Intranet, there are a few key components to consider.  Here are five suggested features that you might ask your potential vendors to demonstrate.

Forum Collaboration

Forum Collaboration By using a forum or threaded discussion tool, you can engage your employees around specific topics and challenge them to start talking about topics that matter to them. For instance, Project Managers might discuss the project they are working on along with the status of that project, IT employees may share valuable technology updates, and HR personnel may share links to recruiting best practices.

Be sure that the tool allows employees to create a profile and specify the topics they are interested in. This also provides a way for employees to get to know their colleagues and share information.

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‘Social’ is now standard in the world of intranets, yet success with social intranets isn’t quite so common. There are many pitfalls to avoid and decisions to make, so it’s not simply a matter of enabling the commenting capability on a CMS (though that’s a good start), or starting a Yammer network.

Here are six key tips for being successful with a social intranet initiative. Align with business objectives

This may seem like a given, but a social intranet initiative must be aligned with a business’s stratgy and objectives. If a business isn’t genuinely focused on implementing and executing its strategies with the benefits of social capabilites in mind, the ‘success’ of the social intranet is immediately limited. Having social in mind means actively aiming to capitalise on the capabilities, data and intelligence that come with adding a social, collaborative layer to an intranet.

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Tara Clark | No comments | Add a comment Sometimes it’s hard to convince the naysayers in IT, HR, and the Legal Department that social media is a necessity for an organization. Today on our blog, Matt Wilson from Ragan.com shares how a sensible social media policy can please department heads while maintaining a socially engaged workforce.How to develop a sensible social media policy When Paula Berg, now of Linart PR, was managing social media for Southwest Airlines, she had a clearly stated mission: “C...

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Tara Clark | No comments | Add a comment Mark Morrell is an intranet pioneer who combines his experience of managing intranets and strategic thinking to help organisations improve the value of their intranets. Today we’re sharing  Mark’s  10 questions to ask yourselfto ensure that you are applying ‘smart’ standards to your intranet. A big thanks goes out to Mark for sharing his expert advice on achieving intranet success. I have reviewed many intranets and have been amazed at the variety of publishing ...

Source: blogs.intranetconnections.com Posted by IntranetConnections 246 days, 13 hours, 32 minutes ago

It’s now one month since the London 2012 Olympics closing ceremony. Most people found it was a fantastic event and the London 2012 Paralympics has helped changed people’s perceptions about disabilities. But what is the legacy these events have left for how we work?

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Are you interested in what all employees think about your company’s latest product launch, or do you want to know which date would be preferred for that training session? Regardless of your role in the organization, I am sure that you will have asked your team members for feedback or data. How do you usually find out the answers; do you send an email, perhaps even with an Excel file attached? Why not try using your SharePoint intranet? Collecting and managing data is so much easier!There are different ways to enable and collect feedback, depending on your needs and your experience. Are you looking for individual opinions or do you want to know if version A is preferred over version B?

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Tara Clark | No comments | Add a comment With the boom of tech-savvy employees in the workforce, companies are in search of unique engagement tools to keep the Gen X and Gen Y employees interested.  In Dana LaSalvia’s article called “Building an Employee-Enriched Culture with Social Media” she wrote that “organizations should think about integrating companywide marketing messages and upgrading their employee’s recognition programs to be more virtual.” To do this, implement an intranet! A social intranet...

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“Can our intranet be more like Facebook?”

Indeed. Nearly a billion users can’t be wrong, can they? The last few years has seen a big interest in the development of so called ‘social intranets’ or the social workplace. And with Microsoft’s takeover of social workplace and collaboration platform, Yammer, it’s been getting plenty of attention lately.

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After a fantastic opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics there is a real buzz with everyone across the UK! People are energised, excited, and upbeat about what will be happening here for the next two weeks.

And the really important thing is how they will be spending their time, especially their working time, during the next two weeks that will herald the digital workplace becoming more of a reality and less of a phrase that organisations quote.......

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