Training isn’t about telling people everything that you know. Its about helping people learn what they need to know.

The temptation with technology training is to demonstrate all the things that the technology is capable of doing, or all the things that you know how to do with it. But it’s not a forum to demonstrate your extensive knowledge on the subject. You may have spent weeks or months (or even years) honing that knowledge. There’s no way you can (or should want to) offload all that knowledge during a two hour training session, no matter how good a trainer you are.

Source: www.tech-changes.com Posted by SooziHL 21 days, 10 hours, 42 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...

Source: accdn.tl Posted by http://christopherswan.myopenid.com/ 33 days, 20 hours, 47 minutes ago

Intranets have developed over recent years from mainly being a channel for a few people to publish news to becoming places where any employee can collaborate and share knowledge with other employees. I find it ironic that it is internal communications who are hesitant, even resistant, to embrace these changes. Ironic because many intranet teams are located within internal communications. Doubly ironic as it is normally intranet teams who are involved with how collaboration tools are used.

Is this scenario something you are familiar with in your own organisation?

Source: intranet-pioneer.com Posted by markmorrell 49 days, 16 hours, 38 minutes ago

Being a sole proprietor has one great advantage. Yes the commute is great and all that, but what I am referring too is that I am a review committee of one. There is nothing that destroys a great work worse than the review of dozens of people each of whom wants a change to the document. Often this results in a weak and diluted piece of work, much like a painting, hit with a fire hose.

There is a great story about how when Michelangelo was painting the Sistine Chapel in Rome, one of Pope Julius's Card...

Source: ricksheehy.blogspot.com Posted by bee 665 days, 10 hours, 34 minutes ago

Corporate communications is a phrase that has come to include all of the communication techniques, whether spoken or written, that is issued by a corporate organization or business. These items can include written business plans, news letters, media scheduling or procuring e-mail merchandising, business proposals, script crafting or even press releases.

Corporate Communications Can Be Both Internal And External

These communications can be either internal, like those sent to employees or stockholders, or external like communication that may be sent by way of the media, to the government or throughout an educational institution. This group of routines is used to handle and orchestrate the internal and external communications in order to gather a flattering viewpoint from either the public or the stockholders. It’s a method of distributing information and facts with the familiar goal of strengthening the overall corporate image.

Source: www.easy-air-charter.com Posted by bee 741 days, 6 hours, 57 minutes ago

I was talking to an organisation today and they asked what I thought the “themes” were corporate communications teams regarding intranets. This got my thinking going, further spurred by my upcoming intranet workshop at the Melcrum conference in Melbourne.

Based on what I’ve seen in Europe, US and Australia, these are my themes for 2010:

• Meeting global and local needs
• Two-way communication and rich media
• Productive intranet governance
• Useful driving news
• Collaboration and communication

Source: www.steptwo.com.au Posted by bee 775 days, 17 hours, 14 minutes ago