Voting is now open for the Worldwide Intranet Challenge (WIC) Intranet Homepage Design competition. It is clear that many of the entrants put a lot of thought and effort into their designs and it's good to see a few radical designs have also been put forward.

Source: cibasolutions.typepad.com Posted by roowright 54 days, 7 hours, 15 minutes ago

Intranet news for the week: 9th September, 2011 - WIC LinkedIn Group news

Interesting news, discussions and events about intranets that have happened in the last week on the Worldwide Intranet Challenge (WIC) LinkedIn Group.

Source: cibasolutions.typepad.com Posted by roowright 148 days, 6 hours, 40 minutes ago

In a recent blog post, Irish intranet thought leader, Gerry McGovern said that, "Most intranets are not seen as essential to the functioning of an organization." Other intranet thought leaders agree. This article provides a theory as to why this might be the case.

Source: cibasolutions.typepad.com Posted by roowright 257 days, 15 hours, 43 minutes ago

In my last post ‘Measuring the value SharePoint 2010 can bring to your organisation’ I covered how you justify the benefits SP2010 may bring to your organisation. Now I want to widen this on to show you five examples how you can benchmark and assess the value your intranet adds to your organisation.  They meet all your budget needs (some are free!). 1. Benchmarking the whole or part of your intranet This is the gold standard for intranet benchmarking.  The Intranet Benchmarking Forum can benchmark all...

Source: markmorrell.wordpress.com Posted by markmorrell 313 days, 13 hours, 43 minutes ago

I have completed Jane McConnell’s annual survey.  It is a great way to find out the latest trends in intranets and how your’s fits in. If you are involved in intranet management for your organisation, join the 5th annual Global Intranet Strategies survey and get a free copy of “Global Intranet Trends for 2011″, published end of October (commercial value 750 USD, 550 euros). Over 300 organisations have so far completed this year’s survey.  The closing date is 1 September so you only have a few days left...

Source: markmorrell.wordpress.com Posted by markmorrell 529 days, 6 hours, 30 minutes ago

An IBF member recently asked for suggestions on key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess the quality of news on their intranet home page. The goal for this ask was to develop half a dozen KPIs in the interim of undergoing their first annual benchmarking evaluation with IBF.

Below is a short list of the KPIs that I put together for them on the basis that their home page functions very much as a digital newspaper.

• Readership
• Readability
• Engagement
• Satisfaction
• Relevancy
• Bouncing

Source: www.intranetlife.com Posted by support 634 days, 3 hours, 15 minutes ago

This week I’ll share with you five relatively easy, yet very effective methods you can utilize to ensure that your intranet is seen as delivering value, as well as turning your senior managers into believers as well.

V.A.L.U.E.

V. Different people look at value in different ways. While we won’t go into debating the definition of value itself here, we need to establish that any value delivered through your intranet should be viewed in the context of your company’s business goals, strategy and deliverables. While this might sound like: “Doh! Everybody knows that...” we very often fall into the trap of labeling the wrong things as ‘intranet value’. Or in some cases - double counting that value.

Source: www.intranetlife.com Posted by bee 669 days, 52 minutes ago