Why is SharePoint 2010 so widely used? I believe it is because it offers for the first time one technical solution that meets many business needs rather than just one.

If you want to improve knowledge sharing you will have many tools to consider. Again if you need to manage your documents you will have a wide choice of vendors. But if your business has more than one need or can see how solving one will create other requirements then a solution like SharePoint 2010 comes become more attractive to consider.

What if your organisation needs employees to use your intranet while away from their place of work? There are huge savings in office costs and increases in productivity if employees can use the intranet to help them with their work while they are mobile.

Source: intranet-pioneer.com Posted by markmorrell 1 day, 17 hours, 8 minutes ago

I have written before about career paths and future job opportunities for intranet practitioners. I don’t believe the only option is to become intranet consultants like I chose to do after leaving as BT’s intranet manager. If you want to move to another organisation then IntraTeam’s job vacancies in LinkedIn is a good place to start looking.

This post is about career development and progression within your own organisation. It’s about taking advantage by the creation of the digital workplace to extend your experience and skills into wider and more strategic areas of your business. I also owe this post to a certain intranet professional (yes, you know who you are!) who I promised this to sometime ago.....

Source: intranet-pioneer.com Posted by markmorrell 57 days, 17 hours, 45 minutes ago

Last week at the IntraTeam event in Copenhagen (Twitter #IEC12) there were many discussions about the digital workplace and what exactly is a digital workplace.

I thought it would be good to start a debate on what we mean when we say the digital workplace. Many intranet professionals want to find out more about the digital workplace.

It will help me and other intranet professionals if you can comment to agree, disagree, amend, etc, to create a shared understanding on the digital workplace.

Here is my view for you to consider and comment upon. I define the digital workplace as “Work is what you do, not where you go to.”......read more.

Source: intranet-pioneer.com Posted by markmorrell 78 days, 10 hours, 53 minutes ago

Based on my experience and knowledge gained when I was the BT Intranet manager and helping other organisations implement many SharePoint 2010 features I can help you too using my checklist.

SharePoint 2010 may be “the best sweetie shop in town” for all its range of features for people to use but the need for effective governance raises for intranet professionals a different set of challenges. The strategy for SharePoint 2010 governance has to be very different to other publishing or collaborative tools.

I believe there are three approaches which can give your organisation the right governance it needs with SharePoint 2010. You don’t have to use just one. You can combine some of each to find the right blend for your organisation.

Source: intranet-pioneer.com Posted by markmorrell 90 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes ago

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Source: intranet-pioneer.com Posted by markmorrell 126 days, 13 hours, 56 minutes ago

It is a common problem as I know from personal experience. An organisation will closely track all the physical assets that you hold – computer, phone, car, etc, – and want them returned before you leave.

But your digital assets and your intellectual assets are rarely managed so the knowledge about how your work is carried out – processes, priorities,etc. – and the right contacts are lost to your successor (if your replacement has not been recruited), your manager and other people you work with.

Source: intranet-pioneer.com Posted by markmorrell 162 days, 8 hours, 14 minutes ago

I read with interest the blog posts by Tony Byrne ‘Death of the Intranet‘ and by Martin White ‘Death of the Intranet: ‘The Times They are a-changin’‘. They are both interesting posts with provocative titles to catch the attention. It has caused some great discussions about intranets which is great. The biggest and most negative reaction I found has been from intranet practitioners who feel it is an over reaction and not how they see things.

Having recently been an intranet practitioner as the BT Intranet manager before becoming a consultant, I can see the subject from both points of view.

Source: intranet-pioneer.com Posted by markmorrell 180 days, 16 hours, 13 minutes ago

The way people do their work is shifting from a physical workplace to a digital workplace.  This gives organisations an enormous opportunity to change their business model and create competitive advantage by deciding early how to take advantage of the digital workplace.

From my own experiences and knowledge I can see the risks if organisations delay and or make the wrong decisions.  I have blogged about this in the past and how it affects engaged people are in their organisation, how effective collaboration will be and whether tools like SharePoint 2010 will help.

Source: intranet-pioneer.com Posted by markmorrell 210 days, 13 hours, 57 minutes ago

BlogAbout meIntranet expertsMedia engagementsMy experienceMy servicesThe risks and rewards of SharePoint 2010September 26, 2011 at 1:55 pm | Posted in best practice, collaboration, governance, intranet, SharePoint 2010, standards | 2 Comments Tags: bt intranet, collaboration, engagement, governance, intranet, sharepoint 2010, standards

I have used my first-hand experience implementing SharePoint 2010 (SP 2010) as the former BT Intranet manager, combined with my knowledge from working with other glo...

Source: intranet-pioneer.com Posted by markmorrell 225 days, 12 hours, 53 minutes ago

It’s the type of question I am hearing more frequently. It’s being asked by intranet people, CIOs, senior business operations managers and even a few CEOs.  It’s important that it is answered clearly and fully. The alternative of ignoring it is to risk a repeat of what happened to knowledge management in the late 1990s when it was ‘the thing’ to talk about and be seen to be doing but sadly, in many cases, never able to meet its full potential helping businesses.

I don’t claim to know all the answers and there is more than one way to address this question. In fact it is a deeper and complex subject which needs covering for this question to be answered fully.

Source: intranet-pioneer.com Posted by markmorrell 250 days, 18 hours, 23 minutes ago