Setting up a structure in an intranet can be a tricky business. Many organisations follow the organisation tree and decide to structure sites, folders, etc based on the established hierarchy of the company.

Others let it grow organically. In most cases the results of the former approach is that it turns into a data coffin because the only people who think along the lines of the org chart is the HR department.

The latter approach, while encouraging adoption, just turns into a mess where no-one can find anything. Instead of being a functioning society of information it turns into little pockets of activity which no-one outside of the people using it a) know even exists b) would know where to go if it did exist.

Source: socialenterprisetoday.com Posted by admin 76 days, 6 hours, 15 minutes ago

I will be at the IntraTeam 2012 conference in Copenhagen this week presenting on 5 ‘Must Have’ Principles for a Great Digital Workplace and running a workshop on How to Build the Right Governance Model for the Digital Workplace. For Twitter users follow #IEC12.

The digital workplace is a phrase that I have written about before and is becoming more frequently used for intranets that are developing beyond being a traditional communications tool.

Find out how five principles can help you to work anywhere, anytime, using any device in a digital workplace, how to use my experience to help you and how to contact me for further help.

Source: intranet-pioneer.com Posted by markmorrell 85 days, 16 hours, 23 minutes ago

Of about 280 respondents in a recent LinkedIn poll, the largest group—more than one-third—said the improvement they'd most like to see to their intranets is greater interactivity and collaboration. The second-largest group—a little more than one-fourth—said they want information on their intranets to be easier to find.

"The world has become so much more interactive and participatory, so it makes sense that employees demand the same from their intranets," says William Amurgis, director of internal communications at American Electric Power. "We manage our intranet with the understanding that consumer technology drives employee expectations at work."

Source: www.ragan.com Posted by admin 92 days, 5 hours, 54 minutes ago

Is your organization’s intranet an unqualified success?

If so, congratulations – you’re likely in the minority. For the rest of us, we may often see glimpses of success, but continue to confront obstacles, or take missteps, or simply lose our way.

I’ve worked on intranets since before the term was even coined (around 1995), and I’ve made plenty of mistakes. However, I’ve also stumbled into a few triumphs, and learned some important lessons along the way.

To me, these are the 10 fundamental activities that lead to a successful intranet...

Source: www.simply-communicate.com Posted by admin 105 days, 5 hours, 50 minutes ago

Evidence continues to mount that social intranets have the potential to produce big results for organizations. The ongoing McKinsey & Company study points to outcomes ranging from increased market share to reduced time to market, along with a host of other positive results.

Studies from MIT and Aberdeen Group show productivity gains among employees using social intranets. Yet a recent study from IABC an...

Source: holtz.com Posted by admin 106 days, 5 hours, 26 minutes ago

“The cloud” is ever-present these days, backed by a huge marketing push from multiple vendors, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Apple. Backed by immense data centres located in (often) rural locations, “the cloud” will apparently transform our lives.

While it’s still early days for the cloud, it’s clear that it will ultimately have a big impact on the way we manage our information as consumers. It will also make substantial inroads into the enterprise space.

So with executives and IT alike talking about “the cloud”, what does the intranet team need to know?

1. The cloud means many things

With the cloud still heading up the Gartner hype curve, the marketers have started to apply “the cloud” label to many things, including what used to be called software-as-a-service (SaaS). These days, the cloud encompasses...

Source: www.intrateam.com Posted by admin 112 days, 6 hours, 10 minutes ago

The 2012 Edelman Trust Barometer, published last week, finds a deepening sense of distrust in governments, businesses and institutions. The annual global study, which questioned 30,000 people in 25 countries, reveals a dramatic shift in the value people place in information sources – which, in turn, has some interesting implications for communicators and intranet managers.

Across the globe, blame for the financial and political chaos of 2011 landed at the doorstep of government, as trust in that institution fell nine points to 43 per cent. In seventeen of the 25 countries surveyed, government is now trusted by less than half to do what is right. In twelve, it trails business, media and non-governmental organizations as the least trusted institution.

Source: sharonodea.co.uk Posted by admin 114 days, 5 hours, 56 minutes ago

The second week back in the office after the Christmas and New Year break is the oddest time, the holiday break feels very distant already. It’s a great time to propose ideas, plan out and prepare yourself for the intranet year ahead. So, what do we think 2012 has in store?

Here’s the intranetizen 2012 prediction list:

• Austerity measures and the Olympics will drive companies to enable more home working

The intranet as a ‘digital workplace’ will become a step more real and more people will be encouraged to stay home and use the intranet to share documents and collaborate.

• SharePoint maintains position, but 2012 is the year of the augmented social

And a few more...

Source: intranetizen.com Posted by admin 133 days, 5 hours, 36 minutes ago

The company intranet is kind of like the middle child in a family. We care about it, but its siblings usually get more attention. In this scenario, the siblings are external websites and social media channels. Websites always seem to get the makeover and the budget allocations when push comes to shove. Since social media is the last born, it’s the pride and joy of the company and leaders are focusing on this fun and energizing medium.

What many companies and leaders do not understand is that the intranet connects employees with the company and is an important engagement tool. Engagement equals happy employees, less turnover, increased innovation and savings on the bottom line. These things matter.

Source: www.iabc.com Posted by admin 161 days, 6 hours, 6 minutes ago

One particular statistic from the Swedish internet use report for 2011 was how everyone in Sweden in the 16-25 age group uses social media.

For a fair while we’ve been discussing the expectations of young employees in the workplace, but this statistic is about as big as a wake-up call as an organisation can get.

It’s time for companies to stop slacking, pull their intranet socks up and get social.

Source: beantin.se Posted by admin 176 days, 4 hours, 50 minutes ago