This is a guest blog post from a true intranet champion, Peter Barron. Peter is the Internet Services Manager at Rio Rancho Public Schools and two things stand out when you talk to Peter: he has an infectious passion for intranets and he is one smart guy. Peter has 10+ years under his belt with Intranet Connections. We recently had a conversation about his challenge to get buy-in for staff photos on their intranet, RioNet, and he graciously agreed to share his insights.

School districts are populated...

Source: blogs.intranetconnections.com Posted by IntranetConnections 8 days, 9 hours, 23 minutes ago

Janus Boye’s recent blog post told readers how Arla Foods, a Danish dairy company, took their first step to make their intranet social by adding a thumbs up, thumbs down rating system on company news.  Almost instantly, the new rating system made their intranet more collaborative and opened them up to the possibility of adding more social tools that will benefit their organization. If your organization hopes to incorporate social tools on your site, here are 5 ways to start small with a social intranet: ...

Source: blogs.intranetconnections.com Posted by IntranetConnections 20 days, 7 hours, 4 minutes ago

We recently launched a new web site for Intranet Connections to go along with our latest social release and our creative team dreamed up this 90 second animated video, designed to introduce Intranet Connections to prospective Intranet Managers.

A big thank you to Desaign: Explaining ideas through animation for helping us with our vision. What do you think about using animation as an interesting and unique way to educate and learn?  Liked this post? Share it:

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Source: blogs.intranetconnections.com Posted by IntranetConnections 27 days, 6 hours, 28 minutes ago

At Intranet Connections, we feel that connecting and empowering your employees through a social intranet leads to having a more engaged and productive team. With a social intranet you can reach out to your coworkers to share business tools, ask questions and learn from one another. Our new Employee Directory introduces social profiles that embrace collaboration and social tools which allows employees to better communicate, connect and learn from each other. Take a look inside Intranet Connections new Soc...

Source: blogs.intranetconnections.com Posted by IntranetConnections 41 days, 6 hours, 25 minutes ago

In early December, the Intranet Connections team had an afternoon to help the 150+ families in need at KidStart, a local prevention and diversion program for kids age 6+. Our team built food hampers for the families of children that are mentored in this program, and while doing so, we had the opportunity to learn about this one-on-one mentoring program that’s been running strong for over 20 years. KidStart encourages young people to develop their own interests, support learning & skill-building and open...

Source: blogs.intranetconnections.com Posted by IntranetConnections 62 days, 9 hours, 13 minutes ago

IBF Live is a monthly broadcast showcasing live intranet tours, often from global giants like IKEA, IBM, and Accenture. December’s tour featured Sally Roberts, Intranet and Knowledge Manager from Macfarlanes LLP, a 500 employee law firm out of London. 18 months ago Macfarlane went from a static intranet created through Dreamweaver, to a new intranet designed for better communication and resource sharing. Their navigation is fairly traditional and options are based on departmental structure. An “Add Cont...

Source: blogs.intranetconnections.com Posted by IntranetConnections 76 days, 8 hours, 2 minutes ago

Bonnier Corporation, one of the largest consumer publishing groups in America, recently launched their new social intranet, powered by Intranet Connections, to provide improved navigation and design features to better suit the organizations entrepreneurial mindset. Amanda Chu, Operations Manager, gave us a look inside their social intranet. Bonnier’s home page design mirrors their company websites look and feel. This is a smart move as it immediately ties the intranet to Bonnier’s brand and modernizes t...

Source: blogs.intranetconnections.com Posted by IntranetConnections 82 days, 10 hours, 7 minutes ago

We want to hear about the people behind your intranet! This November, tell us your story about how the people in your organization are impacted by your intranet and we’ll make a donation to the charity of your choice. Grab your iPhone and record a short video of employees talking about what they like about their intranet, and we will donate $100 to your favorite charity. OR Write a short story on how the intranet has impacted your employees and we will donate $50 to your favorite charity. Here are so...

Source: blogs.intranetconnections.com Posted by IntranetConnections 104 days, 9 hours, 13 minutes ago

IBF Live is a live broadcast featuring intranet tours and speakers supporting the movement from simply intranet software to a digital workplace where the intranet is the place to get work done. In their November 1st episode, the focus was to find out the benefit of Corporate Communications on your intranet. During the 90 minute broadcast, we went inside three very different sites. First to present was Rose Tedesco, the communications manager at Commonwealth Medicine, UMass Medical School’s health care ...

Source: blogs.intranetconnections.com Posted by IntranetConnections 111 days, 10 hours, 20 minutes ago

Last week I had the pleasure of speaking to Peggy Wurster, Director of Staff Development, at the Greater Iowa Credit Union about her company intranet. I was excited to hear about their unique intranet initiatives and could see a lot of Intranet Connections users benefiting from this company’s ideas, so today I’m going to share them with you! At Intranet Connections, we love to learn about the people behind your intranet. Can you tell us a story about how your intranet has impacted your employees? We li...

Source: bit.ly Posted by IntranetConnections 125 days, 8 hours, 29 minutes ago