Brian Chum is passionate about finding ways to improve how work is done in his organization. Health Essentials went looking for a company intranet that would offer powerful business and collaboration tools and selected Intranet Connections.  In less than 3 months they are gearing up to launch their site. Here is their story.

With over 450 employees, Brian and his team needed to set up a system to connect all 18 business units in the company. Each unit received a...

Source: blogs.intranetconnections.com Posted by IntranetConnections 11 days, 22 hours, 30 minutes ago

Carolyn Douglas | No comments | Add a comment The Executive Intranet is third in a series talking about departments and stakeholders that should be involved with your company intranet. Be sure to check out the previous two posts: The HR Intranet and The IT Intranet. I recently received a call to participate in a fall intranet conference and my topic is how to leverage the intranet for change management. This isn’t exactly my area of expertise but through my business I have been thrown into the deep end...

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In one way or another, every department in a company serves employees to some extent. It is HR's core business function to serve the employee and yet their presence on the intranet is often understated.

We could list 100 ways in which an intranet enriches a company but to condense it down, here are three common goals for the intranet:

1. Supports the company culture and collaboration
2. Improves and streamlines communication
3. Offers tasks, education and knowledge to employees

HR is tied into #3. There are so many ways HR can benefit from the intranet and streamline tasks for employees.

Top of mind is vacation requests, benefits, retirement, career growth, workplace compensation, recruiting, safety, health & wellness, HR policies, grievances, conflict resolution.

Source: blogs.intranetconnections.com Posted by IntranetConnections 38 days, 23 hours, 33 minutes ago

Tara Clark | No comments | Add a comment This is a guest blog post by Phillip Poarch who is Integration Champion (what a great title!) at WaveCrest, an IT professional services, consulting and outsourcing company. WaveCreste’s clientele includes some of the leading Fortune 50 telecommunications and high tech companies. They are headquartered near Boston and employs more than 300 system professionals. Thanks to Philip and his team for sharing their intranet story! We implemented the Harbor back in Octo...

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Have you ever thought about the impact of social media on your workforce? Ron Thomas from the Human Capital League took to his blog to share his thoughts on the benefit of aligning your corporate culture with social media. In the post, Ron says that that “Culture defines an organization, and to maintain that level of connectiveness requires communication and constant reinforcement. Social media offers the opportunity to communicate and collaborate with and among employees, former employees, customers (bo...

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Nearly one year ago an employee told Katy Fisk that they weren’t happy with their current intranet. Katy is the HR Manager at Trintech, the leading global provider of integrated software solutions for The Last Mile of Finance. She took this statement as a challenge and wanted to prove that their intranet could deliver in great functionality. Katy approached IT and downloaded our current feature white paper to identify what new tools, already bundled into their intranet software, could be leveraged in the...

Source: blogs.intranetconnections.com Posted by IntranetConnections 88 days, 20 hours, 12 minutes ago

Amy Schade is the User Experience Director at the Norman Nielsen Group. Each year they hold their Annual Intranet Design awards, showcasing the year’s 10 best intranets. IBF Live is a monthly broadcast sharing the very best of intranets with their membership (click here to learn more). This month the two got together to showcase the winner of NNG’s top award for 2012. “The Garden” is the heart of Scotts Miracle Gro, a company dedicated to industry-leading lawn, garden and outdoor living products and s...

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Toby Ward, President and CEO of Prescient Digital Media, has released his 2011 Social Intranet Study which examines social media use on corporate intranets and the magnitude, use, and popularity of social media by employees and executives. If you want to learn about how organizations are leveraging the use of intranet 2.0 tools, then this is the study for you. The survey results are in and it shows that businesses are starting to make their intranets more social by offering tools like blogs, forums, soc...

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Social collaboration is a hot button topic when it comes to intranets, although for many organizations it can be a tough sell. Here are a few points to consider when thinking about dipping the proverbial toe into the tidal wave of social and how you can potentially get buy-in from your decision makers. First we’ll start with how social tools including our new Facebook-like message walls empower employees and benefits the intranet and your company: 1)      Social tools gives employees easy to use and fam...

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How well do you know the CEO of your organization? Are they frequently on the road or are they in an entirely different office? A social intranet is a great tool to connect employees to management. An executive can use the social intranet to set the cultural tone of the company and to inform employees about organizational plans. The CEO has the power to be social and share social things. Put a face to a name and make an executive presence on your intranet. Open yourself up to questions and comments from...

Source: blogs.intranetconnections.com Posted by IntranetConnections 137 days, 19 hours, 24 minutes ago