All posts by Sharon O'Dea
Massive Open Online Courses – known as MOOCs – are revolutionising access to higher education. By delivering courses through video lectures and online quizzes, university-level education can be made available to participants all over the world, free of charge. From lessons on molecular evolution to [read more]
Digital workplace professionals have long predicted the death of email, as organisations pledge to kiss goodbye to it in favour of integrated communications and social intranets. But could those predictions prove premature? JP Morgan today announced they’re banning staff from using instant messaging in the wake [read more]
Carousels are great news for the stressed out intranet manager who wants to keep their stakeholders happy by telling them their story or campaign is on the front page. What they’re not very good for is communicating a message to users. Here are five reasons [read more]
At Intranetizen, we believe great intranets make organisations better. They improve collaboration, boost engagement, reduce costs, and improve efficiency. Nowhere is that need to do more with less and become more efficient more pressing than in the voluntary sector – yet charities often lack the [read more]
Some time ago, we ran a popular post on the most hated intranet features you need to see the back of, such as Dilbert cartoons and Picture of the Day. It was so popular, in fact, that we had to do a follow-up. But we’re [read more]
In a letter to the Daily Telegraph today, an influential group of business leaders in the UK argue that flexible working can boost business as well as benefit employees, if correctly implemented. They commented “Flexible working has been too narrowly characterised as a benefit for [read more]
Intranet conference season is well underway, with the Intranetizen team attending a number of events across Europe and further afield. Last month Intranetizen’s Sharon O’Dea travelled to Gothenburg, Sweden, to attend (and speak at) Intranatverk. (more…) Share this:ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInEmailPrintReddit
When Yahoo! issued a memo a week ago to call time on home working, they could hardly have imagined how much debate this would provoke. When we reported the story on Monday, many of you were quick to comment with your thoughts on why Yahoo [read more]
Beleaguered internet firm Yahoo! surprised many on Friday when it announced an end to working from home in the company. In a memo widely leaked by disgruntled employees, Yahoo!’s Head of HR Jackie Reses explained: To become the absolute best place to work, communication and [read more]
The Intranetizen team are often asked advice about intranet vendors that supply software and hardware solutions to run your intranet. Whilst we have 35 years of blue-chip intranet experience between us, in common with many intranet practitioners, we have relatively limited experience of the 200+ [read more]
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[…] memory fades, but it involved alcohol. I remember discussing with Luke Mepham of Intranetizen that someone should put on an independent intranet-focused conference. It
If you’ve ever become caught up in an intranet project deadlock between HR, IT, Comms or some other part of a business, you’ll know that […]
Pick the right intranet solution and you can still configure/extend without building from scratch, but with less risk/effort (although always some element of trade off […]