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With the arrival of Facebook Workplace and the merger of Microsoft and LinkedIn enterprise social just got sexy, and many companies are asking if they still need a traditional intranet. Comparing the high adoption rates of ESNs with the low readership on internal communications, scrapping [read more]
Back in the 1880s, Kodak revolutionised photography. They created the roll film box camera, a camera which hugely simplified the process of taking photos. Their advertising slogan “you click the button, we do the rest” was one of the first to focus on the experience rather [read more]
We’ve blogged before on the case for and against giving your intranet a name. A great way to engage users and promote adoption of a new intranet or ESN is to include employees in the naming process, with a competition. By getting them involved early you enable users to [read more]
Intranets can be efficient and helpful systems and they’re usually designed and implemented in a way that reflects the needs of people who use them every day. The key to identifying the right needs is thorough, structured research. The key element during the early design process is to generate [read more]
Whether you’re delivering a full redesign, content changes or some new functionality, every intranet manager finds they’re called on to talk people through the intranet on a regular basis. So often, in fact, that we rarely stop to think how we can do it better. [read more]
Do you have the kind of terror inspiring presence that leaves your co-workers paralysed and silent when you speak? No, neither do we. What’s more likely is that you’ve got home after a hard day and ranted to your spouse / loved one / cat [read more]
There are those days, even those meetings, where you know you are going to have a tough conversation; either with a colleague, a stakeholder or a content owner about what they want to do or see on the intranet. Try as you might but your [read more]
As intranets evolve into fully mobile, functioning digital workplaces, we’re discovering a whole bunch more ‘features’ that we find downright horrible! We’ve already presented 24 signs you’re losing the plot (14 signs, 10 signs, we did the maths ourselves) but we’ve discovered yet more signs you’re [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]
Here at Intranetizen, we’ve talked about the need to measure the impact and performance of your intranet. While success isn’t measured by page visitors, its hard to meet any of your goals if nobody come to the intranet in the first place. In this special [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 […]