Does your intranet have a name? Is it an important branding feature or just lipstick on a pig? If you are developing your intranet, it’ll no doubt be a topic that you’re wrestling with right now. This post will look at the case for and [read more]
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Time for some more intranet tough love this week as we take a look at those intranet features you should really avoid. If any of these ideas genuinely came up in your intranet user research, please take a LONG HARD LOOK AT YOUR COLLEAGUES and [read more]
Worldwide Intranet challenge recently ran a poll on Linkedin asking the question “What is the one improvement to your intranet you would like to see in 2012?” Nearly 300 people responded, and the results make interesting reading, but as many commentators before us noted, this is a [read more]
There comes a time when an intranet manager is faced with an intranet upgrade. Your intranet isn’t fit for purpose and the majority of your time is spent fixing things rather than developing and perfecting areas within. Does the thought of an upgrade excite you? [read more]
Social intranets have been widely noted as the ‘next big thing’ in intranets, but many practioners, including us, have noted the obvious difficulty in reporting why social should be so central to our plans. Without tangible, believable return on investment numbers, it’s hard to justify [read more]
This month saw the publication of Neilsen Norman Group’s intranet design annual. Over the past 12 years, this annual snapshot has charted the evolution of intranets from the unloved stepchild of the web family to business-critical tool. Intranetizen takes a look at some of the [read more]
Executive blogs have the potential to be a genuinely powerful communication vehicle, but in our experience from countless intranets, they seem to frequently miss the mark. Here are a few observations which will help you improve the impact of blogging in your organisation. Thanks to [read more]
In her excellent report on Digital Workspace trends, Jane McConnell pointed out that the corporate intranet is becoming increasingly ‘place independent’ — that is to say, employees are expecting to be able to access their intranet from wherever they so choose. For some, that meant [read more]
In 2004, Clay Shirky wrote a forward-thinking essay on what he called Situated Software; “software designed for a particular social situation or context”. He predicted that “the design center of a dozen users, so hard to serve in the past, may become normal practice… we’ll [read more]
As a seasoned internet user, you’ll be acutely aware of the risks of believing everything you see or read on the web. Clever phishing attempts, Nigerian 419 email scams, promises of wonderdrugs and elaborate email chains have made internet users rightly cynical about what they [read more]
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Intranatter Episode One
Mar 3, 2017 • 12:57
Sharon and Jonathan discuss their presentations and talking points from the #intrateam17 conference in Copenhagen
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Episode 2 where Intranatter speaks to Jonathan Seal
Mar 10, 2017 • 18:05
In this episode, Jonathan and Sharon catch up with Jonathan Seal in the the last of our episodes from the Intrateam17 event. We talk about chatbots, AI, measurement and mobile.
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The one with Luke and Jon talking about social
Mar 22, 2017 • 13:42
Luke and Jonathan talk about social and internal communications
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The one where Luke and Jon talk about pubs (and ESNs)
Mar 29, 2017 • 12:19
On this episode, Luke and Jon talk about pubs as an analogy for ESNs.
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Luke and Jon talk intranet strategy with experts!
Apr 12, 2017 • 21:11
In this episode — the first of a two parter — Luke and Jon talk to Steve Bynghall and Chris Tubb about building an intranet strategy.
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Chris Tubb and Steve Bynghall: Intranet Strategy part 2
Apr 25, 2017 • 18:14
The one where Chris and Steve continue the conversation with Luke and Jon about intranet strategy.
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The one with Wedge
Oct 23, 2017 • 27:01
All four intranetizens jump on a podcast to talk with Wedge about the IntranetNow conference
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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 […]