by Toby Ward | Nov 11, 2012
Tags: Communications, governance, Humor, intranet 2.0, intranet design
An intranet is not a website. In fact, its shocking how many executives and companies treat the intranet as nothing more than an internal website. I had one head of HR tell me, of a regional – municipal government in Vancouver, Canada, once tell me, “I don’t see why we even need an intranet — […]
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by Toby Ward | Feb 4, 2012
Tags: event, intranet, intranet 2.0, social intranet, webinar
Let’s face it, Intranet 1.0 kind of…. well, it sucked. As I wander the halls of clients and talk with employees in focus groups and workshops, I’ve yet to hear, “Wow, remember that first intranet we had… that rocked. Good times.” Yeah, Intranet 1.0 really sucked. Intranet 2.0 is the promise of something so much […]
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by Toby Ward | Jan 19, 2012
Tags: intranet, intranet 2.0, social intranet, study, survey
The good news: most organizations have social media on their intranet. The truth: very few organizations, about 9%, have a true social intranet. According to the Social Intranet Study of 1,401 participants in organizations of all sizes (conducted by Prescient Digital Media and IABC), intranets are becoming more social, but there’s a fair bit of […]
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by Toby Ward | May 24, 2011
Tags: IGLOO, intranet 2.0, sharepoint, social intranet, social intranet study, survey, webinar
Social media tools on the corporate intranet (intranet 2.0) became mainstream nearly two years ago.В Preliminary results from The Social Intranet Survey (open now, prepared by Prescient Digital Media and sponsored by IABC) show that about two-thirds of organizations have at least one social media tool on their intranet. Shockingly, there are some pundits that […]
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by Toby Ward | May 5, 2011
Tags: intranet, intranet 2.0, sharepoint, social media
SharePoint offers so many services, so many bells and whistles, it is a mile wide… but only an inch deep (possibly a foot deep). SharePoint is such an effective, all-encompassing, basic solution for so many challenges and opportunities that the bulk of the services, without expensive customization, leave much to be desired – the basics […]
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