Worldwide Intranet Challenge (WIC)

WICly intranet news #8

22nd October - 4th November, 2011 WIC LinkedIn Group news
It has been a busy couple of weeks on the Worldwide Intranet Challenge (WIC) LinkedIn Group.   Just 2 weeks left to enter the intranet design competition  I hear a lot of people complain about their intranets. Now is the time to "stop talking and start walking" and enter the competition to develop the most useful intranet home page. The competition is open to anyone and will reward the most useful intranet home page design. The close off date is 20th November so not long to go. There is a Kindle Fire on offer for the most useful intranet. But more importantly, there is the fame and recognition that will come with designing the winning entry.   Interesting discussions this week Some interesting discussions happening at the moment. The discussion started by Julian Thorn How 'branded' is your intranet has generated many comments. Is it worth the time and effort to brand your intranet? What are the benefits? To what extent should the intranet be branded? Read over 30 comments. Check out Low cost intranet tools/platforms - seeking recommendations if you are on the lookout for inexpensive intranet platforms.  Also an interesting discussion evolving around What is the best way to build a how to intranet. Is it better to ask a person how to do something or should there be some kind of intranet FAQ system to do this? Or perhaps a combination of the two? Free white paper Stephan Schillerwein has just published an interesting white paper - The Digital Workplace: Redefining Productivity in the Information Age. The paper contains some interesting research related to information management. For instance, did you know: Employees search for information for 0.5 to 2 hours per day – that’s up to about a ¼ of the full work time. This is nearly 3 months per year per employee. The U.S. economy loses $900b to $1.5t per year due to information overload and information related time waste Information isn‘t reaching decision makers on time, therefore 63% make business critical decisions five times or more a week without having the right information. Note: Stephan will be presenting at Online Information 2011 in London on 29 Nov. Regards  Andrew Wright WIC Group Manager
Contributor of the week
Julian Thorne Technology Training and Adoption at Ecclesiastical Insurance Group		Located: Gloucester, United Kingdom Julian has contributed a number of useful updates recently to the WIC LinkedIn group recently. He also started the popular discussion topic, How branded is your intranet?
Discussion of the week	Blog post of the week		Event of the week
Best practice / convention in naming titles (links) Ernst Décsey	Improving Findability on your Intranet: Lessons from Librarians Adam Pope		Check out: The Intranet Global Forum 2011, Nov 9,10 NYCChris Chambers
Other discussions	Other blog posts		Other Events
Do you have a mobile news app for your corp news? What do you do? Kati (Koshak) Salefski Any recommendations for an automatic translate application for an intranet? Kati (Koshak) Salefski Mobile intranet. I'm writing an article about this subject (in Dutch)- what are pros and cons and is it a relevant technical development? Natanja de Bruin Sharepoint and Drupal/Liferay integration??? Katri Pyykkö What is the best way to build a 'how to' intranet? Andrew Wright Intranet governance - what's the best approach Haylee Steen  We are about increase the use of video on our intranet. Any thoughts, suggestions, pit falls to avoid, suggestions for great research to be consumed, etc. are most welcome. Marla Hammond	SharePoint Workflow ShootoutPaweł Bujak Have you used your intranet to ask employees what INSPIRES them? Tara Clark How are you using your intranet for STORYTELLING? Employee stories, stories about  the people that make your intranet possible, how your intranet has impacted  employees in your organization.... Tara Clark		Upcoming Intranet event - Beyond The Desktop: Dynamic and Intuitive Intranets Rachael Wheldall 23-24 November 2011 Brisbane  Intranets2012 (Sydney, May 2012): call for papers now open James Robertson Submissions close 1st December CALL FOR SPEAKERS for the Intranet 2.0 Conference! January 30 - February 2, 2012 - Kelly Werwie Intranet Workshop in London, Nov 28 Stephan Schillerwein

WICly intranet news #7

8th October - 21st October, 2011 WIC LinkedIn Group news
It has been a busy couple of weeks on the Worldwide Intranet Challenge (WIC) LinkedIn Group. Design a useful intranet home page and win a Kindle Firstly the Worldwide Intranet Challenge (WIC) is sponsoring a competition, open to anyone, to design a USEFUL intranet home page. Now is the chance for you to put your web design and IA skills to the test and enter the competition to develop the most useful intranet home page. You could win a Kindle Fire. Not to mention world wide fame and recognition.  WIC Workshops The Worldwide Intranet Challenge (WIC) is running a series of workshops in North America in late November, early December. The workshops are based on feedback from the 23,000+ intranet end users from 70+ organisations who have participated in the Worldwide Intranet Challenge (WIC). Find out what intranet end users really want from an intranet. 2011 Intranet Innovation Awards: Australian Roadshows: Free The winners of the 2011 Intranet Innovation Awards were unveiled last week, and yet again, amazing ideas have surfaced. These include three approaches to mobile intranets, core business tools, social intranets, and much more. Want to hear what all the fuss is about? Step Two is presenting the 2011 Innovation Awards Roadshow where you will hear all about the winning entries, see screenshots and hear what set these entries apart from the rest. These events will take part in in four cities: Brisbane: 25th October (register online) Canberra: 2nd November (register online) Sydney: 8th November (register online) Melbourne: 30th November (register online) To get all the insights from this year's Awards, obtain a copy of the 2011 Intranet Innovations report. This 179 page report contains 14 case studies and over 200 screenshots. Regards  Andrew Wright WIC Group Manager
Contributor of the week
Stacy Wilson Owner and Communication Consultant, Eloquor Consulting, Inc. Summary:  Stacy helps organizations communicate more effectively with their employees. She and her team at Eloquor Consulting, Inc., focus on technology and change communication that champions the information needs of employees.		Located: Denver, USA Stacy has contributed a number of useful updates recently to the WIC LinkedIn group recently. Especially to the discussion, OK, Your Intranet's Coolest Feature Is?
Discussion of the week	Blog post of the week		Event of the week
Should there be less news on intranet home pages?	The Digital Workplace – just the next generation of your good old Intranet? Stephan Schillerwein		Check out: The Intranet Global Forum 2011, Nov 9,10 NYCChris Chambers
Other discussions	Other blog posts		Other Events
How "branded" is your intranet? Julian Thorne Intranet Governance - do you require your departmental sites and pages to have the same look and feel? How tough is this to enforce? Sheila Heffernan Hi all, doing a paper on internal site search analysis for our Intranet. We've not had an official process in the past. Zeb Ahmed Online workflowed forms, document management... Intranet Dashboard? Isis Abbott  Besides Sharepoint, what are the top 3-5 WCMs available on the market today? What are you using? What have you read? Will be sending RFPs but there are so many choices out there! Mike Janes	2011 Intranet Excellence Awards - from Interact Intranet I found a great resource for Australian Government intranets - I am sure it can be applied across other sectors too! Jonathon Crabtree Using DeskWork Corporate Portal Tip1: Kaly Alexandre Competition open: design a useful intranet home page and win a Kindle Poll: Employees want more how-to content on intranets		Upcoming Intranet event - Beyond The Desktop: Dynamic and Intuitive Intranets Rachael Wheldall 23-24 November 2011 Brisbane  Intranets2012 (Sydney, May 2012): call for papers now open James Robertson Submissions close 1st December Social Workplace Conference (10% Discount Code) November 1 - Vic Okezie CALL FOR SPEAKERS for the Intranet 2.0 Conference! January 30 - February 2, 2012 - Kelly Werwie Intranet Workshop in London, Nov 28 Stephan Schillerwein

WICly intranet news #6

24 September - 7th October, 2011 WIC LinkedIn Group news
Step Two's annual intranet innovation award winners have just been announced. This is the 5th year of the awards. This year's report includes over 200 screen shots from 14 case studies. The 2011 winners are below. Platinum award winner Visual effects project management tool - Framestore (UK) Gold award winners Mobile intranet - Queensland University of Technology (Australia) Mobile intranet - UK Parliament (UK) Just in time content - CRS Australia (Australia) Expertise location and LinkedIn connector - Lundbeck (Denmark) Personalisation - Malmo Stad (Sweden) Alu TV video sharing platform - Alcatel-Lucent (France) SportsAid Amazing Race- Arup (UK) Customer-centric intranet - ScottsMiracle-Gro (USA) Online and mobile conference tool - Lafarge (France) Corey Lyons has also posted a good question this week, OK, Your Intranet's Coolest Feature Is? Some interesting responses have already been given. Would be good to read a few more. A final note: When posting blog articles, if possible would members please word the article as a discussion topic. For a good example, see the post Should all intranets have commenting on news?  Regards  Andrew Wright WIC Group Manager
Contributor of the week
Gabrielle Sani Intranet Manager at Oxfam International Summary:  Strong interest in Development, Knowledge Management, and Mobile technologies, having founded and participated in several initiatives.		Located: London, UK Gabrielle provided a good tip about integrating SharePoint with Google Analytics. Gabrielle has also contributed a number of updates recently to the WIC LinkedIn group.
Discussion of the week	Blog post of the week		Event of the week
OK, Your Intranet's Coolest Feature Is? Corey Lyons	Unveiled: winners of 2011 Intranet Innovation Awards James Robertson		Handy list of upcoming intranet, CMS, SharePoint and social media events
Other discussions	Other blog posts		Other Events
Quick question - does anyone know of a good tool that integrates SharePoint and Google Analytics? Nader Balata  How "branded" is your intranet? Julian Thorne  Should all intranets have commenting on news? James Robertson Hi members, Interested to know how many of you use "search" as a tool to drive your Intranet engagement and usabilty? Darryl Hannah	30 More Ways to a Better Intranet Andrew Wright My Site Profile Reporting for SharePoint 2010 Trevor Speirs Thank You for Participating in The Social Intranet Survey Michael Marchionda  Is Steve Jobs the Michelangelo of our times? Cecil Dijoux		Social Workplace Conference (10% Discount Code) November 1 - Vic Okezie CALL FOR SPEAKERS for the Intranet 2.0 Conference! January 30 - February 2, 2012 - Kelly Werwie Intranet Workshop in London, Nov 28 - Stephan Schillerwein

WICly Intranet News: #5

Intranet news for the week: 23rd September, 2011 - WIC LinkedIn Group news
Members of the WIC LinkedIn group are able to get a 10% discount for the Social Workplace Conference being held in London on 1st November. Use the code WIC10 when you register online. This special offer is available until 30th September.  There is a great graphic provided this week by Socialcast that highlights The Problem with the Intranet. It mentions some interesting statistics provided by Forrester Research including the top 5 ways the intranet is being used and 5 ways the intranet can be improved. Also this useful web site provides you with a simple way to provide a twitter feed on your intranet. You could use it to track your company Twitter ID or tweets that mention your organization. And a few worthwhile free webinars on this week: Business Turns Social: Key Learnings From The Social Intranet Study September 27 - Michael Marchionda The next E2 Great Debate, "Enterprise Video Now!" September 27, - Roger Pilney Join Perficient and Forrester for a webinar on Customer Experience Web Strategy September 28 - Erin Moloney Mobile is changing everything, including what employees expect from your intranet and internal communications. Are you more or less... September 28 - John Gerstner    Regards Andrew Wright WIC Group Manager
Contributor of the week
Alister Webb Collaborative Working Specialist at Telstra  Summary: Practical knowledge management and collaboration solutions, working with project teams to improve knowledge sharing, good technical knowledge particularly around Microsoft SharePoint and social networking tools, and experience in large IT projects.		Located: Sydney, Australia Alister is presenting at an event soon called 'Share 2011' being held in Sydney in November.  His topic is along the lines 'Is the traditional intranet dead?' Alister has also contributed a number of updates recently to the WIC LinkedIn group.
Other top weekly contributors
Richard Harbridge Trusted Advisor, Lead SharePoint Consultant, Technology Specialist, Business Analyst, and Information Architect Boston, USA View recent updates	Sam Marshall Intranet and collaboration specialist at ClearBox Consulting Ltd. Chester, UK View recent updates		Ira Dubenyuk Business Development Manager at NET Technology Center WEB100 Ukraine View recent updates
Discussion of the week	Blog post of the week		Event of the week
Anyone found a Webpart that will let us view Twitter feeds on SharePoint 2010? - Sarah Huber	The Problem With the Intranet - Socialcast		Business Turns Social: Key Learnings From The Social Intranet Study September 27 - Michael Marchionda
Other discussions	Other blog posts		Other Events
Microsoft + SharePoint 2010 v.s. IBM Collaboration Solutions - Bey Wang  Is Scaling Your Intranet Cost Prohibitive to Your Bottom Line? - Tara Clark Low-cost intranet tools/platforms – seeking recommendations - Courtney Hunt Are there any benchmarking standards or trends around delivering multi-lingual content via Intranet/Internet? - Aaron Bonser Contribute to some valuable research on vision, values and brand alignment - Mark Scott  What are your top 5 intranet challenges for 2011? - Lucy Shaw Do you have experience in how to best integrate the classical “top town” Intranet with “Social Intranet” &  Collaboration features? - Thomas Maeder	Five Emergent Strategies for Improving Social Business Performance - Ira Dubenyuk Examples of social network implementation at the enterprise - Ira Dubenyuk (Social Enterprise). Intracorporate social network - Ira Dubenyuk Why Your Business May Need Internal Social Software - Ira Dubenyuk WCAG 2.0 Accessibility & Corporate Intranets - Teale Shapcott Company-wide social networks could spell the end of office e-mail - Michelle Saraceno		Handy list of upcoming intranet,, CMS, SharePoint and social media events  The next E2 Great Debate, "Enterprise Video Now!" September 27 - Roger Pilney Join Perficient and Forrester for a webinar on Customer Experience Web Strategy September 28 - Erin Moloney Mobile is changing everything, including what employees expect from your intranet and internal communications. Are you more or less... September 28 - John Gerstner  Social Workplace Conference (10% Discount Code) November 1 - Vic Okezie CALL FOR SPEAKERS for the Intranet 2.0 Conference! January 30 - February 2, 2012 - Kelly Werwie Intranet Workshop in London, Nov 28 - Stephan Schillerwein

WICly Intranet News: #4

Intranet news for the week: 16th September, 2011 - WIC LinkedIn Group news
There is an interesting discussion going on this week initiated by Susan Jung about knowledge sharing V private collaboration (I am glad Susan has a thick skin). Some very helpful comments there and well worth a read and also worthy of Susan being the Contributor of the Week'. Thanks to the many people who also provided thoughtful feedback. There were also many good suggestions for Setting up a best practice database without using a databse. It sounds obvious but research from the WIC has shown that there is strong relationship between providing intranet training and the uptake of intranet use. Zena Applebaum has posed the question How much training, and in what format do you provide training in your organziations for using the Intranet? It would also be interesting to know if people feel that staff should receive intranet training or if the intranet should be so well designed that training isn't necessary. What do you think? Lucy Shaw has also posted a couple of good questions this week; What are your top 5 intranet challenges for 2011? and Is your company experimenting with or actively using web cams for collaboration?  For organisations from Norway who have been thinking about participating in the WIC, the good news is there is now a Norwegian version of the survey available. Geir Bækholt joins the WIC partnership as the new WIC representative for Norway. This brings to 12 the number of languages in which the WIC is available. Please contact me if you are interested in running the WIC in your country. Regards Andrew Wright WIC Group Manager
Contributor of the week
Susan Jung Information Architect at Intelsat. Summary: Extensive IT experience, covering all aspects of enterprise business systems and data analysis, including OSS and Business Intelligence. Currently the SharePoint architect overseeing enterprise roll-out of SharePoint 2010 team sites and knowledge sharing. Located: Washington DC, USA		Susan has contributed a number of updates to the WIC LinkedIn group recently including the thought provoking question about how to reconcile knowledge sharing and private collaboration. I was also reading Susan's LinkedIn profile and noticed that she received the Intelsat CEO Award 2010 for Process Improvement. A great effort for a company that size.
Other top weekly contributors
Lucy Shaw Community Manager at Intranet Benchmarking Forum  York, UK View Lucy's recent updates	Lynn Warnecke Principal Consultant at Chamonix IT Consulting Melbourne, Australia View Lynn's recent updates  Check out Lynn's blog as well.		Marsha Glassner IEDMS Project Manager at GSA, Pacific Rim Region San Francisco, USA View Marsha's recent updates
Discussion of the week	Blog post of the week		Event of the week
How much training, and in what format do you provide training in your organziations for using the Intranet? - Zena Applebaum	The Art of SharePoint Success: 10 Reasons Why SharePoint Projects Fail - Gints Janelsins		Intranet Workshop in London, Nov 28 - Stephan Schillerwein
Other discussions	Other blog posts		Other Events
What are your top 5 intranet challenges for 2011? - Lucy Shaw Do you have experience in how to best integrate the classical “top town” Intranet with “Social Intranet” &  Collaboration features? - Thomas Maeder Is your company experimenting with or actively using web cams for collaboration? - Lucy Shaw Moving up to Sharepoint 2010 - Zena Baker We run our intranet on an in-house CMS, and we're just about to introduce WordPress for blogging. Be interested to  know about other people's experiences with this. - Douglas Campbell Looking for a creative way to set up a Best Practices "database" for our team without using a database - does anyone have any ideas they... - Ilene Rosen	7 CMS features nobody asks for, but everyone needs - Janus Boye 5 Ways Social Will Change The IT Profession - Debra Donston-Miller Social Business Doesn't Mean What You Think It Does, Neither Does Enterprise 2.0 - Gints Janelsins		Social Workplace Conference (10% Discount Code) November 1 - Vic Okezie Webinar Re Run: Good to Great Intranets - A review of SharePoint 2010 features for Intranets September 22 - Anand Janardhanan Business Process Management Made Easy Conference October 11 Ohio, USA Free event - Josie Smathers Content in Context: Why Dynamic Content and Content Choreography Is Critical to Information Management September 15, 22, 29 & October 13 - Sharon Foley CALL FOR SPEAKERS for the Intranet 2.0 Conference! January 30 - February 2, 2012 - Kelly Werwie Interaction 2011 London, 13th October - Nigel Williams