29th August, 2010 - Posted By Sean R. Nicholson - 6 Comments
Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about whether Facebook is a suitable platform for organizations to build a corporate intranet. The fact that most employees are already on Facebook, combined with the low pricepoint (aka Free) often leads fiscally-focused executives to make statements like “Why build an Intranet, we can just use Facebook.”
16th August, 2010 - Posted By Sean R. Nicholson - 4 Comments
Survey after survey indicate that some of the most popular applications on organizational Intranets are the employee directory, the cafeteria menu, and HR forms. What those surveys often don’t mention is the fact that many of those HR forms are still in MS Word or Adobe PDF format and aren’t able to be completed from within the browser.
30th July, 2010 - Posted By Angela Cullen - 2 Comments
When building a business case around a social Intranet, there are a few key components to consider. Here are five suggested features that you might ask your potential vendors to demonstrate.
24th April, 2010 - Posted By Sean R. Nicholson - 2 Comments
Sometimes opportunities knock quietly….and sometimes they hit us with explosive force. The trouble is, we often miss them even though they are staring us right in the face. As an example, take a look at the recent volcanic explosion in Iceland. This natural disaster has demonstrated the need for business travelers to have access to their corporate information, regardless of where they are located.
13th April, 2010 - Posted By Sean R. Nicholson - 3 Comments
About a year ago, I had a conversation with a then SocialMediaphobe who tried to convince me that social media was a fad that had no future in the workplace. His argument was that Facebook was too personal and Twitter too truncated to ever offer any value to business culture. I tried to convince him that, like all emerging technologies, social media was still finding its place in the workplace, but it was slowly, almost imperceptibly changing the way we communicate. His response was to try to dissuade me by saying “it’s just a bunch of people talking about what they ate for breakfast.”
26th January, 2010 - Posted By Sean R. Nicholson - No Comments
As Intranet Professionals, think about whether your Intranet is being used to encourage new ideas. Do you have a campaign asking employees to behave like clowns? Do you have an idea center where employees can submit their ideas and vote on those that they feel would be valuable? Are your executives open to new ideas and are they actively encouraging innovation?
RT @carolyndouglas: Reality admist the hype >> Intranet Survey Results by @valeriehoven http://ow.ly/2zjYB RT @CommAMMO: Don't forget - #icchat returns next week, Tues., 7 Sept 2-3pm ET. Topic: "internal Web Tools/Trends" Invite #intranet folks!
@seanrnicholson Thanks Sean.Your #FF list mirrors mine of the wonderful people I am thankful to have met thru twitter
