9th August, 2009 - Posted By Sean R. Nicholson - No Comments
If you haven’t used Wordle, it’s a pretty cool way to visually represent what you’re blogging or tweeting about in an artistic manner. Here’s a copy of my tweet cloud up to today looks like in a Wordle. Just click on the image for a larger view.
Read More8th August, 2009 - Posted By Sean R. Nicholson - No Comments
Driving user adoption is one of the key challenges for any Intranet portal, but one of the most effective ways to ensure that your users are getting the most of your Intranet functionality is to ask them how they want to use it, observe how they actually use it, and either add/modify functionality to meet their needs or train them to use the portal better.
Read More4th August, 2009 - Posted By Angela Cullen - No Comments
When selecting an Identity Management Application, don’t expected it to integrate seamlessly with every application in your enterprise.
Read More3rd August, 2009 - Posted By Sean R. Nicholson - No Comments
When it comes to Intranets, governance is one of those topics that tends to divide folks into some pretty extreme camps. One side contends that users should be able to govern themselves and, when left alone, content driven by the users will be rich and meaningful. The folks on the other side of the fence believe that content should be generated by the organization for consumption by the users. Their position is often based on the argument that end-users would pose a risk to the organization by sharing incorrect, privileged, or inappropriate content. The reality is that these two camps do have valid points, but the best practice is to land somewhere in the middle.
Read More29th July, 2009 - Posted By Sean R. Nicholson - 2 Comments
Over the years, I have been privileged to work on a variety of Intranets ranging in shapes and sizes. Some were for large corporations, others were for small non-profits. Some were heavily governed, others were driven by user content. Even though each of these Intranets were unique in their own ways, they had one key element in common – strong user adoption. Without a strong user community that recognized the value of the Intranet, each would have failed.
Read More26th July, 2009 - Posted By Sean R. Nicholson - 1 Comment
When creating hyperlinks in your Intranet portal or social media application, it’s important to know when to create a link that reuses the existing browser session and when to open a new browser.
Read More23rd July, 2009 - Posted By Sean R. Nicholson - No Comments
In April of 2009, I published a blog post listing the Must Have Resource for Intranet Professionals in 2009. Included in the list are the valuable resources located at Intranet Strategies by JMC and, in particular, the annual Global Intranet Trends Report. This comprehensive resources consolidates feedback from organizations of all shapes and sizes and analyzes the trends impacting Intranets in the coming year.
Read More23rd June, 2009 - Posted By Sean R. Nicholson - 7 Comments
Warning: This is a long blog post detailing my adventures through blocked blogs and suspended Twitter accounts. If you’re looking for a short read or have a really short attention span, you’d be better off checking out my Tweets or skipping to the end of this post where there are some key lessons learned from [...]
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