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Tag: social intranets (page 3)
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Social Business Vendor Jive Software Adds Gamification, Social Intranet
It’s no longer enough to for employees to log onto the intranet to download a few company policies and start a chat about a project with a coworker. Employees need to be enticed with games and social features that makes them feel like they’re not really working. Jive is capitalizing
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The Hub of Enterprise 2.0: The Social Intranet
Enterprise 2.0 was once a trendy designation, a moniker for corporate social media use that has been in decline in the past 18 months.
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State of the Intranets 2012: How Does Your Intranet Measure Up?
Jakob Nielson has just released his 10 Best Intranets of 2012 Report. This yearly report lists what Jakob and his highly regarded team believe are the ten best intranets of the year from submitted entries.
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Intranet Connections Social Employee Directory Tools Boost Connectivity
The success of social networking tools like posting to a Wall to help boost collaboration, is now being applied to intranets in the latest release of Intranet Connections Social Intranet Software, an out-of-the box solution that now includes a new Social Employee Directory.
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7 Intranet Lessons to be Learned From Successful Web Startups
Follow the lead of successful startups and you'll find valuable lessons to improve your company's intranet. I've just finished reading an interesting book, Founders at Work: Stories of Startups’ Early Days by Jessica Livingston. It includes interviews with founders of such successful web based companies as Craigslist (Craig Newmark
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5 Steps to Build a 'How To' Intranet
A recent poll we conducted showed that employees want more how-to content on intranets. But how do you design an intranet that puts “how to” content at the center of your strategy? Having been involved in a project to implement a task-based intranet using SharePoint, I’d recommend the following
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Despite SharePoint's Success, The Social Intranet is Still Rare
Microsoft’s takeover of the corporate intranet has been rapid, and nearly overwhelming. Nearly two-thirds of all organizations (all except the very smallest) in the Western World use SharePoint, in some shape or form (according to multiple surveys).
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Social Media Marketing 101: Tips, Tricks and Final Thoughts
After seven weeks, our social media marketing 101 series comes to a close. While I’ve enjoyed outlining the script to help you write your organization’s narrative online, I know there is much I didn’t discuss, of which another seven weeks could cover.
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30 More Ways to a Better Intranet
The previous article, 50 Ways to a Better Intranet, listed 20 ways an intranet can be improved in the areas of finding information, completing work tasks, interactivity and improving intranet performance.
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50 Ways to a Better Intranet
There are a number of activities that will help you to deliver a more valuable intranet. In the list of 50 I have comprised, here's a look at the first 20. In a recent blog post, Irish intranet thought leader, Gerry McGovern, said: "Most intranets are not seen as essential to the functioning of an organization. This is because management is not convinced of their strategic value." And Canadian intranet commentator, Toby Ward,
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How a Social Intranet Can Save Higher Education
We currently face a higher education system that is hundreds of years old and stuck in the past. I believe that social intranets may be a key to radically bringing higher education into the 21st century. These are disruptive times for colleges and universities. Higher education is being flattened.
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Intranet Connections v11 Improves Collaboration With Application Builder
Employee engagement is best fostered online with collaborative software that enables the team members to communicate and exchange knowledge. Intranet Connections (news, site ) has announced the release of version 11 of its social intranet software, which makes collaboration easier with customizable applications.
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The Business Case for a Social Intranet
A business case for an intranet is like the business case for a bathroom; you can live without them (and use others), but you’re a fool if you do. Social media has morphed to the intranet, and the intranet is becoming increasingly social.
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The True Nature of a Social Intranet
On the surface, a social intranet might seem to be just an intranet dressed up in rounded corners and pastel colors and with features such as blogs, wikis, activity feeds, ratings, profiles and tagging. Yet, the difference between a social intranet and a traditional intranet is far more profound than
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