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Gaining intranet stardom

By: Cairo Walker Posted: February 8, 2008

Being an intranet star isn’t easy, but there are practical ways of making it happen.

Promote intranet successes

By: James Robertson Posted: December 13, 2007

Intranet teams should use a range of approaches to track and communicate their success stories, to managers and the wider organisation.

Collaboration is about people

By: James Robertson Posted: December 11, 2007

This article explores the human face of collaboration, touching upon a range of enterprise issues and considerations.

Segmenting staff information needs

By: James Robertson Posted: October 9, 2007

There are three main facets that can be used to segment staff needs for information: job role, business unit and geographic location.

Why staff visit the intranet

By: James Robertson Posted: September 5, 2007

There are two key reasons for a staff member to come to the intranet: to find a specific piece of information, or to complete a specific task.

6×2: a new approach to planning

By: James Robertson Posted: August 9, 2007

This methodology provides intranet teams with a new and powerful approach to planning intranet improvements.

Apply IA techniques when creating taxonomies

By: James Robertson Posted: August 9, 2007

The field of information architecture (IA) has much to offer those creating taxonomies, including a range of structured techniques for testing their effectiveness.

Your new site will be 20% different from current site

By: James Robertson Posted: August 9, 2007

A simple rule of thumb when planning a site redesign is that the new site will be no more than 20% different from the current site.

In-house recruitment of users for research

By: Patrick Kennedy Posted: July 6, 2007

Recruiting participants for website research can be difficult, but a few simple steps can help make the process go much more smoothly, without the need for expensive agency fees.

Avoid long-term strategies

By: James Robertson Posted: July 5, 2007

All too often, 18-24 month information management strategies fail to deliver benefits, but there is an alternative.