+30    This past week I attended The Art of Leadership at the Centre of Vancouver for Performing Arts a one-day event with inspirational speakers imparting wisdom on leadership and company culture, of which translates to intranet culture. I was struck by the session with John Mackey, who is co-CEO of Whole Foods Markets.  John …more

+10    The other day I was pulled into a demo with a company who is evaluating our CMS intranet, Intranet Connections. I entered the conversation with my thoughts on our company vision and the heart of our core values: simplicity. The conversation steered ultimately to transparency. Social CMS Intranets All the Buzz With so …more

+20    At Intranet Connections, we recently started “walk and talk” meetings to get outside in the fresh cool air, inspiring creativity. Plus being a dog loving office, it is good to get the pups out for a mid-day walk. Appreciating a Rich History & Client-Loyalty It was on one of these Strategy Walking Meetings …more

+10    Every year the foundation of intranets remain but how we use the intranet evolves. In the past few years focus has revolved around the social intranet and it has taken center stage. Our prediction is that in 2013 the tables will turn and the business intranet will prevail. But that is just the tip of …more

Today we thanks to all our business intranet clients for selecting us as their IT intranet partner and for providing us valuable feedback and workflow cases. With the recent release of V12.0 with Enhanced Form Builder, we give recognize a number of customers that gave us valuable input on how they were using our product and what features could be improved to optimize their workflows.

00    As winter creeps up on us, so does the ever present flu virus. This fall one of our Intranet Connections customers, the City of Aspen, wants to help combat common work place viruses by using their intranet Training and Booking Calendar to make it easy for employees registering for flu vaccinations, blood tests, …more

00    Dear Communications, This is a letter from your intranet. It is a letter of appreciation because I more than anyone know the importance of your job in an organization. I am your voice to the people, so how you leverage me should be one of a kind. Every day I have the privilege of …more

00    #1 tool for intranet adoption: don’t send it by email. Enforce the use of your intranet over broadcast emails Related PostsEight Intranet Design Mistakes Lewis Group Drives Intranet Adoption with Contests and Executive Buy-In Monday is Intranet Knowledge Sharing Day Monday is Intranet Knowledge Sharing Day Monday is Intranet Knowledge Sharing Day

+10    We often use social media, like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, to engage in conversation with our intranet software customers.  A few months ago we asked Why do you love your intranet? on our Facebook Fan Page. The response was great! “Coppermark Bank uses Intranet Connections as our go-to source for all company information. From company …more

00    The Executive Intranet is third in a series talking about departments, leaders and stakeholders that should be involved with your company intranet. I recently received a call to participate in a fall intranet conference and my topic is how to leverage the intranet for change management. This isn’t exactly my area of expertise …more

00    Amy Schade is the User Experience Director at the Norman Nielsen Group. Each year they hold their Annual Intranet Design awards, showcasing the year’s 10 best intranets. IBF Live is a monthly broadcast sharing the very best of intranets with their membership (click here to learn more). This month the two got together …more

00    We recently launched a new web site for Intranet Connections to go along with our latest social release and our creative team dreamed up this 90 second animated video, designed to introduce Intranet Connections to prospective Intranet Managers. A big thank you to Desaign: Explaining ideas through animation for helping us with our vision. …more

00    IBF Live is a monthly broadcast showcasing live intranet tours, often from global giants like IKEA, IBM, and Accenture. December’s tour featured Sally Roberts, Intranet and Knowledge Manager from Macfarlanes LLP, a 500 employee law firm out of London. 18 months ago Macfarlane went from a static intranet created through Dreamweaver, to a …more

00    Late October in Vancouver is lovely.  I recently headed downtown, enjoying the fall colors as I drove over Lions Gate bridge and through the Stanley Park causeway, heading to the Four Seasons Hotel. The Four Seasons was hosting The 19th annual Intranets for Corporate Communications seminar, put on by Federated Press. My plan …more

00    Everything we do is literally a form of building a relationship. In the office, we build professional relationships, and at home, we strengthen our emotional relationships with loved ones. We also have relationships with our computers; they keep us connected to the world, our work, and family and engage us with stunning visuals …more