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 news to …more

Looking for fun ways to prepare your intranet for Halloween? Here are some ideas for how you can spookify your site on this sugar filled day: Design a Halloween intranet theme! >> Add Halloween images to the fixed width background >> Use bright Halloween or Autumn colors on the menu and widget boxes   Promote …more

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 and enticing …more

Accenture Intranet I tuned into the August broadcast of IBF Live and heard Steve Kaukonen and Steve Berzins describe their Accenture Intranet as a “culture of collaboration” and I thought what a great play on words!  Hence this blog post title but I swapped out collaboration in favour of community. This month’s IBF Live theme …more

Check out this week’s intranet links: Do you have employees that travel often? Here are Ten Ways Desk-less Employees Can Access the Intranet Did you know that your home page is the most valuable piece of real estate on your intranet software? Learn how you can re-prioritize your intranets home page Intranet Governance is a …more

Intranet Connections has its roots in business applications. We have added a lot of social and collaboration elements to our social intranet software over the recent years, but we have never forgotten about our roots in providing tools for employees to help improve your business.  We also see a great deal of employee engagement stemming …more

Last week, I had the privilege of attending the Inbound Marketing Summit in San Francisco. It was a fabulous conference with enlightening speeches from influential marketing professionals. One of the speakers that hit home for me was Elyse Tager from Constant Contact. Elyse gave an insightful presentation about Engagement Marketing and spoke about customer engagement …more

With the boom of tech-savvy employees in the workforce, companies are in search of unique engagement tools to keep the Gen X and Gen Y employees interested.  In Dana LaSalvia’s article called “Building an Employee-Enriched Culture with Social Media” she wrote that “organizations should think about integrating companywide marketing messages and upgrading their employee’s recognition …more

Peter Barron is an Intranet Connections Fan; he provides significant feedback on our blog, Linkedin and Facebook pages and speaks candidly about our software as it applies to his organization.  Over the past ten years, Peter has managed the Rio Rancho Public Schools intranet, which is internally called “Rionet”. With over 20 school district departments …more

Sharlyn Lauby, a writer for Open Forum, recently wrote an article called “5 Challenges for Human Resources in a Digital World” which shares the automation challenges that HR departments face today. Sharlyn explains that an array of automation tools is available to HR professionals; however, the adoption of this technology is slow. A great way …more