Natalie is the Information Management Coordinator at Queensland University of Technology. She’s talking about collaboration and SharePoint at the University. Key points: – Until recently, SharePoint was not managed. It was introduced about 8 years ago, in a single department (under someone’s desk). Got to 9 different SharePoint […]
After the keynote this morning (which was my presentation) at Intranets2011, James Dellow kicked into creating a social workplace with your intranet. See James on the web at chieftech.com.au. Key points: – Companies are made out of people. Starting question: after you’ve explained “social” to a CxO, what […]
At Intranets2011, Hugh from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia is talking about evolving an intranet team as an intranet evolves with SharePoint. Key points: – Mid-2008 – 250 authors requesting publication of simple changes. 50-60 change requests per day. Required 6 people full time to keep the Intranet […]
Andrew from CIBA Solutions talked about intranet features that staff love, here at Intranets2011. He talked about the intranet from an end user perspective. Key points: – What’s most important to an intranet that’s valuable? Highest three – (a) finding information, (b) content quality, and (c) performance and […]
After a great lunch at Intranets2011, Karina and Ellen from the Department of Education & Training in NSW talked about the use of Yammer. The two speakers talked about three success stories. Key points: – (Success story) For a teacher struggling with finding English language support for a […]
In the fourth session of the day, and the final presentation before lunch at Intranets2011, Matthew C. Clarke talked about the importance of change management in intranet projects. Key points: – Why do so many intranet projects fail? Matthew asked whether attendees have change management resource on Intranet […]
Chrissy is the Director of IT and Knowledge at Blake Dawson, a law firm. They have just gone live with their SharePoint based intranet. Chrissy presented the “Ask an Executive” session at Intranets2011. Key points: – Chrissy’s day is filled with meetings – across many different areas. For […]
Jane presented the opening keynote at Intranets2011, on intranet strategies and trends. Key points: – This is the first time Jane has been in Australia, but she knows many of the people here, as a result of participation in the Global Intranets Trends annual survey. – We are […]
James started the Intranets2011 conference. Key points: – We’ve been doing Intranets for 10 years. They haven’t changed much in that time. – But that’s changing. (a) Technology is new and updated – SharePoint, social, collaborative tools. It’s about working differently. (b) Technology for delivering solutions is better […]
Research In Motion hosted BlackBerry World 2011 this past week, in Florida. As an avid BlackBerry user, while I didn’t attend, I was interested in the following: 1. The new BlackBerry Bold smartphones, that combine a keyboard and a touch-sensitive display. I remain a firm believer in the […]
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