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You cannot copyright your website
You really can't. A website takes more than one copyright statement to cover it.
Fear of the big projects
I need to throw-out my current intranet, and yet the risks of the new intranet project failing (in part) are so great I feel overwhelmed. Launch in t-minus three months.
User experience as a core function of design (getting it wrong)
Nathanael strongly suggests designing for people, rather than designing 'for your brand'. Apple, Google, Microsoft, prick up your ears.
Long multi-topic or short single-topic intranet pages?
I need to guide scores of new authors / publishers as to when to create one long comprehensive intranet page and when to create a suite of short, single-topic, pages. What's your vote?
The ‘no results’ intranet search results page
Your search engine probably isn't as good as your people would like it to me. Reduce friction and frustration by providing a great (great, not 'good enough') "No Results" results page. See my sad robot.
Image editing crib sheet for the web or intranet
Download this one-page Image Editing Crib Sheet to help (you and) your intranet contributors use photos appropriately.
Jedi mind trick web design
"This is the intranet design you've been looking for..."
My five best intranet design ideas
Round up of some hopefully useful intranet articles, with ideas to put directly into practice.
Use infographics to communicate meaning
Create your own infographics to help your intranet and internal communications come to life when discussing numbers.
Frank’s naked truth about HR communication
I just have to point you to Frank Roche‘s 35 bullet points about Internal HR Comms – I…
There must be a better way than Q&A (or, “I frequently hate FAQs”)
The format is fantastic for your personal recording of issues and planning your reference materials and comms.
The disappearance of front page news – how do your readers find your intranet news stories?
News stories on my intranet ‘fall off‘ the front page after two days and ‘disappear’; at least as…