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A good summary is your best communication
Wouldn't it be awesome if you could beam information directly into people's minds?
‘Designing your intranet’ published at Simply-Communicate
Your intranet is for your people, and so it needs to meet their expectations and help them get work done. The intranet is no longer just about 'news'.
Image editing workflow
A quick recap on the best way to edit images so they look good on your intranet / website.
Tiny business comms
The challenge of finding a balance between friendliness and professionalism in a tiny business.
The danger of islands on the intranet ocean
We once built unconnected 'mini-websites' for teams to work together within. The trouble was, there was no shortcut to visit. So no one visited. Waste of time. Waste of effort.
Just getting stuff done on the intranet
Menus menus menus. Curated lists of ‘how to do’ stuff are great, but sometimes the simplest list is the ‘killer app’ of your intranet. Try the ‘I need to...’ list, and help your people get things done fast.
Choosing between the stakeholder and the audience
Stakeholders can supply focus and drive, but their personal lens can warp the clarity of communications.
Poor intranet pages will get published
As promised in my previous article, we’re looking at intranet page quality and the four typical standards; perfect,…
Average intranet pages are OK
Much as I would like all intranet pages to be 'perfect', I find it useful to recognise four standards of intranet page.
You cannot copyright your website
You really can't. A website takes more than one copyright statement to cover it.
Truth in comms
To be honest with you…now that’s a phrase you hear too often, and I’m sure I’m guilty of…
Your comms are boring
How can our communiqués compete with a world that knows how to engage people's attention? Couldn't our internal communications be, y'know, human and interesting?