Wondering how other organizations are faring with the social transformation of their corporate Intranets? The Go To” report for companies interested in knowing what other companies are doing has just been released by Prescient Digital Media.
The Social Intranet Study December 2011 examines social media use on corporate intranets and the magnitude, use, and popularity of social media by employees and executives. The study findings and analysis are based on the survey conducted between late May and early June 2011 by Toby Ward, Prescient Digital Media, in association with the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). The results reveal rapid adoption of social media on the corporate intranet in the past year.
The survey was completed by over 1,401 participants in small, medium and large organizations in all types of industries, from all corners of the globe.
The Top 10 Most Common Intranet Tools
The report found that social media tools such as blogs, wikis and other vehicles are present on most corporate intranets: 61 percent have at least one social media tool available to some or all employees. The most popular Intranet 2.0 tools are blogs, discussion forums, instant messaging and wikis.
- Blogs - 75 percent have intranet blogs; 26 percent have deployed blogs enterprise wide; only 4 percent have no plans or interest in deploying blogs.
- Discussion Forums - 65 percent have intranet discussion forums; 26 percent use them enterprise wide; 7 percent have no plans or interest in deploying intranet discussion forums.
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Hello, Boris, you AND me, Pitstop – it’s just some of the names from various corporate intranets.
Some companies give their internal portals just a name. Other companies choose to give their internal portals a complete identity. There are some companies who go the simple route and just call it what it is: Intranet. If you are a company who still operates on multiple portals such as the corporate intranet, the HR portal, and the collaboration portal.. the name becomes that much more important in helping your employees distinguish one portal from another. Coming from a corporate background where all the companies I’ve worked for have had a “branded” intranet, it still surprises me to hear many companies out there don’t. Personally, I like a branded intranet. It’s an easy way to strengthen corporate culture, support brand identity and make your intranet a “destination” not just a “site.”
It’s always interesting to know what companies end up naming their internal portals. I will tell you that the MOST frequent terms I came across are:
- My[company name]
- _________ Connect
- _________ Net
It’s in this spirit that I’m posting this list of companies and the names of their internal portals based on my own research as well as the fantastic list available on Intranet Matters. If you would like to add or correct your company listing, please let me know. If you would like your company removed, definitely let me know. Otherwise, please enjoy and I hope this is valuable to your intranet research. (Many thanks to Miri McDonald for initially requesting this list.)
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So, technically it’s past the mid-year point, but in the HR technology world… this is the time that mid year reviews are completed. And it got me to thinking about the social technology goals that I had outlined for this year and where I currently stand with them. And I invite you to do the same.
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not as far as I’d like: shrinking budgets, reorganized resources and modified priorities have slowed down my progress of creating a social experience for employees. I imagine that I’m not the only one in this situation. So, to break the ice, I thought I would provide a little insight into the projects I’ve been working on, what I accomplished and where I hope to go in the second half of the year (and beyond).
What I did accomplish was a lot of movement and growing appreciation from my matrixed organization on the importance of creating an overall experience rather than siloed ones, and an overall understanding that sometimes the quickest and easiest route isn’t the most scalable by IT teams or adopted by the employee base. We have implemented what is considered to be “low hanging fruit” at the same time as taking our time and performing due diligence on more complex solutions.
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This is Part II in the “Learn, Plan and Do” series that explores the use of social technologies to take your intranet to the next level, to create a social intranet. But hopefully you will find that it goes even further.. to not only create a social intranet, but to also introduce your employees to an integrated social experience.
Collaboration has become more than just a hot topic. It’s now the primary focus for companies who are seeking to tap the power of social media technologies for their organizations. The movement of the social business is progressing so rapidly, that it leaves a lot of companies scratching their heads more often than coming up with real executable strategies. When companies approach me and say they are struggling with getting support for collaborative technologies, my question back is always: Define your goal without using social media buzzwords. Simplify your thoughts and return to focusing on the business goal you are ultimately trying to achieve.
And what does collaboration bring us? Knowledge management. The ability for your employees to learn from each other.
We are seeing that the best intranets are those that are integrating social technologies that not only drive community and collaboration, but also knowledge management. The winners of Jakob Nielsen “10 Best Intranets of 2011” included at least one of these important capabilities:
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Below is what’s intended to be a growing resource list of professionals, bloggers, enthusiasts and experts who focus on creating a social workplace through — but not necessarily limited to — collaborative technologies, corporate social media, intranets, employee engagement or HR technology. If you or your community (more than one contributing author) would like to be included, please submit your information via the
contact form or by commenting below and we will be sure to include you.
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Wondering how other organizations are faring with the social transformation of their corporate Intranets? The Go To” report for companies interested in knowing what other companies are doing has just been released by Prescient Digital Media.
