We all love a bargain, right? Who can resist the lure of getting something for nothing? It’s no wonder then that many companies have been tempted by the offer of free intranet software. What have you got to lose, you say to yourself. Indeed, why pay for something when someone is offering it to you
Have you been charged with implementing an intranet in your company? Perhaps you’re a business owner who recognizes the value of an intranet, but because you’re not an IT person thinks it might be too difficult to set one up? Maybe you’re a busy executive with many demands on your time who knows an intranet
Here at MyHub, we know a thing or two about intranets. So, if you’re looking to deploy an office intranet in the near future, then this post is essential reading. We give you the benefit of our many years’ experience and highlight some of the common mistakes that companies make when it comes to intranets.
Introducing a company intranet is an important business decision, representing an investment of both time and resources. Some companies, however, are failing to undertake due diligence and are not always ensuring they have a demonstration before making a final choice of intranet supplier. In much the same way as you wouldn’t spend thousands of dollars
Whether you are looking to introduce a company intranet or are revamping an existing one, you will want to ensure that the intranet meets the needs of your staff and organization. But how do you go about doing that? In this article, we outline five steps that will help you identify the information and tools
Where To Start Think about what’s driving the need to either implement an intranet or move away from your existing intranet. List these out as goals or objectives and then prioritize them into two columns: Phase One (Must-haves for launch on day one) Phase Two (Things that can wait a little longer) If you have
Create An Intranet “Create an intranet,” they said. “How hard can it be?” they said. Creating a company intranet is a great way to improve communication within the company, increase employee engagement, and enhance employees’ feeling of connection to one another and to the company as a whole. It’s a great way to make it
When you first start considering cloud intranets, they sound like a great solution. You get a lot of convenience, less hardware to deal with, and a lower cost than many traditional intranet solutions. Unfortunately, before you can start designing your cloud intranet solution, you have to convince your CEO that it’s a good idea. Here are
Intranet Templates If you need an intranet template, the first question you’re asking is, “Where should I start?” There are two general choices: you can build your own from scratch, or you can subscribe to a Saas or cloud-based intranet provider. Which decision you ultimately make will depend on the unique needs of your business, but
A flawless intranet design isn’t just important to a company’s success, it is absolutely essential. An under-performing or poorly designed intranet site can take years for a company to recover from. The functionality of the design has to be intuitive, the technology has to be current, the data has to be meticulously analyzed, and the
If you’re looking for a new intranet solution for your business, chances are, it hasn’t taken you long to figure out how overwhelming all the options currently on the market can be. You want the easiest intranet option available without adding on excessive expenses, but you also want to know that you’re getting all the features you
Creating an Intranet Whether you are creating an intranet or relaunching an old one, companies confront a lot of challenges. Time constraints, conflicting stakeholder opinions, limited budgets, varying skills among users and technology limitations are only a sampling. Whether you are a small business or a large corporation, the goal of designing an efficient intranet that
Following on from our Things To Consider Before You Start Your Intranet post we thought that we would follow up by providing you with a handy intranet kick off action checklist: Action Assigned To Due Date Objective(s) for go-live Executive buy-in and participation – blog posts, forum discussions, etc. Launch date Develop launch plan (30/60/90-day plan) including
Starting your new intranet can be a daunting task so we thought that we would provide you with some reading material to help you get into the zone and identify the different areas that you should consider before you start. Site administration A key consideration when establishing an intranet is to distribute site, page and content management
Developing a site map or plan is a useful way of defining the structure and layout of the pages you want to display on your site. When using a site map to plan your site it can be as simple or as complex as you need to be. In fact, some of the most useful site maps
One of the important issues with having an internal intranet forum is making sure that users have clear guidelines around its terms of use. To help you through this we provided an example Forum terms use document you are free to use below: Intranet Forum Terms of Use Participation in the Company Intranet Forum constitutes
