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How-to guide for intranet content audits
If you’re building a new intranet, you have lots of work to get done. Aside from the budgeting, strategy setting, stakeholder communications, software selection and other important intranet planning...
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Free IA resources September is Intranet IA Month here at ThoughtFarmer. We’ve published a series of free, useful resources on the most common intranet information architecture techniques in use today....
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How-to guide for intranet card sorting
Card sorting is one of the most common and important tools for building user-friendly intranets. It’s a core user-centered design technique for both intranets and public-facing websites and plays an...
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How-to guide for intranet task testing
Over the past several years task testing has become one of the most popular tools for building an intuitive intranet information architecture (sometimes more simply referred to as a sitemap). Task...
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Activity stream software vs. information architecture
Activity streams are a central feature of many enterprise social software platforms. Pure play activity stream software like Yammer, Socialcast and Chatter receive much marketing and attention....
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ThoughtFarmer 6.0: Find the right file with Document Preview
This is the first in a series of posts discussing the thinking behind the new capabilities in ThoughtFarmer 6.0, slated for release later this month. I have a page on my intranet where I store every...
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What makes good collaboration? 10 real-world tips
Social intranets can improve collaboration. But it can be easy to focus solely on the software and lose sight of the fact that good collaboration ultimately depends on people, not technology. In a...
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A DropBox alternative for the social intranet
I love DropBox. I use it all the time in my personal life. But IT Directors everywhere have mixed feelings about such tools and are struggling to keep their companies’ files safe. When internal tools...
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Free eBook: 8 Inspiring Interviews from Successful Intranet Managers
Behind every great intranet is a great intranet manager. While studying other companies’ intranets can be helpful, it’s really the people behind the intranets that make them go. This easy-to-read eBook...
View Article5 best social intranet blog posts of 2012
During 2012 intranets seemed to have hit their stride and social intranets have exploded onto the scene. Many of our fine competitors have donned the mantle of “social intranet software” and today any...
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User-Centered Design for Intranets Yields All-New Editing UI
Want to experience ThoughtFarmer social intranet? We’re launching our newest release, ThoughtFarmer 6.0, on February 6th, 2013. See the video! User-centered design for intranets means — no surprise...
View ArticleOfficial Launch of ThoughtFarmer 6: World’s Easiest Intranet Software
Today I’m pleased to announce the official launch of ThoughtFarmer 6: The World’s Easiest Intranet Software. Watch our ThoughtFarmer 6 video. In the lead up to our launch, we’ve blogged about some key...
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4 Planning and Design Patterns from Credit Union and Bank Intranet Projects
Not all banks are the same. But it turns out that many bank and credit union intranets fit similar patterns. Assiniboine Credit Union and ThoughtFarmer worked together closely to develop a...
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Intranet Strategy: Understanding the Impacts of Networks, Power, and Politics
Power has been an underdeveloped concept in the rhetoric surrounding the use of social intranets. Expressions like “liberation” and “enhanced collaboration” and “empowerment” are common in marketing,...
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You’ll “Like” the New Features in ThoughtFarmer 6.5 Avocado
ThoughtFarmer 6.5 Avocado is coming soon! Here’s a sneak peak of a key change: enhanced liking. Thumbs up for the “Like” button What do we “like” best about Avocado? We’re introducing Like button...
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New Document Management Features: Files meet Folders
As our document management features expand, more clients are putting more documents into ThoughtFarmer. (See Document Preview, a Dropbox Alternative and Duplicate for examples of recent document...
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14 Intranet Best Practices to Transition your Intranet Project to an Intranet...
Are you starting a new intranet project or trying to improve your current intranet? Check out our intranets 101 guide for intranet tips, tricks, and resources. The Inevitable (yet Brilliant) Gardening...
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Intranet Content Management Tips: Managing People for Long-Term Success
Some intranet managers spend all their time managing content. But your social intranet will be far more successful if you spend that time managing people — specifically, managing content owners and...
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15 Tactics to Build Active Communities on your Social Intranet
Are you starting a new intranet project or trying to improve your current intranet? Check out our intranets 101 guide for intranet tips, tricks, and resources. Communities on your social intranet (also...
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Justifying a New Intranet Solution
Are you starting a new intranet project or trying to improve your current intranet? Check out our intranets 101 guide for intranet tips, tricks, and resources. Trying to decide whether it’s worth it to...
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