14. Build an intranet
Resource Time Does it satisfy
specific
requirements?
Money Expertise
KeyFeaturesofaSuccessfulIntranet
15. Buying – an out of the box intranet
Minimal resource
required
Quicker to deploy Multi purpose
functionality
Cost effective Built for non IT
professionals
KeyFeaturesofaSuccessfulIntranet
17. Problem:
Too many intranet projects fail or don't live up to their
potential because they lack direction, have low
perceived value to the organization, suffer poor
adoption and succumb to competing priorities.
31. O is for Objectives
Engagement Collaboration Productivity Culture
32. O is for Objectives: Executive Questions
What is the business need that this project is intending to address?
What is it that we are fixing, trying to improve or solve?
How does this project fit in with the organization’s business strategy?
How does this fit into the overall priority of projects?
How will we know if the project is a success?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
34. W is for Weaknesses
Selecting the tools first
It's purely an IT initiative
The effort excludes IT
It starts strong in a single department and then never makes it out
1.
2.
3.
4.
35. W is for Weaknesses
There are no resources allocated to adoption and training
Lack of effective executive champions
Lack of effective participants
No long term plan or budget for governance, community management, upgrades, or maintenance
5.
6.
7.
8.
Failure to draw in key influencers as adoption broadens9.
37. W is for Weaknesses: Mitigating Risks
Recognize and rank possible risks
Realistic implementation plan
Advice from experienced vendor or agency
Regular involvement from sponsor
Map roles and responsibilities
41. Ask for ideas, then listen
Establish a channel for ideas
Promote the campaign
Make it timebound
Have visible sponsorship
Create an SLA
Regular feedback
Highlight outcomes
43. LEARN
It’s a
cycle of
progress
LISTEN
• To the organization you serve
• To what is working for others
• To the best research
ACT
• Try something
• See what happens
• Measure the results
LEARN
• What works and what fails
• What should change
• What to do differently
REPEAT
• Integrate what works
• Try a new experiment
• Continually improve impact
44. R is for Review
Post-launch reviews
Analytics
Team workspace for content contributors
Mini-content review
Award entries
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
53. Structure testing
‘Your Intranet’
News & Events
New & Events
News Archives
Publications
Events
Crises & Issues
Tools & Resources
I Need To…
Applications & websites
For Manager
Travel
IT Help & Support
Purchasing
Finance Resources
Branding & creative
Team Sites
Our Organization
Mission and Leadership
The Company Way
Organization Structure
Org Charts
People Directory
Our Programs
Our Departments
Go to ‘URL’
HR Center
Benefits
Life & Work Events
Payroll & Compensation
Learning & Career
HR Systems Support
Forms, Policies & Guides
For New Employees
For Managers
For HR Practitioners
Go To Workday
Policies and Procedures
Policies & Procedures
P&P A-Z
P&P by Subject
P&P by Department
Collaboration
Team Sites
People Directory
Forums
Office Directory
Engaging Your Workforce
54. Corporate
Policies
Team Member
Handbook
Glossary
Strategic Deployment Process
Resources
Organization
Locations
Cincinnati
Emergency
Procedures
Denver
Org
Charts
Structure testing
You’d like to know what to do in the event of a tornado at the Cincinnati Location.
Pies
Went down the right path
Went down the wrong path
Went back
Nominated as correct answer
Skipped question
Lines
Root node
Correct Path
Incorrect path
Home
Tools
ADP/UltiPro
Engaging Your Workforce
56. TO CONNECT WITH EXPERTS
WHO CAN HELP ME
TO FIND OUT ANSWERS
TO MY QUESTIONS
TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH
WHAT COLLEAGUES ARE WORKING ON
TO STRENGTHEN
BONDS WITH MY TEAM
EngagingyourWorkforce
80. WHO WE ARE
Since 1986, Mattress Firm has set out to be the preferred
choice for better sleep. What started as a small store in
Houston, TX has now grown to be America’s number one
mattress retailer, with more than 3,000 neighborhood stores
and an unmatched passion for the mattress industry. Our
goal is to help our customers’ budget stretch further with a
broad selection of mattresses and bedding accessories.
83. WHERE WE CAME FROM
Original BEDpost built in SharePoint and launched in
2011
Pain points: difficult to navigate, outdated content,
no single source of truth
Through acquisition, we found ourselves
maintaining three company intranets
84. WHAT WE NEEDED
Improve the search functionality and offer a more intuitive user experience
Provide employees with the ability to engage in two-way communication and share feedback
Create a dynamic platform that made it easy to load and maintain information
85. HOW WE GOT
THERE
Improve the search functionality and offer a more
intuitive user experience
Removed focus on Departments from top navigation bar
Keyword education for Content Managers to enhance
search results
Utilization of Best Bets feature to highlight most visited
content
86. HOW WE GOT THERE
Provide employees with the ability to engage in two-way communication
and share feedback
Built forum for Affirmations that highlights recognition and encourages
group celebration
Feature company announcements and cultural news on the Homepage
with likes and comments
Created Gr8 Ideas forum to give associates an outlet to share best
practices or ideas for improvement
87. HOW WE GOT THERE
Create a dynamic platform that made it easy to load and maintain information
Content Managers were designated from key departments to assist with migrating content
from the old site to the new site in preparation for the launch
Since the launch, the number of Content Managers has doubled and departments have
reached out to secure dedicated space on the intranet
With the review and expiration features, content is easier to keep up to date
89. TESTIMONIALS
“The improvements made to the BEDpost have been terrific!”
“Awesome work on BEDpost! I think this will help our sales force tremendously, very easy to navigate and
very easy to find information.”
“Love the new look of the BEDpost! Great job. #bedpost2.0”
“Having a way to interact with your work family from all across the United States is a great way to stay
connect and help each other out as well. I think it’s wonderful!”
“The search tool on the BEDpost is AMAZING!”
93. 1 million+
employees from around
the globe
100 million
activities
Over 700
organizations
Range of devices
Range of
industries
Range of
seniority
Wide range
of roles
94. Myth 1:
The Best Time to Deliver Internal
Communications is Tuesday at 2 pm
96. Fact: No longer a prime publishing time
9.2%
0.00%
1.00%
2.00%
3.00%
4.00%
5.00%
6.00%
7.00%
8.00%
9.00%
10.00%
9.2% for 1-2pm
still a popular slot
97. Fact: No longer a prime publishing time
1.1%
0.6%0.5%0.4%0.3%0.4%
1.3%
4.4%
8.1%
9.3%
9.5%
8.9%
8.5%
9.2%
8.7%
8.3%
6.4%
4.2%
3.4%
3.0%
2.0%
0.8%
0.4%0.3%
0.00%
1.00%
2.00%
3.00%
4.00%
5.00%
6.00%
7.00%
8.00%
9.00%
10.00%
1 in 4 activities
now occur
outside core 8-5
working hours
23.1% of
employees
contributing
outside of core
hours
100. Fact: Where your site lives is critical
Cloud intranets see greater activity
31.1%15.5%
Employees generate
content on ‘On-Premise’
intranets
Employees generate content
on Cloud intranets
101. No password
required with SSO
SSO
Cloud sites can typically
be accessed from
anywhere –
ideas and
problems aren’t
restricted to core hours
mobile / tablet users
generate 8xas much
content in Cloud sites as On
Premise
104. Fact: Blogs are critical for collaboration
Authored pages
don’t
encourage
collaboration
15 x more
collaboration
on blogs
105. If a blog is liked then there
is 83% greater chance
for that person to repost
If a blog is commented on
there is a 80% greater
chance for that person to
repost
Employees who blogged for the first time were more
likely to blog again if their content was commented
against, liked or shared
Likes, shares and comments act as a catalyst for blogging
108. How many social posts are deleted?
0.27%
99.73%
Deleted Total
109. Reasons for Social Post Deletion
User Deleted
32.57%
Incorrect
Information
35.39%
Information Found
Elsewhere
21.00%
Violation
0.00%
Unknown
11.04%
110. What if we keep our employees on mute?
Managing supposed risk
by limiting internal social
communication can
result in external
communication
nightmares.
111.
112. 91% of Wishmakers
contribute to Discussion
Forums monthly
Outcome:
Make-A-Wish grants
more wishes, better
wishes.
COMPANY
Intranets since 2003
US offices in NY and SF; UK HQ outside Manchester
As a platform, Interact is incredibly easy to use for users and admins…
Pioneered the concept of intelligent intranet that pushes the right content to your employees boosting awareness and engagement.
The proof is in our 97% retention rate…
Customers of all stripes, manufacturing, retail, nonprofit, technology – no matter what they do, it comes down to engaging their people, and Interact specializes in this.
Read it out – what essentially we are trying to solve with this methodology
State the elements of POWER
Remind them is isn’t a linear process but a methodology to help cover the key elements to plan a successful intranet. It does follow a logical route, but There is overlap and opportunity to run things alongside each other.
Simply put, a persona is a representation of a particular audience segment for a website / product / service you are designing, based on various types of qualitative and quantitative research. It captures a person’s motivations, frustrations and the “essence” of who they are. Reiterate the value of personas at all stages of the project
An typical template for creating a persona – take the subjectivity out of it. NO RUSH ON THIS SECTION
Take 1 section of this each, alternating through 1-6.
As we go through this, use examples of different sectors that we can relate to (e.g. retail, charity, healthcare, financial, etc)
Read it out – set the reason why it’s important
Starting with the why comes from one of the most famous TED Talks.
Most common outcomes from an intranet project. Garnter/Forrester all reference these in their material and are the common ‘why’s?’ we see at Interact.
http://www.projectconnections.com/articles/011705-decarlo.html
5 questions you can take to the c-level sponsor to provide really valuable insight. Really hammer home to importance of this information for later on.
Remind them they will get the slides
Introduce this is all about risks to the project and ongoing success
These are the most common risks based on our experience and research. There are others of course! These ones are tactical
Top 7 Reasons Why Enterprise 2.0 Projects Fail
http://www.zdnet.com/article/14-reasons-why-enterprise-2-0-projects-fail/
The others were tactical, these are more people orientated
Top 7 Reasons Why Enterprise 2.0 Projects Fail
http://www.zdnet.com/article/14-reasons-why-enterprise-2-0-projects-fail/
We really want to avoid these! Think about the impact long term on both your team/division and you personally. Missed opportunity if you didn’t get it right!
A few key areas to think about mitigating risks. The last one of map roles and responsibilities is something that needs particular focus in intranet projects
Justify that it is important though. Plenty of studies with business leaders now highlight the value Managing Directors put in employee engagement.
There is nothing more disengaging than feeling like you’re not listened to. Ask employees for feedback and ideas on everything from team strategy to your performance as a manager. Create permanent avenues for them to express their opinions and take those opinions seriously. You’ll be amazed at how valued that will make them feel, as well as the effect that has on their enthusiasm and work ethic.
The best way to do this is by opening up clear lines of communication between employees and management, using tools such as your company intranet. Forums in particular give employees an avenue to ask questions and share ideas, which management can listen and respond to.
Employee blogs on your intranet are also a great way to give workers a voice. Blogs let employees share the challenges and triumphs of their jobs in a way that’s actionable by management.
It’s that simple. Too many managers have a habit of soliciting ideas and only using the ones that were already in line with their views and strategy. Your employees have strong insights – they’re the ones on the front lines, doing the work that makes your department run day in and day out. When you ask for their opinions, take them to heart.
59% of workers say they often see problems at companies that management is not aware of. (Source: Baseline, ‘Employees to Bosses: Listen Up)
This is where collaboration and communication tools, such as intranet forums, can prove really powerful. Here, we see how a discussion forum can be used to ask employees for ideation on specific topics such as benefits, or for employees themselves to offer ideas and insight on various issues – whether that be the best places for lunch or on boarding practices.
First impressions last forever, and onboarding plays a huge role in engagement and performance down the line. However, onboarding doesn’t start on an employee’s first day – it starts earlier than that. It’s important that from the moment the decision is made to hire someone, they are included in team communications and that they feel as though they can have all their questions quickly answered.
Engaged employees are those who feel their work is recognized and appreciated. In fact, studies show that 69% of employees say they would work harder if they felt their efforts were better appreciated.
From one of our customers. Nice little methodology to take away!
Mention all, but go into a little more detail on:
Analytics – The value in having the evidence beyond why something is working (or often more importantly not working) can really help your future direction
Awards – we set up every project with the intent to give you an award winning intranet. Badge of honour for you and your organisation
Daren
Note who is looking for something new and call them out. Ask if anyone has done this. Share ideas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxN7D0NRelw
Daren
Note who is looking for something new and call them out. Ask if anyone has done this. Share ideas.
We used to use surveys – all the time. But we realized we had the data.
Can’t survey 1 million people…
HANDS UP moment
Old-school marketers have lived by this rule for years, but at a time when information is accessible anytime, anywhere and on any device, is it still relevant?
increasing number of disparate teams working flexible hours, across multiple locations and time zones.
Monday to Friday is now open season for publishing. News is encouraged and supported by your employees in a ‘report it as it happens’ culture.
If it’s Tuesday at 3pm – Don’t wait a week to publish!
9.2% across all working days is still very popular. So people are sticking to the theory.
READ BOXES
The Rise of SaaS - disrupting how large companies do business. Faster, more scalable, more reliable more cost effective. Shifting the way orgs deliver enterprise solutions
Faster deployment, lower cost of ownership, shift from CapEx to OpEx and essentially what is known as the consumerization of technology shifting to line of business.
Today's enterprise software is made for the people, not for IT.
Harvard Business Review predicts by 2017 marketing will be spending more on technology than the CIO.
User generated contented (non authors) across the site. More than double the knowledge sharing and contribution of employees across organizaion. How massive is that. What every comms dept wants… and is being tasked for.
It is a key push for hosting in the cloud and convincing the IT dept.
Cloud removes the typical blockers which stop employees collaborating anywhere, any time, any device. We’ll go on to look at this further later in this presentation.
READ BOXES
Example – DEX Media. Digital marketing organization based in texas with 2500 employees spread across US.
They used to publish the phone books and now they run superpages.com. Those guys...
Honorable Mention (finalists) in Best Use of Imagery in the Ragan Intranet Awards 2015. Their entry was called "Dex Media, A Brief History of Us: How Dex Got to Where it is Today "
ESN’s, timelines and quick publishing are all the rage right now. Share what you’re working on.
Facebook – works in social
There’s an obsession with immediacy. Publish what you’re doing now and quickly!!
Noise. Blogging has seen a renaissance. They should form the cornerstone of knowledge sharing in your organization.
Blogs are 15 times more likely to generate likes, shares and commenting than standard pages.
Interact has a timeline and it’s heavily used. But asked employees what they remember that day (maybe a survey..?) and it’s more likely to be a blog.
How many reserve blogging powers to just to the Exec Team??
And how many of them are ghost written?
Here’s what’s actually happening.
Share your blogging rights!
likes, shares and comments are a catalyst to repeat blogging – don’t ignore the power of peer recognition
Content being liked and shared, be that a status update, a forum post, a blog or any kind of collaborative activity drives repeat behaviour
Encourage more blogging, promote the behaviours of liking, sharing and commenting.
Help your would be bloggers understand what will get them the biggest results
This is Sport England. Previously known as the English Sports Council, Sport England provides services and funding to sport in England.
WINNER - Best value to employees award in the recently announced 2016 Ragan Employee Communication awards
READ BOXES
Looking at our customer data - Shamefully this shows how much blogging typically features with 1 year from launch!
We didn’t realize the impact -
Blogging just doesn't’t feature in launch strategies. It considered that ‘old’ collaboration technique and doesn’t feature.
So we can’t be surprised with data like this!
Our strategists now advise on this… following unlocking the data
Anyone dealing with this? Still? For fear that someone will say something you don’t like?
The real question isn’t what you stand to lose, it’s what you’re missing out on by keeping employees on mute.
Do me a favor… I’m going to time you. As a group, clap slowly, in unision. 1…2…3 go!
Solvay Physics Conference 1927. This still takes place today, but this year was considered the best. Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Max Plank, Neils Bohr… There are 17 nobel prizes in this photo. 17! Marie Curie had 2! Here’s the rub… most of the Nobel Prizes were won AFTER this conference took place.
The collaboration and knowledge sharing from this conference inspired these titans of physics to make the greatest advancements
Started on the premise that problem posts will be deleted, so first asked how many posts are deleted.
From more than 1.1 million comments and forum posts, less than ½ of 1% were deleted. So this problem is already miniscule in scale;
However, it only takes 1 post to wreak a lot of havoc, so we dug deeper.
So we approached those customers with a survey.
Asked them to categorize the reasons for the deletions
“Violations” we called anything that was due to bad language, inappropriate/ unprofessional, personal attack,
Number of these items that led to employee terminaton = 0
Led to company lawsuit = 0
Led to loss of IP/ corporate espionage = 0
Interact – social at your own pace
Social is integrated with a purpose.
Different audiences
Some of you may remember the batkid in San Francisco from a couple years ago. Great story that caught headlines all over the world, partially because the kid is so cute, but also because of the fantastic work by Make a Wish, one of Interact’s customers. Their mission is simple: grant wishes for children with serious illnesses. Everything they do, including the intranet, has that goal in mind. So when they looked at an intranet platform, they saw social as being absolutely critical to that mission. Here’s what happened.
Forums one of the most widely used parts where Wishmakers share ideas that enhance efficiency, promote idea sharing, and avoid problems.
Upside to socially engaged companies
Make a Wish has 60% of its users contributing to discussion forums at least once per month
The outcome: sharing ideas, building efficiency allowing them to grant dozens more wishes every week!
While your business probably doesn’t do what Make a Wish does, you should ask yourselves what are we missing by NOT encouraging social collaboration? Time to let that myth to go away.
Search is fantastic – but having the right type of results in the right place drives usage.
,
401k example..
Or maternity policy.
Credibility and Trust
positive experience
reliable resource
The top 10 search results – think about these for your key topics.
Interact Search learns over time... learns from clicks
Plus you can change the weighting
Different types of content in the top 10 search results and the CTR per type.
Blogging is back baby!
Think Facebook here... and more recently LinkedIn.
Tailored feeds and intelligent algyrthym driven ads