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Social media is about enabling an on-line conversation. After years of tremendous evolution and progress on the internet, organizations now realize the benefits of social networking, but struggle to apply it internally. This session will explore how to structure and manage user-generated content in your organization’s intranet.

Organizations understand that web technology and social networking can help increase internal collaboration but worry about keeping the online conversation focused around the corporate mission. Many Drupal enthousiasts struggle to gain buy-in from senior management in Government for its use as the Intranet technology platform of choice. However, the true discussion that needs to happen is not one of technology but rather of web strategy.

An effective intranet design is one that is perceived as being of value by both employees and stakeholders. There is a significant amount of planning involved when designing an intranet experience no matter if it is a new build, redesign or new feature. It typically requires cross-department collaboration, management of a multidisciplinary team and implementation, marketing/communication and training plan. This session will provide you with:

The Drupal in Government Ottawa Showcase is organized & sponsored by OpenConcept and brings together over 75 people and 15 government departments represented to learn about how and why public servants are using Drupal effectively to communicate. My talk was on the use of Drupal for an Intranet site with social networking capabilities (Facebook style, blogging & video) and the usage of MediaWiki.

Date: June 15, 2010
Conference: Drupal in Government Ottawa Showcase - Change comes to Ottawa
Topic: Drupal for a Social Networking Intranet
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