social networking

A modern intranet does many things for the organization. It acts as a two-way communication platform giving all employees a voice and providing management with real-time feedback, and acts as an engagement platform for social networking and user-generated content leading to lower turnover, better on-boarding of new employees, and increased collaboration. In this webinar, we'll explore the components required to achieve these results including the one essential ingredient that most organizations get wrong.

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Canadian organizations have typically been cautious in adopting wikis and other social networking tools in their Intranets. This workshop will walk attendees through the implementation of a Wiki-style intranet followed by a social intranet. It will highlight the coordinated effort between IT and KM to find a secure, cost-effective, user-friendly application that would add value and help increase collaboration.

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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