Intranets Forum: SharePoint in action

UKeIG members can find details of the July forum on the website.

There will be presentations by Linda MacDonald (Hay Group) and Janet White (Metropolitan Police).

The Intranets Forum is open to all members of UKeIG as one of their membership benefits.

SharePoint in action: a UKeiG Intranets Forum 21st July 2009 - places limited

Venue: City Business Library, City of London, 1 Brewers' Hall Garden
(off Aldermanbury Square), London EC2V 5BX

Date & Time: Tuesday 21st July 2009 2.30 – 4.30 p.m.

"SharePoint in action" is a free informal Intranets Forum meeting for UKeiG members. There will be two presentations:

Making the most of MOSS: managing content through a global portal, by Linda MacDonald, Hay Group
Global Gateway is a MOSS 2007 portal accessed by Hay Group’s employees (over 2,000 staff in 86 offices across 49 countries). Linda will give a brief tour of the portal and highlight some of the key features.

Discussion Boards in SharePoint – some lessons learnt, by Janet White, Metropolitan Police
Janet will share her experiences of a ‘mini-project’ to move the MPS on-line discussion forums (Special Interest Groups) to SharePoint. This project presented some challenges with respect to the permissions needed for ‘members-only’ groups.

Bookings:
If you would like to attend this meeting, please contact: Janet Corcoran, Imperial College London j.m.corcoran@imperial.ac.uk

Please note that due to limited space, places will be restricted to one per organization.

What would an intranet be like if it was designed by a librarian?

The presentations given at the UKeiG Intranets Forum, "What would an intranet be like if it was designed by a librarian?", on 19th February 2009 are now available in the members' area of the UKeiG web site at http://www.ukeig.org.uk/members/access/intranets_forum/

Presentation by Jennifer Smith and Ben Summers on OneIS (PDF) (1.4 MB)

Presentation by Janet Corroran. A survey of Imperial College London Library staff intranet: process and result (PPT) (600 KB)

Free Intranets Forum meeting for UKeiG members

What would an intranet be like if it was designed by a librarian?

to be held at:
LAWRENCE GRAHAM LLP

4 More London Riverside

London

SE1 2AU

Thursday 19th February 2.30 – 4.30 p.m.

There will be two presentations:

Jennifer Smith, OneIS

Frustrated by the lack of good information management principles in most IT systems, Jennifer Smith, a law librarian, created OneIS. Jennifer will demonstrate the system which is due for launch in Spring 2009.

Janet Corcoran
A survey of Imperial College London Library staff intranet: process and results

Location:
A map and directions are available at http://www.lg-legal.com/contact_us/london.html

Nearest tube: London Bridge

Bookings:
If you would like to attend this meeting, please contact:
Janet Corcoran, Imperial College London j.m.corcoran@imperial.ac.uk

If you are not a member of UKeiG but would like to come along to this meeting, visit the UKeiG website http://www.ukeig.org.uk/join/index.html for joining details.

Intranets Forum: Knowledge Management at the Environment Agency

Free informal Intranets Forum meeting for UKeiG members to be held at:

Environment Agency
Rio House
Waterside Drive
Aztec West
Almondsbury
Bristol
BS32 4UD

Friday 12th December 2008 2.30 – 4.30 p.m.

There will be two presentations:

Making Easinet easier: making the Environment Agency's intranet work for our staff - Laura Sambrook, Interactive Content Manager

New initiatives in knowledge management in the Environment Agency - Liane
Bradbrook, Senior Systems Advisor

Tea and mince pies will be provided!

Location
Maps and travel instructions are available as a PDF. If a number of attendees can arrive at Bristol Parkway station together, collection by taxi can be arranged; when booking please indicate whether you would like this service. Please note that Rio House operates a very restricted parking system, so we can only provide spaces for disabled delegates.

Bookings
If you would like to attend this meeting, please contact: Janet Corcoran, Imperial College London j.m.corcoran@imperial.ac.uk

Further details of the meeting are in the UKeiG members' area of the web site.

If you are not a member of UKeiG, and would like to come along to this meeting, visit the UKeiG website: http://www.ukeig.org.uk/join/index.html for joining details.

Don't forget the UKeiG Conference 2009 - a residential forum that provides opportunities for information and IT professionals to network, wine and dine in excellent social surroundings while catching up on the very latest developments in e-information.

'Innovations in e-information - the UKeiG 2009 Conference' will be held at the Manchester Conference Centre from Tuesday 16th - Wednesday 17th June 2009 - put it in your diary now!

Review of Intranets Forum Drop-in Session

For those of you who were unable to attend UKeiG's Intranets Forum drop-in session yesterday (25th September), Danielle (the) health informaticist has blogged a review of the event.

UKeiG Intranets Forum: Web 2.0 at the British Library and theTUC's application of Google Mini

An informal intranets forum meeting for UKeiG members

Date: Wednesday 25th June 2008 at 10.00 a.m.

Venue: TUC, Congress House, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3LS

If you are involved in intranets and would like to meet your colleagues, this informal forum is for you.

Caroline Halcrow of the British Library will talk about the development of internal and external communications at the BL, including their use of SharePoint, blogs, wikis, RSS feeds and Facebook.

Ashlee Christoffersen, Intranet/Internet Officer, Trades Union Congress will give a presentation about the TUC intranet’s application of Google Mini.

Pastries and coffee will be provided and the meeting will end at 12.00

Location: 2 minutes walk from Tottenham Court Road tube station.
Map: http://www.tuc.org.uk/the_tuc/about_contact.cfm

If you would like to attend this meeting, please contact: Janet Corcoran, Imperial College London Email: j.m.corcoran@imperial.ac.uk

If you are not a member of UKeiG, and would like to come along to this meeting, visit the UKeiG website: http://www.ukeig.org.uk/join/index.html for joining details.

10 Top Tips for Marketing your Intranet

Janet Corcoran, UKeiG's Intranets Forum co-ordinator, has compiled a new UKeiG fact sheet on 10 Top Tips for Marketing your Intranet. I personally like number 10: Have some fun…and cakes! This and other fact sheets are in the member's area of the UKeiG web site.

If you have forgotten your UKeiG user name and password, please contact Karen Blakeman (karen.blakeman@rba.co.uk). If you would like to join UKeiG details are available on the UKeiG web site.

UKeiG Intranets Forum - can you demonstrate your intranet?

UKeiG Intranets Forum is hoping to host an afternoon at Imperial College for members of the Intranets Forum to look at other members' intranets in an informal environment.

The event would take place in one of the PC clusters in Imperial's newly refurbished library.

Members of the forum would demonstrate their intranets on PCs, either by accessing them online or via screenshots / presentations. Attendees will have the opportunity to mill around and look at the demos as they wish, rather like an exhibition.

Refreshments will be provided.

Please get in touch with Janet Corcoran if you would be willing to demonstrate your intranet at this event or if you would be interested in attending the event.

Janet Corcoran
Imperial College London Library
j.m.corcoran@imperial.ac.uk

Note: The UKeiG Intranets Forum is a free, informal event for UKeiG members who work with intranets, set up to enable those who work with intranets to meet those colleagues who work in the same area as them.

UKeiG Intranets Forum: Web 2.0 and its impact on intranets

Free informal intranets forum meeting for UKeiG members to be held at:

TUC, Congress House,Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3LS

Date: Tuesday 1st April 2008 2pm to 4pm (coffee from 1.30pm)

If you are involved in intranets and would like to meet your colleagues, this informal forum is for you.

Dion Lindsay, consultant in mobilising knowledge, will present some of the findings from his research into how web 2.0 ideas can impact the design of effective intranets.

Ashlee Christoffersen, Intranet/Internet Officer, Trades Union Congress will give a presentation about the TUC intranet’s application of Google Mini.

Location:

2 minutes walk from Tottenham Court Road tube station.
Map: http://www.tuc.org.uk/the_tuc/about_contact.cfm

If you would like to attend this meeting, please contact:

Janet Corcoran, Imperial College London
Email: j.m.corcoran@imperial.ac.uk

If you are not a member of UKeiG, and would like to come along to this meeting, visit the UKeiG website: http://www.ukeig.org.uk/join/index.html for joining details.

UKeiG Intranets Forum 5th February - places still available

Date and time: Tuesday 5th February 2008 3pm to 5pm (coffee from 2.30pm)

There are still places available for the next meeting of the UKeiG Intranets Forum taking place on 5th February at Universities UK in London.

Roshan Khan, Head of Know-how at Maitland Advisory LLP will give a presentation entitled "The story of Maitrix" describing the development of their global intranet over the last 3 years.

Susan Bradley, Information Officer, Universities UK will demonstrate the UUK intranet.

This is a free, informal intranets forum meeting for UKeiG members to be held at:

Universities UK,
Woburn House,
20 Tavistock Square,
London, WC1H 9HQ
http://www.woburnhouse.co.uk/location (The meeting is in the Boardroom)

If you are involved in intranets and would like to meet your colleagues, this informal forum is for you.

If you would like to attend this meeting, please contact: Janet Corcoran, Imperial College London Email: j.m.corcoran@imperial.ac.uk

If you are not a member of UKeiG, and would like to come along to this meeting, visit the UkeiG website: http://www.ukeig.org.uk/join/index.html for joining details.

Intranets Forum next meeting February 5th 2008

The next meeting of the UKeiG Intranets Forum will take place on 5th February at Universities UK in London.

Roshan Khan, Head of Know-how at Maitland Advisory LLP will give a presentation entitled "The story of Maitrix" describing the development of their global intranet over the last 3 years.

Susan Bradley, Information Officer, Universities UK will demonstrate the UUK intranet.

Venue:

Universities UK,
Woburn House,
20 Tavistock Square,
London, WC1H 9HQ
http://www.woburnhouse.co.uk/location (The meeting is in the Boardroom)

Date and time: Tuseday, 5th February 2008, 3pm to 5pm (coffee from 2.30pm)

If you would like to attend this meeting, please contact: Janet Corcoran, Imperial College London Email: j.m.corcoran@imperial.ac.uk

This is a free, informal intranets forum meeting for UKeiG members. If you are not a member of UKeiG, and would like to come along to this meeting, visit the UKeiG website: http://www.ukeig.org.uk/join/index.html for joining details.

How to Sell your Intranet

Free informal intranets forum meeting for UKeiG members.

Venue: Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO), King Charles Street, London. SW1A 2AH.
Date: Thursday 13th December, 3pm to 5pm (coffee from 2.30pm).

If you are involved in intranets and would like to meet your colleagues, this informal forum is for you.

Andrew Davidson, Intranet Senior Editor at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Susan Hinchsliffe, Intranet Manager at the Department for Transport, will be sharing their practical experiences of promoting their organisation’s intranet.

There will also be time to network in small groups, sharing and brainstorming promotional ideas.

Location: The Foreign Office is situated between Whitehall and St James' Park, parallel to Downing Street. Map and directions.

If you would like to attend this meeting, please contact: Janet Corcoran, Imperial College London, Email: j.m.corcoran@imperial.ac.uk

If you are not a member of UkeiG, and would like to come along to this meeting, visit the UkeiG website at http://www.ukeig.org.uk/join/index.html for joining details.

UKeiG Intranets Forum: 11th October, London

Intranet and Extranet case study: Qualifications & Curriculum Authority

Free informal intranets forum meeting for UKeiG members

To be held at: Qualifications & Curriculum Authority (QCA), 83 Piccadilly, London, W1J 8QA

Location: 100m from Green Park tube station, http://www.qca.org.uk/qca_9019.aspx

Date: Thursday 11th October, 2.30pm to 5pm

If you are involved in intranets and would like to meet your colleagues, this informal forum is for you.

Speakers:

Gavin Edwards, QCA's Intranet Manager will present their new intranet, looking at the business need for the redevelopment and talking through the development project.

Sue Mucenieks, QCA's Knowledge Manager will present their new "extranet" which facilitates collaborative working with external partners. Sue will talk about some of issues around setting this up.

Tim Parfit, Managing Director, Netcel Ltd who has worked in partnership with the QCA to deliver their internal and external websites will be talking about the projects they have worked on with the QCA including e-newsletters and improving website accessibility.

If you would like to attend this meeting, please contact: Helen Davies, Intranets Forum Co-ordinator for UK eInformation Group Email: helendavies@blueyonder.co.uk

If you are not a member of UKeiG, and would like to come along to this meeting, visit the UKeiG website: at http://www.ukeig.org.uk/join/index.html for joining details.

UKeiG Intranets Forum Forthcoming Meetings

Dates for your diary:

Thursday 11th October at 2.30pm at the Qualifications & Curriculum Authority (QCA), Piccadilly, London. Focusing on the QCA's intranet and extranet.

Wednesday 12th December at 3.00pm at the Foreign Commonwealth & Office (FCO), Whitehall, London. Focusing on marketing intranets.

Further publicity about the October meeting will be sent out in a few weeks time.

Please note that you have to be a UKeiG member to attend an Intranets Forum meeting.

Does your intranet meet accessibility standards?

Free informal intranets forum for UKeiG members.

Thursday 5th July 2007, 11.30-15.00hrs

To be held at:

Disability Rights Commission, Arndale House, The Arndale Centre, Manchester, M4 3AQ

and by videoconferencing at

Disability Rights Commission, 3rd floor, Fox Court, 14 Grays Inn Road, London, WC1X 8HN

Come and meet your intranet colleagues! If you are involved in intranets and would like to meet your colleagues, this informal forum is for you.

Speakers:

The Disability Rights Commission's Stephen Beesley and Simon Pickering will be speaking on guidance and legal issues around accessible intranets and websites.

Carol Philips will be demonstrating the Disability Rights Commission's Intranet, with a focus on access issues.

Claire Pillar from North Cumbria NHS Informatics Service will be talking about her experiences of usability testing of their intranets.

Lunch will be provided in Manchester.

If you would like to attend this meeting, please contact:

Helen Davies
Information Manager, Trades Union Congress
Intranet Forum Co-ordinator for UK eInformation Group
Direct line: 020 7467 1207
Email: hdavies@tuc.org.uk

If you are not a member of UKeiG, and would like to come along to this meeting, visit the UKeiG website: http://www.ukeig.org.uk/join/index.html for joining details.

Free Intranets Forum meeting: Manchester: 5th July

Does your intranet meet accessibility standards?

Free informal intranets forum meeting for UKeiG members to be held at:

Disability Rights Commission, Arndale House, The Arndale Centre, Manchester, M4 3AQ

Thursday 5th July 2007, 11.30-15.00hrs

Speakers:

• The Disability Rights Commission's Stephen Beesley & Simon Pickering will be speaking on guidance and legal issues around accessible intranets & websites.


• Carol Philips will be demonstrating the Disability Rights Commission's Intranet, with a focus on access issues.


• Claire Pillar from North Cumbria NHS Informatics Service will be talking about her experiences of usability testing of their intranets.
  

Come and meet your intranet colleagues! If you are involved in intranets and would like to meet your colleagues, this informal forum is for you.

Lunch will be provided.

If you would like to attend this meeting, please contact:

Helen Davies, Information Manager, Trades Union Congress and Intranet Forum Co-ordinator for UK eInformation Group.

Direct line: 020 7467 1207 or Email: hdavies@tuc.org.uk

If you are not a member of UkeiG, and would like to come along to this meeting, visit the UkeiG website: www.ukeig.org.uk/join/index.html for joining details.

Virtual Social Medium for Intranet Officers

Thank you very much, all who filled in the recent survey to assess interest in the setting up of a vitual social medium for intanet officers/managers.

This is a headline version of the results - the full results will appear on the UKeiG website soon.

We started by inviting only the UKeiG Intranets forum members to participate. After a fortnight and 23 answers from the forum, we extended it to all on LIS- UKeiG.

1. A total of 42 want to communicate with members of the Intranets Forum. Approx 20 are from the forum membership, 22 from the rest of UKeIG

2. 15 currently have something they want to post

3. Top three reasons for wanting to communicate outside the face to face meetings are:
A. to seek solutions to intranet problems
B. to continue discussions started at face to face meetings
C. to provide examples of what you are doing with your intranet .

Five other reasons are listed

4. 8 already use another medium for discussing intranets (dgroups.org/groups/webmasters, nww.webteam.nhs.uk, CDL Intranets Forum, Intranet Benchmarking Forum). But none of these are obviously open and free for all UKeIG (or all Intranet Forum) members to join

5. Potenial participants want a range of facilities:
A. a web, or email, based discussion forum
B. facility for developing and sharing documents
C. a facility for displaying examples (screenshots, ppt slides etc)

6. 20 respondents would be happy for a new medium set up under the UKeiG Intranets Forum to be open to anyone interested in intranets.

Many thanks to UKeiG member, Dion Lindsay, for undertaking the survey and collating these results. For those of you attending our intranets forum meeting on the 7th June at the TUC, Dion will be presenting and facilitating a discussing on how we take a virtual social medium forward.

Intranets forum meeting - June 2007

Information architecture: how is your site structured?

Free informal intranets forum meeting for UKeiG members to be held at:

TUC, Congress House, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3LS

Thursday 7th June 2007, 15.00-17.00hrs

Come and meet your intranet colleagues!

If you are involved in intranets and would like to meet your colleagues, this informal forum is for you. Mel Morey, the TUC’s Intranet Project Officer, will demonstrate the TUC’s intranet, looking at how content is structured, and drawing out some of the issues the TUC has experienced.

This will be followed by an open discussion on issues around:
content grouping, hierarchies, and navigation.

Come and hear other people’s experiences and share yours.

Location: 2 minutes walk from Tottenham Court Road tube station.
Map: http://www.tuc.org.uk/the_tuc/about_contact.cfm

If you would like to attend this meeting, please contact:
Helen Davies
Information Manager, Trades Union Congress
Intranet Forum Co-ordinator for UK eInformation Group
Direct line: 020 7467 1207
Email: hdavies@tuc.org.uk

If you are not a member of UkeiG, and would like to come along to these meetings, visit the UkeiG website: http://www.ukeig.org.uk/join/index.html for joining details.

Report on March Intranets Forum Available

Dion Lindsay's report on the March Intranets Forum is now in the members' area of the UKeiG web site. Meg Pratley has kindly agreed to make her slides available and these are also in the members area.

Details of the next forum on Thursday 7th June, to be held at the Trades Union Congress (TUC), are on the Intranets Forum page. The theme will be Information Architecture.

UKeiG Intranets Forum meeting: 14th March 2007

Do you work with intranets? Have you always wished you could take a look at other organisations' intranets? Would you welcome the opportunity to share your experiences and learn from others working in similar jobs?

If so, why not come along to the informal intranet forum meetings now being run for UKeiG members? And they are free.

The next meeting is on Wednesday 14th March at 3pm at the Royal College of Nursing, 20 Cavendish Square, London. W1G 0RN. The theme of the meeting will be "Planning your Intranet Strategy".

Dr Janet Smith will be talking about Imperial College London Library's intranet and communication strategy. Meg Pratley will be demonstrating the Royal College of Nursing's intranet. And there will be plenty of opportunity to share your experiences, and hear other peoples.

If you would like to attend, please email Helen Davies: hdavies@tuc.org.uk