UKeiG Workshop: Intranet Governance

Venue: CILIP, 7 Ridgmount Street, London, WC1E 7AE
Date: Thursday 9th October 2008, 9.30-16.30

Course outline

Most organisations have strategies and policies for just about every aspect of operations, but rarely for the intranet. Intranets have now become essential information platforms, and need to be resourced appropriately.

The objective of this workshop is to set out the key elements of an intranet governance strategy. The workshop will cover:

• Making a business case for an intranet
• Developing an intranet strategy
• Turning a strategy into an operational plan
• Creating and managing the intranet team
• Supporting the work of content authors
• Achieving intranet impact
• Developing and undertaking usability tests
• Gaining user feedback

As well as copies of the presentations delegates will be provided with a template for an intranet governance strategy. The workshop will include some group work and good opportunities to share ideas and experiences.

Who should attend

Intranet managers who recognise that they need to develop business cases for investment in intranet staff and other resources, or who need to write corporate policy documents for intranet operations.

Course Presenter

The course will be given by Martin White, Intranet Focus Ltd. who has a wide experience of intranet strategy issues based on over 50 intranet projects carried out in the UK, Europe, the USA and the Middle East.

For more information or to book a place on this course, please visit http://www.ukeig.org.uk/training/2008/October/IntranetGovernance.html or email meetings@ukeig.org.uk

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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.

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UKeiG intranets courses

You can find more information or book a place on these courses at on the UKeiG web site or by emailing meetings@ukeig.org.uk. Already know the subject inside-out? Maybe someone else in your organisation would benefit from the top quality training UKeiG provides.

SharePoint 2007 for Intranets and Web Sites
CILIP, 7 Ridgmount Street, London, WC1E 7AE
Tuesday 15th July 2008, 9.30-16.30

The objective of this seminar is to outline the benefits and challenges of MOSS07 implementations so that intranet and web managers are better prepared to discuss these with colleagues in the IT department in developing a business case and implementation plan for using MOSS07.

The course will commence with a comprehensive introduction to MOSS07 which will provide an independent assessment of how to get the best out of MOSS07. This will be followed by a presentation on the search application that is included in MOSS07 and also the new Search Server 2008 Express. There will be a series of case studies of MOSS07 implementations, and the day will conclude with a Q&A Session.

Intranet Governance
CILIP, 7 Ridgmount Street, London, WC1E 7AE
Thursday 9th October 2008, 9.30-16.30

Most organisations have strategies and policies for just about every aspect of operations, but rarely for the intranet. Intranets have now become essential information platforms, and need to be resourced appropriately.

The objective of this workshop is to set out the key elements of an intranet governance strategy. The workshop will cover: Making a business case for an intranet; Developing an intranet strategy; Turning a strategy into an operational plan; Creating and managing the intranet team; Supporting the work of content authors; Achieving intranet impact; Developing and undertaking usability tests; Gaining user feedback.

UKeiG has the CILIP Seal of Recognition, which recognises high standards in the content and relevance of training courses. See http://www.cilip.org.uk/qualificationschartership/seal/ for details.

SharePoint 2007 for Intranets and Web Sites

Venue: CILIP, 7 Ridgmount Street, London, WC1E 7AE
Date: Tuesday 15th July 2008, 9.30-16.30

Course Outline

Many organisations with a strong commitment to Microsoft are moving to implement MOSS07 as a general-purpose intranet/collaboration/document management application. This is often as an upgrade to SharePoint Server 2003 but also as a new application. As a result, intranet and web managers are increasingly under some pressure from their organisation to migrate their web site or intranet to MOSS07.

The objective of this seminar is to outline the benefits and challenges of MOSS07 implementations so that intranet and web managers are better prepared to discuss these with colleagues in the IT department in developing a business case and implementation plan for using MOSS07.

The course will commence with a comprehensive introduction to MOSS07 which will provide an independent assessment of how to get the best out of MOSS07. This will be followed by a presentation on the search application that is included in MOSS07 and also the new Search Server 2008 Express. There will be a series of case studies of MOSS07 implementations, and the day will conclude with a Q&A Session.

As well as copies of the presentations delegates will be provided with a checklist of the key issues that need to be considered and resolved, and a list of resources on SharePoint implementation.

Who should attend

Intranet and web managers who are considering either upgrading web applications from SharePoint Server 2003 or migrating from their current content management applications to MOSS07. No technical knowledge of SharePoint will be required.

Course Presenters
The course will be presented by Janus Boye http://eng.jboye.dk/ the author of the CMSWatch Enterprise Portals Report and a European authority on SharePoint. The presentation on search applications will be given by Martin White, Intranet Focus Ltd.

Further details and a booking form are on the UKeiG web site.

An Intranet Masterclass with James Robertson

Intranet Focus Ltd in association with UKeiG present:

An Intranet Masterclass with James Robertson, Step Two Designs.

Date: Friday 7 March 2008, 9.30 am – 4.30 pm
Venue: Axa Group UK, 5 Old Broad Street, London EC1

James Robertson, Managing Director, Step Two Designs, Sydney Australia, is an intranet consultant with an international reputation. He is the author of the Intranet Roadmap, Improving Intranet Search, Staff Directories and 6x2 Methodology for Intranets reports, along with 150+ articles. He has keynoted conferences throughout the world, including USA, UK, Denmark, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Australia and New Zealand

This is his first-ever Masterclass in the UK, and during the course of the day James will share the experience he has gained in corporate, public and academic intranet projects, and through the Intranet Leadership Forum that has been very successfully established by his company.

The main topics that will be covered in this Masterclass will be:

• Managing the evolution of intranets
• Intranet innovation – critical success factors
• Establishing effective collaboration
• Improving intranet search

James will also present the lessons learned by the award winners in the 2007 Intranet Innovation Awards. The Masterclass will conclude with a Q&A session in which James will be joined by Martin White, Managing Director of Intranet Focus Ltd. To ensure that all delegates have an opportunity to share ideas and issues workshop places will be limited so early registration is advisable.

The registration fee will be £250 plus VAT, to include a hot lunch, refreshments and documentation. A limited number of places have been reserved for UKeiG members at the substantial discount of £195 plus VAT.

For more information and a booking form send an email with Intranet Masterclass in the Subject line to martin.white@intranetfocus.com or call 01403 267030.