Creating a digital workplace with what you have

Last week in Chicago I was honored to chair ALI’s conference on SharePoint for Internal Communication. The lively group of about 70 communicators, IT professionals and professionals in other related fields participated in a session I led about digital workplace....

Tips for a Smooth HR Site Launch: Make Content the First Priority

Launching a new HR site on your digital workplace? Don’t leave content until the very last minute, or you’ll deliver a less-than-desirable result. As I recently described in a post for ALI about making content your first priority, leaving content until the very last...

Content management, leverage and the dark side of research

After a bit of a hiatus, I’ve started writing for SharePoint Pro Magazine again. Here are the latest articles. I’ll be more timely about posting them here for my subscribed readers. Govern a SharePoint Intranet Effectively with Two Simple Content...

SharePoint Content Migration That Delivers ROI

I’ve been writing a lot lately about content migration. The latest is for SharePoint Pro Magazine, an online magazine for SharePoint professionals published by Penton Media. Check out my post titled SharePoint Content Migration That Delivers ROI There are two...

The 3 prongs of content migration

Content migration can be slow, time consuming and expensive. I have one client that dumped its global SharePoint implementation because departments refused to do the content work. Another spent heaps of money and time, but let content owners abdicate their...

What happens when you do content migration well?

Doing content migration well is time consuming and politically challenging. It’s tough to get people to step up and do what should be done to improve the user experience. Many will ask you why, why should we bother? Here’s an experience from one of our...