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The SharePoint Intranet: Beautiful, flexible, and AI ready
Microsoft will highlight new SharePoint innovation, integrations with the Viva suite, and how AI boosts your intranet experience - and save you time. Learn how Microsoft is transforming the authoring experience, for you to create and consume content more easily. We've lots of demos to share, example guidance and best practices, and recent customer examples -- all to help you make the most of your Microsoft 365-based intranet investments.
The Future of the Intranet at Sage
Sage recently launched a new SharePoint Online intranet to support over 11,000 colleagues across 20 countries. However, Tom McIlroy isn’t here to talk about how great their launch was or how shiny their new intranet is. He’s here to share how the team is already focusing on what’s next. This session will get you thinking as Tom will show you where they are now and where they want to be in the future. Tom will be sharing some insights into the big questions they are asking at Sage, including: What’s the purpose of the intranet? How will AI play a part in the future of the intranet? What role will colleague comms teams have? What can we learn from different areas of our business? How do we adapt to the changing channel landscape? This is a session you must not miss, giving you a chance to understand how a cutting-edge team is doing its cutting-edge thinking.
Supercharging your intranet content with a decentralised publishing model that really works
Melinda from Syngenta will share how they have introduced a decentralized publishing model that empowers people to create targeted, relevant and timely communications and content on their intranet. Hear how Syngenta has waved goodbye to long approval processes and laborious centralized control by implementing a model incorporating a fully automated system which makes it easy for people across the organisation to deliver the right content to the right people at the right time.
The SharePoint Intranet: Beautiful, flexible, and AI ready
Microsoft will highlight new SharePoint innovation, integrations with the Viva suite, and how AI boosts your intranet experience - and save you time. Learn how Microsoft is transforming the authoring experience, for you to create and consume content more easily. We've lots of demos to share, example guidance and best practices, and recent customer examples -- all to help you make the most of your Microsoft 365-based intranet investments.
How Danfoss uses clear and proactive governance to ensure quality intranet content
Jørn and Hanne from Danfoss will share how their approach to content governance ensures the intranet is built on a solid foundation of quality content that genuinely meets the needs of intranet users. Join this session to learn how Intranet content creators at Danfoss use a ‘Clarification Canvas’ to get really clear on exactly why they need content on the intranet in the first place, and how they are trained to create good content, particularly by always putting audience needs above their own.
Innovative Intranet Strategies: Lessons from Two Award-Winning Projects
Jamie and Chris will discuss a range of topics when going into a new intranet development project on SharePoint. Don't miss this intriguing panel discussion from two different award-winning intranet projects covering user-centered and responsive design, building custom collaboration and tool systems, and driving personalization to enhance employee experience and adoption.
Evolving Employee Communications: Our Intranet transformation journey
How TD Bank transformed its dated legacy Intranet into a modern colleague digital workplace
Integrating a Newly Acquired Business into a Company Intranet
Overview of Textron’s approach in granting – and communicating - intranet access to employees of newly acquired businesses, defining personalization and mapping overall content strategy.
The SharePoint Intranet: Beautiful, flexible, and AI ready
Microsoft will highlight new SharePoint innovation, integrations with the Viva suite, and how AI boosts your intranet experience - and save you time. Learn how Microsoft is transforming the authoring experience, for you to create and consume content more easily. We've lots of demos to share, example guidance and best practices, and recent customer examples -- all to help you make the most of your Microsoft 365-based intranet investments.
Anyone Can Author
A look at the technical tools that can be used to create a low maintenance intranet that is accessible for all.
Using in-built features of SharePoint online, mixed with some basic Power Automate flows
Opens up the intranet to allow anyone to author, with safety nets in place to keep content clean, relevant and professional.
Key Findings from SWOOP Analytics’ 2024 SharePoint Intranet Benchmarking Report
Join Dr Laurence Lock Lee, Sharon Dawson and Matt Dodd in showcasing the data from our most recent SharePoint Intranet Benchmark Report, with some truly compelling case studies from Victoria Police and Aggreko!
Optimising Intranet Governance
Discover how to effectively manage your intranet with a robust governance model featuring clearly defined roles, user experience-focused change processes, regular content audits, and a strategic Content Council guiding decisions. Stephen will explore the benefits of implementing a comprehensive style guide built on clear principles to enhance content quality and user experience.
Managing a Decentralised Intranet
Deep dive into Victoria Police’s strategies for training editors, structuring content, assigning permissions and roles, and implementing an effective intranet framework. Sarah will share insights into the outcomes of their decentralised management approach, offering practical lessons for enhancing intranet efficiency and collaboration in your own organisation.