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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.
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.
View, visit and visitor count in SWOOP Analytics for SharePoint intranet
We’re making changes to the way intranet view, visit and visitor counts are reported to make numbers consistent across all reports in SWOOP Analytics for SharePoint intranet.
Dr SWOOP, our AI genius, is now live and ready to answer your questions
Dr SWOOP is now live on your SWOOP Analytics dashboards, ready to supply you with instant answers to just about all your digital workplace questions, and give you proven tips and ideas to boost communication and collaboration across your organisation.
Out-of-the-box SharePoint analytics v SWOOP Analytics for SharePoint intranet
We compare Microsoft’s out-of-the-box analytics with SWOOP Analytics for SharePoint intranet in an easy-to-see table.
Microsoft’s out-of-the-box analytics will give you numbers that may not carry a lot of meaning, whereas SWOOP Analytics gives you insights into your employees’ behaviours, and shows you how your people are using, accessing and reading the intranet.
We can predict which posts will go viral!
The latest update to your SWOOP Analytics dashboard can predict which posts on Viva Engage or Workplace from Meta are likely to go viral.
We can tell you, with about a 99% accuracy rating, which posts are likely to get high levels of engagement across your organisation.
Myth busting intranet statistics with SWOOP Analytics
We’ve been busting myths to help you better understand your intranet statistics! The latest myth busted relates to the time people spend editing intranet pages, and whether that time spent editing pages influences the average read time for each page.
What to do when intranet news becomes old news
When does “news” on your intranet become “old news”? SWOOP Analytics’ benchmarking of SharePoint intranet data found it’s about a week before news starts to decay. So, what do you do with this “old” news?
The vital role of Internal Communications in aligning people to strategic goals – Part 1
We explore the critical role internal communications play in aligning employees with strategic goals, what happens when you don’t, how to get it right, and how to measure it.
The pros and cons of internal communication channels
As a leader or executive, have you ever stopped to think about the best communication channel to reach your employees? Not your personally preferred channel, but the channel that will deliver the best outcome for your purpose and that of your employees.
How long should an intranet news article be?
How long should an intranet news article be?
500 words! That’s the sweet spot for the length of an intranet news article. And longer is better than shorter.
Surprised? We were! Still, it’s hard to argue with real life data.
What do we do with email?: A guide for Internal Communicators
Email just won’t go away! So how do internal communicators use it amongst a suite of other communications platforms on offer in the digital workplace?
Listen Up: The importance of asking questions and fostering a culture of curiosity in the modern workplace
We have the key to driving engagement and innovation in the workplace. It sounds simple, but its impact is powerful.
This key is curiosity.