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FreePint News Survey 2013: Focus on the Future
3rd December 2013
Robin Neidorf considers the data from FreePint's Sixth Annual News Needs & Preferences Survey to better understand the future of news awareness and news aggregation. How will activities such as DIY news aggregation feature and what are the pitfalls and challenges associated with this, such as legal rights and policy? We also looked at how news is being integrated into intranets and which resources currently feature within intranets.
What on Earth is the Digital Workplace?
3rd December 2013
The digital workplace is a term you might have come across once or twice in recent years and you might well be thinking, what on earth is it? Whilst the term has been around for a number of years, there still seems to be a lot of misunderstanding around what a digital workplace is. Encompassing much more than just an intranet, James Mullan looks at how far digital workplaces and work practices have developed in the last few years.
Realising the Value of Knowledge on Major Projects
3rd December 2013
Analysis by knowledge management consultancy Knoco shows that the majority of projects under-resource KM compared to the value it delivers. Sarah Dillingham examines how knowledge managers could use such analysis to better allocate staff hours, how they can ensure that projects realise their full knowledge potential, and why the number of man hours applied doesn't necessarily correlate to value realised.
Product Review of Northern Light SinglePoint: Executive Summary
2nd December 2013
If you're looking to significantly speed up and enhance the process of analysing markets, tracking competitors, forecasting technologies or developing new products, then a Northern Light SinglePoint strategic research portal may be just what your company needs. Aggregating all of a company's internal and external market research via a single point of access, the portals are fully customisable. Using powerful text analytics to filter search results according to industry, they are also able to deliver more focused search results. Sophie Alexander's executive summary of SinglePoint highlights some of the product's best features and identifies how it offers a high return on investment.
The Knowledge Management Hype Cycle
2nd December 2013
There are so many varied knowledge management tools and practices that it's easy to get sceptical about "the next big thing". Wouldn't it be great to cut through the hype and get a measured sense of where KM trends are heading? By leveraging Gartner's Hype Cycle, Pumacy Technologies has done exactly that, looking at where practices such as blogs, cloud applications, knowledge flow analysis and storytelling sit in terms of maturity and acceptance.
How to Avoid Social Media Disaster
29th November 2013
Following recent advice from FreePint's Sophie Alexander on how to prepare for the rise of social media in the workplace, Tim Buckley Owen looks at some recent applications including disaster planning and crowdfunding. Businesses are testing the water on social media and still have much to learn; a Maxus UK survey finds that business-to-business brands need to understand the busy working lives of the executives they are trying to target - and banker JP Morgan is discovering painfully that social media are designed for relationship management, not merely communication.
Q&A with Comintelli: Combining KM and Competitive Intelligence
29th November 2013
Jesper Martell of Comintelli tells Sophie Alexander how their products can improve a company’s decision making process and what changes he sees for the future of news delivery to organisations. Comintelli's Knowledge XChanger™ provides solutions for knowledge management and competitive intelligence. The Enterprise Information Access Software can aggregate a variety of content, from external and internal sources from research companies, news agencies, websites and RSS feeds, to content from a client's network drive, email or SharePoint site.
Enterprise Information: Busting Some Myths
29th November 2013
The last 20 years have seen an extraordinary change in access to information and the development of the internet has revolutionised the way that enterprise users can access information sources and share content with one another. Sarah Dillingham addresses some common misunderstandings that arise when discussing enterprise information and provides some suggestions on how to tackle them. Myths include the belief that information is free, Google is an acceptable way to get business information, and that no user training is required.
Social Media vs Collaborative Technologies
29th November 2013
How do you define social media as opposed to collaborative or social technologies? James Mullan dissects research conducted by All Things IC and Simply-Communicate into internal communications professionals' use of social media within organisations. The list of what's considered social media makes interesting reading, including tools such as Instant Messaging and SMS. Senior level support and "blocking" were also discussed.
Product Review of Northern Light SinglePoint: Customer Support, Pricing & Contact Details
28th November 2013
The help options available for Northern Light's SinglePoint strategic research portal range from on-screen prompts to webinars although their strategic dashboards are designed so that you do not need training or experience when using them, finds final part of Sophie Alexander's review. She also provides an overview of the pricing structure and contact information.
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