Reap the rewards of a well-designed and effective charity intranet
Interact has launched a fantastic global competition where it is giving away a free charity intranet to a lucky charity or not-for-profit organisation. Read full press release here >> As well as the core intranet software, the winner will also get a dedicated project manager and one years full support and software package and the [...]
Interact Answers – tap into your organisations collective intelligence
We released Interact Answers, a brilliant new core feature, earlier in the year and I have to say I love it. Primarily, because I have a passion for the concept of gaining access to ‘collective intelligence’, in whatever form that takes, but especially within the concept of business organisations. This ability to tap into the huge [...]
Innovative ways Housing Associations are using their intranet to produce fantastic business benefits
The 2011 Intranet Excellence awards attracted the highest standard of entries to date. We were so impressed with the inspiring ways Interact Intranet users have been using their intranet we are giving them the recognition they deserve and sharing them with you. Housing Association intranets are an area of expertise for us and the entries in [...]
Interact Teams – the smarter way to work together on your intranet
We recently hosted the highly successful Interaction 2011 intranet conference in London. Preparing for this was a mammoth job, requiring people with unique skills from across the company. Marketing, sales, training, pre-sales, company IT, admin, client services and the finance departments were all involved. Several people who work predominantly out of the office were playing key [...]
Why is your intranet like the Royal Wedding?
In case you haven’t heard, or have just arrived from Mars, Prince William is marrying Kate Middleton on Friday. Although there are notable differences between your intranet and the much-hyped ceremony, there are also three uncanny similarities… Reason 1: Security is Paramount The estimated cost to put in place security for the upcoming wedding is [...]
How Romec launched their intranet with a trip to New York!
Successfully launching a new intranet into your company can sometimes be a challenge. Gaining user adoption and ensuring staff utilise the many benefits an intranet can bring is something that needs to be accomplished from the offset. We always love hearing the unique and innovative ways our customers have launched an intranet into their [...]
Interact Intranet Helps Admiral Group to be one of the UK’s ‘Best Companies’!
Interact Intranet customer Admiral Group has been named in the ‘Best Companies to Work For’ 2011 list published by The Sunday Times, with particular commendation going to their intranet. The social networking and collaboration features in their intranet were noted as key in engaging employees and promoting idea sharing and were a critical factor in [...]
How Waterstone’s intranet forums attract over 100 posts a week and have led to improved customer service and increased sales
Waterstone’s is one of the leading booksellers in the UK, Ireland and continental Europe, with more than 300 stores and a successful online store at www.waterstones.com. They have been using Interact Intranet for over two years and have found great success using the intranet forums. The forums are an integral part to Waterstone’s intranet and [...]
A large percentage of our employees work remotely. How can we engage and communicate with these employees better?
This is a great question, and one that many companies face (particularly distribution and retail companies). The problem is usually around access to the intranet. More often than not, remote working employees are only less informed and feel less connected to the organisation because they have very limited access to the company intranet – not [...]
How HMV’s Intranet Reduced HR Phone Enquiries by 50%
Intranets are as personal to a company as the staff who work there. No two intranets are ever the same as each one dutifully caters for their audience’s unique requirements and with the dynamic demands of companies today, it is imperative an intranet can cope with these requests. We’ve seen a great example of how [...]
