Tag Archives: social intranets

Linchpin Service-Package : Full Technical Support for Your Linchpin Instance

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Linchpin Intranet

A Linchpin intranet is quickly becoming a critical application in many companies, and the availability and technical stability are key requirements. Many companies do not have the necessary resources and support capabilities to maintain and operate an intranet. Some prefer to leave the long term support to an experience partner: backups, monitoring, security and software updates, and the quick repair of critical faults.

Questions and Answers About Social Intranets and Social Collaboration

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Collaboration Hands

In the last few years, the terms “Intranet 2.0” and “Social Intranet” started appearing, describing the development of more interactive and communicative intranets. Since then, “Social Collaboration” has become an oft-requested feature of intranets, contributing to the development of the notion of “Social Business”.

Why HipChat, Microblogs and Confluence Should Be Used Together

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Confluence users collaborating on a Press Release.

There are many different ways people communicate and develop content in an organisation. More traditional communication channels are meetings, telephone calls, and email. The development of intranet software, chat tools, and blogs has improved and streamlined communication in a company. All three tools cut down on the flood of email, allowing better collaboration and quicker resolutions of decisions and questions.

Why do intranets grow old so fast?

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Linchpin Intranet

Most employees do not use their company’s intranet. There are multiple reasons. The worst and most important is, that these intranets do not offer any significant value to their job. That’s devastating as most projects have started with different goals. Employees often describe their intranets as old and stale. This post talks about how this happens.

The Pain of Email Hygiene

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Business laptop

Most people suffer from the daily load of emails. I have met people who claim that it is not a big issue, but they also tell me that it’s just because the amount of emails they receive is fairly low. We can all feel the pain that emails create. And most know that the using email is often unappropriate. But how do we know when to email and when to go for a better alternative? That’s unsolved for most people. Most of the time we don’t even know what the appropriate action is. And often we fail to act professionally, although we know better.

Sample Intranet Survey for Employees Including Guidance, Tips, Links, and Explanations

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A growing number of big corporations is using Linchpin as their intranet technology. There are some, that simply want a fast and reliable result. But others really put a focus on preparation, concepts and a thorough strategy for the intranet rollout. Right now we are in the middle of preparing an employee survey for a new intranet project and this is my effort to contribute to the conception phase and also help you plan your intranet better.

Linch and Pin – Stories About Collaboration and Intranets

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This post is about Linch and Pin and their conversations about collaboration in an elevator. The two are working in a big corporation and analyze the difficulties of collaboration in this company during their encounters. They know, that there is a better way, but they are not in charge. Linch and Pin are the stars of our upcoming new video series. Stay tuned!