SharePoint has been with us for a long time. But it’s now entering a new age in which it will become increasingly pivotal to almost everything we do. Many businesses are currently using third-party solutions to meet business needs that SharePoint is already very well...
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Why SharePoint Data Hygiene Should be High Priority for IT in 2024
Many organisations side-stepped troublesome questions of data structure and policy with their SharePoint implementation, and at the time that wasn’t a huge problem. But the impending arrival of Microsoft’s Copilot assistants means there’s a tsunami-sized problem...
Internal Comms vs IT: The Great SharePoint Debate
Internal Comms and IT teams are often on opposite sides of the SharePoint debate. IT want to make use of the licence they’re already paying for, keep everything under one roof, and don’t understand why Internal Comms teams can’t just get on with it. Internal Comms sit...
Why Effective Collaboration with IT is Essential for Internal Comms Success
It’s no secret that the relationship between Internal Comms (IC) and IT is sometimes strained, with differing priorities, objectives and timescales causing misalignment between the two functions. But as the opportunities and complexities posed by the digital workplace...
Copilot, Internal Comms & The Future of Employee Experience
I’ve been consuming all things Copilot lately. Partly because it’s in every conversation I have with Microsoft, but also so I can understand how it will benefit our customers now and in the future. What I often find with new tech from Microsoft is that it can be hard...
5 Reasons for Internal Comms to Focus on SharePoint in 2024
If your organisation is already using SharePoint, perfecting your intranet should be a priority for internal communicators in 2024. No, that’s not a typo, and no, you haven’t stepped into a time warp. We know SharePoint sounds like old news, and there’s more to your...
SharePoint Intranets Shouldn’t Make Your Eyes Roll
Recently, I spent the day in a room full of internal communications professionals and much of the day went as expected - conversations about employee experience, storytelling, best practices and things to avoid. But, when the word "intranet" came up, I noticed...
Expert Opinion: Does Good Intranet Design Really Matter?
Intranet design often suffers from a serious case of "meh". It’s like they're stuck in the 90s, with clunky navigation and more quick links than you can shake a floppy disk at. But if your intranet is there to serve a functional purpose, does good visual design...