Neil Morgan @rasneil works at Richemont International – a group of companies with 30,000 employees across dozens of brands, including Cartier and Mont Blanc.

This is a live blog, these are my notes from the IntraTeam conference.

Four pillars across the digital workplace:
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Why have I seen ‘DNN’ talking about intranets so much? What’s going on? I had to find our more about this ‘not new’ intranet platform.

Design is an oft misused word. Some people assume it means how things look, when really, design is about how things work.

There’s another misconception, that intranets are designed by ‘the designer’ before launch to suit business requirements.

I think we all know this is wrong these days. ‘Design’ is much more than the ‘look n feel’ and is about the user experience. And intranets are designed in a collaborative matter, over time.

Improving the user experience of your intranet is as important as developing increased functionality. In fact, functions will get neglected if they’re not easy to use.

If all this sounds reasonable, and if you’re looking to improve your intranet, then please consider coming along to our Intranet Design workshop next month. Now’s the time to book.

It’s led by James Robertson, who’s only over from Australia for a short while. James’ intranet design and management books had a huge impact on my work when I was an intranet manager, and I’m certain that you’ll find the full-day workshop both useful and inspiring. Bring your intranet problems, take away solutions to implement the week after.

Take a look at the workshop details and agenda, and please note the special Team Rate tickets

In this guest article from Sam Marshall, he highlights the importance of what your intranet sponsor brings, and can take away.

What I wish I could say to people who hate their new intranet.

You might only launch one brand new intranet in your career, but you may well revamp several. So a robust approach to the design and planning of your intranet is something every intranet manager needs.

The write-up, the photos. The Intranet Now conference.

My career has had its ups and downs; but two events changed my life. I’m sure you have similar stories, and if you don’t, you should create the opportunities.

Guest article from Sue Silcocks, discussing the KM aspects of intranets.

Guest article from Alex Roebuck, discussing the role of the intranet in your hiring and retention. The future is now.

Guest article from Martin Seibert, discussing upcoming assessment of the intranet landscape via ‘Intranet Compass’.

Eleven upcoming digital workplace / design / business conferences coming up in London.

The UX, hard work, and the fast feedback that can help design a better intranet.

We need you – your real-life, in-house experience is craved. Share your work, your travails and successes. We invite you to give a five minute lightning talk (or longer) at our conference.

Mark Morrell lays out the benefit of a strict steering group scope, and explains how stakeholder meetings can be truly practical.

Last year’s intranet conference will not be a ‘one off’ – Intranet Now is set to be a sustainable, and valuable, addition to the UK landscape.