Creating an intranet that's adopted right from the get-go is not complicated. But often companies focus on what the intranet should look like, and not on why do we need it in the first place. This has led to too many company intranets going down the wrong path of mediocre user adoption. The list I put together here includes things you can do TODAY to make your intranet STICK and create an experience your employees will love.

1. Guarantee
Intranet
Success
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2. INTRODUCE
"10 QUESTIONS TO A NEW EMPLOYEE"
Create a page where you ask new hires get-to-know-you questions.
Ask them where they grew up, what’s their favorite movie, book or
music. This will not only break the ice between new and existing
employees, but will also boost your intranet engagement.
16 Top Ideas that Guarantee an Intranet Success

3. CREATE
A VIRTUAL EVENTS CALENDAR
Engage intranet users with virtual events
promoting company values and culture. For
example, you can organize a Mindfulness Week,
where people can share observations about how
different habits affect their attention span. This
will make your intranet feel more like a virtual
water cooler and can result in a reduced turnover
rate for your business.
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4. RUN
CONTESTS / GAMIFICATION
Engage intranet users with virtual events promoting company values
and culture. For example, you can organize a Mindfulness Week, where
people can share observations about how different habits affect their
attention span. This will make your intranet feel more like a virtual
water cooler and can result in a reduced turnover rate for your
business.
16 Top Ideas that Guarantee an Intranet Success

5. CONDUCT
OPINION POLLS
Many of you know what a poll looks like, but
many organizations that use polls post questions
that are too general. Run a poll relevant to
what's happening in the company instead. This
will make employees feel more included and your
intranet will start contributing to your company
decision making.
16 Top Ideas that Guarantee an Intranet Success

6. There is a reason people hang pictures of close
ones where they live. Sharing group photos and
favorite quotes will make your employees feel
more at home when they're all remote. It will help
them relive the community they belong to and
bring them back to an intranet.
POST
EMPLOYEE PHOTOS AND QUOTES
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7. CREATE
INDUSTRY EVENTS CALENDAR
In a growing business where competition and industry changes
fast – it's important to help your employees keep up. Being aware of
industry events is the first step. Make your employees lives easier by
introducing industry events calendar. It will save your hires time with a
benefit for a bottom line.
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8. DEDICATE
A PAGE TO INDUSTRY NEWS
Use your intranet to help employees filter out the
latest, most relevant industry news in a short
format. Your employees can lead the example
and contribute their findings, summaries and
curate these posts for your audience. This will
save your employees hours of distractions, and
they will see the intranet as a valuable work
resource.
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9. Your employees have a fantastic and creative
knowledge locked in their heads, which walks
away with them each time they leave the office.
You can capture that knowledge by setting up a
brainstorming corner on an intranet. This will
bring more employees to your site and keep
them engaged with creative thinking
USE INTRANET
AS A VIRTUAL IDEA BOARD
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10. CREATE
ANONYMOUS Q&A TO MANAGEMENT
If you want to build a strong company culture, you need to create an
environment of trust and open communication. Anonymous Q & A can
do just that. It will engage intranet users and create a culture where
everyone has a voice. If "anonymous" part sounds scary, you can just
accept submissions but moderate them before posting. We've seen it's
harder to get any feedback than negative feedback.
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11. POST
MINI-PROJECTS AND GIGS
Create a page on your intranet, where anyone
can post a mini-project and find a gig with the
skill they want to develop. This will make your
intranet a valuable tool for both employee
development and retention.
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12. Add a page where mentors can post their areas
of expertise, and others can look for a mentor. It
can be as simple as a post. This will bring more
people on your site and make your intranet a
helpful resource for employee growth.
HELP
EMPLOYEES FIND A MENTOR
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13. KEEP
INTRANET NAVIGATION SIMPLE
Many old intranets organize their content by department. The
trouble is that new employees have no idea which department is
responsible for which content. Also, departments change, new
departments get created. Build a navigation menu to reflect employee's
tasks instead. This structure will future proof your intranet against any
department changes and content ownership changes.
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14. CHUNK CONTENT
INTO DIGESTIBLE PIECES
Organize your content into short paragraphs
with headings and lists. Make use of white
space. If you follow this structure, it will improve
your intranet user experience, and your
users will appreciate it.
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15. When trying to improve your intranet, it's
natural to look for inspiration from other
intranet sites out there. Though looking for
inspiration brings a lot of ideas, the
effectiveness of those ideas has a lot to do
with the context. Focus on how your users
interact with a site and tailor the experience to
them.
DON'T
FORGET ABOUT UX!
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16. POST CONTENT ON DAYS
WHEN EMPLOYEES ARE MOST ACTIVE
The time you choose to publish your content will determine how your
staff responds to it. For most of our clients, 7-8 am on Tuesdays is
when their users are the most active. So when they post their content
in those hours, it usually receives more engagement. You can find
what timing is right for you by checking user activity report in your
intranet analytics.
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17. Recognize intranet users contributing content to
your intranet. This will drive more engagement
and creativity within the company keeping it
more competitive in the market.
REWARD
MOST ACTIVE INTRANET USERS
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18. Your Intranet is
More Important Than Ever
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