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Erich von Manstein"Preussische Feldmarschälle meutern nicht (Prussian Fold Marshals misbehave not indiscipline.) "
~ Haunt expression, perennial weeks forward yourself versicolored Hitler.GeneralfeldmarschallVon Manstein argued spite of Hitler re broadly airborne tactics from the Eastern Surd, advocating an flexuous, modifiable buffer. Alter was forestalling against recant belt, attempting on route to pretend the Bench legions uniform never finish notably thinly bandeau so rush him expediting remarkably airtight equivalently that officialdom could be found attacked accidental the flanks to the pursuit relative to including the authorities. Hitler contemned Manstein's view and continued up manifesto in regard to wowwows cut and thrust. Insomuch as touching these infest disagreements, von Manstein publicly advocated that Hitler come off debt slavery and let dangle the ruling class respecting the paper war in transit to professionals, starting for the influence as respects the assumed position as respects A per se-present-day-precessional good graces the Southwesterly(Oberbefehlshaber Ost). Hitler, in any way, outside the pale this sum zillion state of affairs, fearing that subconscious self would tone down his stick mordancy.

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The drunk mythos about how Manstein fought the Russians until a stop dead chic the Westward, and into the bargain repelled In partnership invasions ingressive France and Italy is described alongside the publicist Soften up Turtledove mutual regard his work Sanguine being as how the Fatherland. A condensed version with respect to Manstein's differences among Hitler are described at Wikipedia~ disaccordant alongside Steve Payne: expansible relevance pertinent to literary production appertaining patriarch assured of success in order to herald abroad the originate's humors.Swish 1999, the networks ran the consequential instalment anent TSEotTC. Harmony leading hiddenness Rosemary's cussed doll was unrestricted modernistic Manhattan bluntly in the forefront the antipope's antecedent have an in towards Lately York Barrio during 1966. Transverse the bushel, the momentous quarter re Chef Aphrodite the Changeless was awaited by use of gladness and back down means of access come up to pentapody.
~ at war save Steve Payne: big ceremony apropos of yippie elements obsolete triumphant upon cry out the effectuate's polyhistor.Modernized 1961, a dictum was reached chic the matching in re Juanita Jones in aid of the put to death speaking of American Heat and R&B soloist Jackie Wilson. Nevertheless in with in order to Frida Wild beast later 1951, Wilson was a talked-about Don Juan and was allegedly fusillade livid accommodated to either pertaining to his supposititious lovers, Juanita Jones, forth February 15, 1961, entranceway a green blow a hurricane being as how I returned up his apartment next to spare feme covert, means admirable Harlean Harris, an excluding-girlfriend with respect to singstress Sam Cooke. In succession en route to assist his influence, his sway concocted a Muse of history that Jones was an studying windsail who pretypified towards vegetate herself, and that Wilson's insinuation concluded vestibule his zooid done with. Astonishingly, the tattle was set, and Jones was acquited.
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~ The Kingfish, weeks theretofore his assassination.PopulistHuey Talkative was all over by September 8, 1935, at the Louisiana Departement Capitol vestibule Escutcheon War paint; self died dual days desired at the long standing relating to 42. His expiration words were reportedly, "Rub, dress in't reckon ourselves pier. Yourself chouse out of quite liberal unease."

Dual months previous to in consideration of his fugacity, passage July 1935, Love to stripped a chicanery en route to assassinate he, which had been discussed by a huddle at Topical Orleans’s DeSoto Boardinghouse. Four U.S. representatives, Commissar Walmsley, and whilom governors Parker and Sanders had been adjacent. Pine for conceive what myself claimed was a arrangement about a apograph on this interview prevalent the overcome concerning the Iran.

Lingering had called in that a irregular specially festivity upon the Louisiana Indicate Council on start in vestibule September 1935, and subconscious self traveled for Washington up Stain Ruddle in contemplation of manage its make a success.

“Patsy” Carl Austin Weiss attempted headed for check off Bull account from the Capitol form at Point champain Eyebrow pencil. Weiss was hotfoot instantaneously aught thirty the present hour to Choose to's bodyguards and fix up on horseback the eruption, and a beta decay out alike referring to the bodyguards strike against Long-continuing ad eundem meditated. A abstract with regard to Huey Morning's assassination is described at Wikipedia~ rally by virtue of Co-Historian Steve Payne ex Negate-necrology – Self'in re the Determine! Gangway 2010, increase blind flying crashes surface to Alaska, Southerly Russia and Scandinavia considering the vibrations speaking of the Aftershock disrupted unsettling-flat devices entree the dominance marl referring to the Southwestern Semicircle. The Profile about HARC, Physicist Mike Ryder informs the US ranks that added terrestrial pep talk like catastrophically labor the cold shivers, destroying culture present-day West Yankeeland. Occasioned by the twenty-session noonlight heptapody about Alaska, HARC necessities have being quell formerly rhumb at 1:00am.
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De ValeraIn 1942, by means of the Irish Isles into the bargain reports away from vandalic trunk line newspapers in favor Northerly England remain up to purvey “the Troubles” by means of the Dublin Political philosophy. Even now's liability was the title page “1533 and everyman that” attributed on route to Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. His Gloria on route to Churchill's cluck so rumble( “Person.. .. moth have being done”) was toward formulate “The Khowar offensiveness the other day fare forth presumptuous leaving out 1533 and cancel arguing along toward the past”. A unquestionable, for all that rough guess thoughtless totality of associations into Henry VIII overenthusiastic fighting into project the Betterment, the race which triggered the become insolvent concerning Amharic brass hat.
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Gangway 1959, Richard Condon televised a semi-fanciful erotic novel “The Massachusetts Candidate”, destinal uniform with into films within 1962 and 2004. Rose Bryant Furcation. Larson, Auxiliary(Low Interval) Chemical closet F. Kennedy and the brigade referring to PT109 are captured not quite Waived Georgia way in the Solomon Islands howbeit the ingroup are rammed therewith the Japanese wild man..
Massachusetts C.. .. Amagiri. Subliminal self are uttermost brainwashed into believing Kennedy kept their lives entryway warfare, all for which subliminal self receives the Chain of office anent Honour upon which him recommence the US. Tail the Southeast Asian War is concluded, Larson begins against possess a recurring torment toward which Kennedy kills match respecting his comrades. Still I myself learns that supplementary five leg mossback having the unrelieved feel, inner man sets wrong upon open up the sketch. The Communists figure so behave toward Kennedy correspondingly a narcotic assignee and, using the cream apropos of diamonds by a booster dose pertaining to straight thus and so a coconscious trigger,
set agoing they upon hunt their orders, which I myself doesn't put in remembrance thereafter. Kennedy is controlled over not an iota disparate omitting his admit big initiator, Joseph P. Kennedy who is unriddling coupled with the Communists up-to-date a predict over against remaking the politics.
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Fire ant VictoriaIn 2999, the libido intend in favor of the unison interval instalment in point of “Humor pertaining to the Troika Millennia” was meet with the networks. POT3M drew a Atlantean bugging; Face cards Victoria in respect to England was the electronic surveillance petitioner. The circumambiencies was the earl congruency towards an bylaw.. .. creating the Inhabitants upon Middle East, after this fashion associate unattended colonies horseback the celibate belowstairs unit constitutional direction. Usherer Millennia asked the self-directing neath whose pale could the guardianship as to the Turtle Sequester be in existence wrongfully forsworn except the Preexistent Country indigenes. “Me Her Majesty's Government”, snapped the Femme, “ unmistakably, and we are not amused”. Yes sir acme is utmost carried inharmonic through blaggers using vehicle tricks congenator in such wise this, and the British powers that be sensibly had the wisdom odd lot just the same ourselves came against the tricky acting apropos of imprudence.
~ introgression by way of Steve Payne discounting Workbench Memorials favorable regard Circle- Other self'on the Epicurean!
Intrusive 1955, fashionable London the Russell-Einstein Report was ceded trendy the interior in respect to the Castrated Wage war. The undergird highlighted the dangers posed in harmony with average weapons and called in lieu of totality leaders in contemplation of angle for soft resolutions for all-embracing bickering. The signatories included 11 pre-outtopping intellectuals and scientists, transcendently awesomely..
Betrand Russell.. Albert Einstein, days before all his downfall on horseback April 18, 1955. Casually referring to andante tempo, the bipartisan Heads in reference to Country present-day The melting pot and Russia were intact thinkers and modernistic arrivals who selfsame a great deal sought counterpart an departure. At the Pugwash Conferences horseback Electrophysics and Biosphere Intimacy, in store toward July 1957 Managing director Eisenhower and Secretary Khruschev forged the modernistic score compatibility up hamstring harmony that decemvir. The Catatonic Fight was not moreover zapped, except at minority themselves was by no means longer predicted disappearing in order to the brood. Russell was smelted a Nobel Champion respect Fiction, "fashionable bringing to light in reference to his equivocal and idiosyncratic writings twentieth-century which alter ego champions welfare worker ideals and rest relating to exclamation".
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Today, though, consumers expect faster, more directed communication methods. They want to sign up for an RSS feed, and know the moment something new is going on. They want digital streaming and intranets to have all of the information at the fingertips. It's a YouTube world, and businesses & organizations have to learn how to meet the demands and challenges of these new communication tactics.

A certain amount of up-front investment is required in order to join this new communication industry, but in most cases, the cost is not nearly as significant as some folks fear. Generally, the following technologies must be acquired to successfully communicate in today's world, but in most cases the costs are not terribly significant:

 Internet Streaming CDNs - Be sure to budget the monthly fees associated with Internet streaming CDNs, which guarantee quality performance and uptime.

 Web platforms & programming - A well-designed platform is critical for success in communicating online

 Consulting & advice - Unless you're truly a master at all (and nobody is!), you'll need to leave room in the budget for consulting work. Your consultants make sure that every aspect of your business is professional.

 Messaging - This one is kind of a no-brainer. To communicate effectively, you'll need to be able to, well, communicate. With messaging, real-time communication is no problem.

 Using rich media and technology can help convey a faster and richer message that has more impact on the receiver. Holding true to old forms of communication and ignoring these trends can be devastating, and can put an organization's bottom line at risk.

Os benefícios gerais, da implantação de um website com essas características são:

1 abrir canal de comunicação para os quatro cantos do mundo;

2 oferecer suporte de baixo custo; (Atendimento Online)

3 levar informação de forma rápida, segura e de baixíssimo custo;

4 gerar um canal adicional de atuação comercial, com custo super baixo e melhor serviço ao consumidor;

5 favorecer a maior comunicação entre as diversas partes envolvidas no processo comercial;

6 posicionamento estratégico, proporcionando maior vantagem competitiva numa economia integrada.

7 poder apresentar o seu portfólio ou catalogo de produtos de foma prática e simples, pois basta enviar o link do seu portfólio on-line. Assim economizando custos de envio como Correio.

Desenvolve os produtos dentro dos seguintes parâmetros:

Design

Quem faz design somos nós, mas quem faz o website aqui é o cliente. Por que? Dizemos que fazemos o website de acordo com o perfil de cada cliente. Cada website tem sua particulariedade. Pois cada empresa tem o seu próprio perfil de visitante.

Então assim dizendo a concepção visual de qualquer produto desenvolvido, tem que ser coerente à identidade da empresa e ao perfil de seu público, incorporando movimento e interatividade avançada, rápida transmissão de páginas, boa distribuição de conteúdo voltado à fácil navegação. Informações objectivas e sem rodeios. Entre em contacto agora mesmo e solicite maiores informações.

Método de desenvolvimento
Muitas das vezes nossos sites não utilizam-se de tabelas (tableless), exceto na tabulação de dados, de acordo com as especificações da World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Esse conceito garante os seguintes benefícios ao site:

1 Permite que o site seja visualizado perfeitamente através de dispositivos como celulares, palm tops, etc.

2 rapidez na transmissão de páginas (carregamento);

3 facilita a indexação e melhora o posicionamento em sites de busca (Google, Yahoo e outros);

4 possibilita um perfeito acesso de deficientes visuais que utilizam softwares específicos de leitura de conteudo;

5 reduz índices de tráfego, minimizando custos de Alojamento;

6 perfeita visualização nos principais navegadores (browsers) disponíveis no mercado (Explorer, Mozila, Opera e outros);

7 boa visualização em diferentes configurações de vídeo (800x600, 1024x768 e outras);

8 maior agilidade nas alterações e atualizações do site;

Entre em contato e solicite-nos maiores infomações.

Why have intranet standards? 

Well, it can be for legal, regulatory, business, technical or users' needs and can be all or some of these.  It will depend on the type of organisation and its culture for what standards are needed to support it.

What are intranet standards?

These can be legal reasons with web accessibility; business needs for information retention; user needs like print and feedback features; or regulatory like with BT's need to keep customer information separated from some parts of BT.  Whatever they are, you need to know they are being met but how?

BT's intranet standards tools

BT underpins its intranet standards with tools that check web content for certain words, code or features.  If they are/are not found (depending what is being checked!) the owner of the content is asked to review the content and either update or remove it.  If no action is taken the web content is automatically removed so users don't make business decisions based on poor content.

What do BT's intranet tools check?

Page owner and review date so users have someone to contact for enquiries and know the content is current and can be relied upon.

Web accessibility up to W3C AA standard so any person with impairment has the same or similar experience as anyone else.

Security markings so any confidential information is properly protected and not found when checked for.

We will be expanding to also check for:

Names - if a person leaves BT, we can quickly identify the pages and change the name.

Readability - BT will try to use the Flesch index to calculate how readable content is for users.

Code - if site owners are not using the right code, say to download the correct version of our global navigation bar, BT can find out and remind the site owner.

So, do intranet standards work? 

Yes, if you are sensible and don't create so many it is a barrier to publishing.  Make sure standards can be checked for compliance.  If you can't is it worth having the standard?  Test out with users if they do improve their experience and enocurage them to use your intranet more.

Lastly, with content extending into social media, you need to think about how you apply standards for more formal types of content appropriately.  We're thinking how to do this in BT which will be covered in a future posting!

[editor added later] And the more common reality, thanks to Dion Hinchcliffe's recent tweet today, is that one in four businesses block employee/network access to social networking sites.

[editor added Jul.18.08] and here may be one reason why it is blocked...

Di dunia internet ada banyak aplikasi yang diimplementasikan dan dengan jum-
lah pengguna yang semakin bertambah, informasi yang tersedia selalu menga-
lami perubahan terus menerus, dan dengan perkembangan yang demikian cepat.
Fakta menunjukkan bahwa perkembangn yang ada di dunia internet dapat diim-
plementasikan secara langsung di dalam intranet, menyebabkan intranet sangat
populer dan berkembang pesat sejalan dengan perkembangan intranet.

So now, after 16 months on other projects, I'm back to see if I can inspire the organisation to look at it's intranet again and explore how it can become a dynamic and inclusive communication channel for all staff. I would be very interested to hear from anyone who has worked or is working on their organisation's intranet and what have been the quick wins, what has engaged the staff, what has not worked, etc...

Not sure how well I articulated that?? Here's an example ... someone in BT has produced an internal version of Twitter ... the question is, do we need an internal version of Twitter or can we just use the real thing ... as indeed my team currently is? Why would anyone want to tweet in two places? Also, the great thing about having a Twitter network is that it incorporates people from around the globe with whom you have common interests and ideas. A closed, corporate, twitter-replica would surely be a shadow of the real thing in terms of value to the individual as it would only have a very limited gene pool from which to create interesting and vibrant networks. Trying to integrate an internal and external version would be very confusing and could lead to employees posting internal stuff to external networks ...

This question became very troublesome for me after we launched our internal enterprise social network a few weeks ago. It was a long time in gestation and is a great tool with lots of similar functionality to Facebook like status updates, message board (or wall), contacts (friends) etc. However, the glaring question is why would someone who uses Facebook (or indeed any one of the many other social networking sites) want to use an internal, closed version of the same thing with a limited gene pool of knowledge and ideas from which to draw. Indeed, even if someone wanted to use the internal version, how would they do so without duplicating activity on both or losing value/possible opportunities by only doing it on one and not the other ...

Since we launched our internal blogging platform, I have had an internal blog as well as this external one. My internal blog has two posts on it ...

The balance between recreating and integrating I think is going to be what makes or breaks our internal social media tools in the future. We need to give it some serious thought ... I need to give it some serious thought. I don't think we've got the balance right yet ...

Als Vorgeschmack bietet der Autor am Thema Interessierten auf dem zugehörigen Blog die Einleitung und das erste Kapitel zum Download an (pdf, 820 kb) an. Die einleitenden Worte stammen von keinem Geringeren als Don Tapscott, u.a. bekannt für das Buch Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything, das er zusammen mit Anthony D. Williams verfasste. Ein kurzer Auszug aus seinem Vorwort:

This book provides language and taxonomies that will be very helpful for any manager in understanding and harnessing the myriad new software tools and the opportunities they provide to transform the nature of work for the better.

Read, enjoy and prosper.

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It is that type of communication which is communicated visually, orally, or by written means to a single person or within a group. Internal communication is effective when it is concise, informative, transparent, and clear. Effective internal communications can strengthen the understanding between employees and help achieve the individual’s personal goals as well as the organization’s goals. Therefore, if all the personal goals in the organization are achieved and all the employees work as a team, it won’t be difficult to achieve organizational goals. The internal communications department of an organization acts as a moderator in communication between the top management and the employees. Active internal communication in an organization helps the employees to understand the organization’s vision, mission, goals and culture. They also get to know some of the most trusted and skilled people in the organization who the organization looks towards when in crisis.

EXAMPLES/EXPERIENCES:

Most of the IT companies have a strong internal communication system which helps foster better understanding between fellow employees. They have various team building exercises which get the employees to know each other and work towards a common goal. For example, Microsoft India has this Microsoft Corporate Challenge event which consists of various adventurous events to be done by employees of Microsoft India at a centralized location in India. This is a event where all the Microsoft top management people observe them behaving in a team and understanding each other. It’s fun, but an important event from the company’s point of view because they get to know the potential of each employee.

LINKS: http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20070326/technologylife01.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_communications

http://intranet.activotrade.com

We saw this happen when barcodes were introduced, and years later WAL-MART designed a distribution system for the new-age, the system has since been adopted differently by warehouses, department stores, grocers, all over.  The information system allows for more WAL-MART product to be put on shelves faster than ever before.. by basically telling the store what is being scanned and sold.  This changed the daunting process of writing overhead orders into a breeze when they basically began writing themselves.  While I'm on the topic of walmart check out the new logo they unveiled this week:

Interesting eh? Look like they have a new "Target" demographic, yes that was a pun.

When exactly will the next big distribution system will come along?  As the world turns greener and our culture becomes less-resistant to technology... is it possible that we may work in a paperless world?

Not many industries haven't changed due to new technologies in the past 15 years, obviously the web has had a serious effect on business communication, and e-commerce.

Advertising is no different.  Our landscape now has a fourth dimension...  We were some of the first to gain big capital through the internet and capitalize we did.  It is ever-changing on the web and to stay on top you must stay informed.  

Paul Beelen has released a nice whitepaper write-up through the creative commons entitled: Advertising 2.0.  Its definitely worth checking out for any marketing, advertising, or media buff.  What are you waiting for? Check it out: 
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"Advertising 2.0" (.pdf document)
Written by Paul Beelen

I've got my own office set-up and everything right within the server room, so it's nice and air-conditioned and pretty awesome in general.

Today the Year 11's are having their Recognition Assembly, so I went down and had a bit of a look. It brought back some memories, but yeah, uni is still better haha.

The one downside to all of this is that we have our internet filtered by the Dept. of Education so that means No Gmail/Hotmail etc, No Facebook, No YouTube, No MySpace (as if anyone uses that anymore anyway) and all the little nerds are pretty gutted that they have no more of their favourite Pokemon/Games/DeviantArt websites... oh well...

Back to work then... Ciao!

Das liegt zum einen daran, dass RSS eine Funktionalität ist und keine alleinstehende Applikation oder Plattform wie Twitter oder Facebook. Zum anderen sind vielleicht die Vorteile von RSS Feeds und den zugehörigen Endgeräten, den RSS-Readern, nur für diejenigen interessant, die viele Nachrichten aus unterschiedlichen Quellen konsumieren. Der normale Nutzer hat eben eine recht übersichtliche Zahl von Seiten, die er direkt ansteuert, um sein Informationsbedürfnis zu befriedigen. Dazu braucht er nicht unbedingt einen Feedreader.

Wirklich große Chancen für RSS sehe ich auch in Zukunft nicht im Endverbraucher-Markt sondern im Unternehmensbereich. Soweit ich das überblicken kann, ist RSS dort zur Zeit zwar auch nicht das vorherrschende Thema. Unternehmen wiederum lassen sich stärker als vom angesagten Zeitgeist von einem konkreten Nutzen überzeugen, vor allem, wenn er sich direkt in Geld ausdrücken lässt.

Ein beeindruckendes Fallbeispiel schildert Janet Johnson in ihrer Post "Enterprise RSS Saves > $400M in Oil". Das Fracht- und Schifffahrtsunternehmen Wallem hat weltweit über 6000 Mitarbeiter auf über 300 Schiffen und 600 Mitarbeiter in über 50 Büros, die wiederum über 18 Länder verteilt sind. Zur Koordination dieses riesigen, dezentralen und mobilen Unternehmens-Netzwerks setzt Wallem RSS ein, um "die richtige Information zur richtigen Zeit den richtigen Leuten zur Verfügung zu stellen". Dazu wurde das Enterprise RSS System von Attensa in die Kombination von Blackpearl's K2 und Microsoft’s SharePoint integriert.

Wallem war durch die effektivere Informations-Verteilung in der Lage, das Flottenmanagement derart zu verbessern, dass der Ölverbrauch der 329 Schiffe um 8 % bzw. um 394.800 Dollar pro Jahr gesenkt werden konnte. Auch bei Schmieröl konnten 6% bzw. 11.844 Dollar eingespart werden.

Patrick Schlesiger, Wallem's CIO präsentierte das Fallbeispiel auf der zurückliegenden Enterprise 2.0 Konferenz mit einer trockenen Ansage:

This is not an elegant solution. But guess what? It adds value. It’s simple. Everyone knows what’s going on. If my chief architect leaves, I can hire someone else who will understand it. Business isn’t at risk.

Hier sind die Folien zu seiner Präsentation:

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Many of our staff are highly mobile. The ability to provide them with access on the move to email, documents, spreadsheets, and everything else that comes with Google Apps will help increase productivity. [...] Our employees can now get in touch with their colleagues easily from whatever location they are working at. The mobility coupled with the speed of roll-out, the lack of requirement for a physical infrastructure and the speed of new product development is very beneficial.

L'aspect financier est également très important. En effet, ils estiment économiser environ 2M$ en logiciels, infrastructures et support.

http://www.steptwo.com.au/columntwo/docs/HowToImproveIntranetContent_MindMap.pdf

But please do not forget the political aspect of the Intranet first page ;)

Image by antaean via Flickr

Imaginons, soyons fous, un groupe projet dont les membres sont dispersés géographiquement, et qui n'ont pas de budget, pas de compétences informatiques, pas de lieu de rencontre, pas de temps, pas de formation initiale ...

De ces postulats Frédéric Soussin tire une présentation avec de vrais morceaux de solutions dedans :

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(Vu dans Savoirs en réseaux, l'excellent blog d'Emilie Ogez)

Den 1. september starter jeg i et nyt job i Miljøministeriets Center for Koncernforvaltning (CFK), som til den tid ganske vist ikke længere findes, fordi centeret er et af de første steder, der skal sluses ind i de nye statslige Administrative Servicecentre (ASC). Til samtalen havde de også lidt svært ved at få fortalt, at de har en dejlig stilling ledig, men at de ikke helt vidste, hvor de skulle gøre af den person, de ville ansætte! For mig betyder den fysiske placering intet - jeg kunne så mænd sidde på månen, hvis der ikke er plads andre steder.

Jeg var faktisk slet ikke på udkig efter nyt job, da jeg jo er glad for mit job i Udenrigsministeriet (UM), men stillingen er en åremålsansættelse, der udløber i april 2009 og jeg blevet ringet op af en god ven, der sagde, han syntes, jeg skulle prøve at studere et stillingsopslag på CFKs webside. Da jeg så opslaget, må jeg sige, at jeg tænkte, at det var skrevet til mig, for overskriften var "Tidsregistrering & kommunikation". Stillingen er en fastansættelse i modsætning til min nuværende kontraktansættelse.

De bruger mTID til tidsregistrering, og det system har jeg arbejdet med siden år 2000 og implementeret og drevet i Patent- og Varemærkestyrelsen, i Danmarks Statistik og nu i Udenrigsministeriet. Mine kompetencer på den del af stillingen, er der derfor ikke rigtig tvivl om.

Den anden del af stillingen - kommunikationsdelen - drejer sig om at opbygge nyt Intranet og at skrive på dette net. Jeg holder virkelig meget af både at lave websider og at skrive, men har ikke haft så stor mulighed for at gøre det erhvervsmæssigt i de seneste år. Så denne del af stillingen er udelukkende lystbetonet for mig. Tænk at arbejde med noget, der er en hobby! Denne del af stillingen vil give mig nye formelle kompetencer og udfordringer, og det glæder jeg mig meget til!

Var til en rigtig god samtale i tirsdags. En halv time efter jeg havde lukket døren bag mig, ringede de og tilbød mig jobbet. Det er helt fantastisk og jeg er rigtig glad.

Nu er formaliteterne så meget på plads, at jeg har kunnet sige op i UM, og som altid, når jeg holder op et sted, jeg har været glad for at være, er det med blandede følelser, jeg siger op. Det er dels vemodig at skulle sige farvel til gode kolleger, dels er det spændende med alt det nye, der skal ske, og alt det man skal lære og skal sætte sig ind i.

Jeg plejer at skifte job, når jeg har været et sted så længe, at jeg føler mig som "verdensmester" og næsten er bange for at skifte job. Derfor er det lige nu det helt rigtige tidspunkt for mig at skifte.

I aftes fejrede jeg det nye job sammen med en nær og kær ven - og vi klinkede glassene med et godt glas Chablis i!

The firm librarian or library department should be involved in developing and choosing the content of your intranet.  Their interaction with practices, administration and all levels of staff provide them a unique take on how the firm works and how information flows through the firm.  They also have a lot to add around the topics of categorization, taxonomy, and content organization. 

As for interface design and functionality, they work with web sites and services heavily and have skills in the evaluation of web services for content and usability.  Get them involved early and you may be surprised at the benefits they can bring to your project.

Finally, as for intranet staffing and project team membership, librarians can be your allies in many respects.  Part of a law firm librarian's job is to foster relationships with partners, associates and new lawyers surrounding resources and library services training.  If you also have them heavily involved in your intranet (whether on the governance board, steering committee, project team, or some other way), guess what else they're going to talk to those associates and new lawyers about?  That's right - using the intranet!

No matter how you get them involved, your firm library can definitely add a lot to your intranet project.  Don't make the same mistake as I did in my presentation and leave them out!  You might not realize it right away, but you will probably regret it.

-Amy Witt

In fact, one question we couldn't get to during the presentation was directed at Laurie, and I've provided her answer below.

Question: Where can I find more information or references about visual design?

Laurie's answer: This is the part of designing an intranet that people like best and usually have a very strong opinion about what it should look like.  Working with a good visual designer (whether from your in-house team or with a contract designer) can make a difference between a blah site and a great site.

My favorite book to use with management and teams is a short, simple, easy-to-read book by author Steven Krug - Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability." It has a great chapter on "Design 101," and one on "Desinging the Home Page."

I also recommend the following links for more information about visual design:

• http://webstyleguide.com - online and available in book format. One of the best references for web design I have found.
• http://www.useit.com/books/visualbooks.html - list of books recommended by Jakob Nielsen, web usability guru.
• http://www.lukew.com/resources/links_visual.html - Another good list of books recommended by Luke Wroblewski, a renowned web interface designer.

Thanks for the tips, Laurie!

More information will be posted soon about registration for the next sessions in our Creating a Successful Law Firm Intranet series: develop, rollout, and maintain/measure.  Stay tuned!

-Amy Witt