Enterprise 2.0, the social intranet, and the collaborative organisation are buzzwords. Expectations are high, but real benefits can be difficult to find.

This is what Frank Wolf from T-Systems will address in his talk on the collaboration track at the J. Boye Conference Aarhus 2010. How do you take the best from both worlds: Can you create a social intranet with real business benefits? Frank will share his early-adopter experiences in trying to move intranets into highly interactive conversation and collaboration platforms.

Meanwhile, at the WWF, the collaborative intranet is a reality. Neil Morgan, global intranet Manager, will share the secret to their success. His approach includes starting small and scaling up quickly to help with engagement and adoption. One key advice includes involving users directly before launching any new tool:

You cannot start to collaborate online if you do not know the people you are collaborating with. Therefore what must precede the launch of any tool is to actually bring the group together for a conference call, video conference or face-to-face meeting to figure out the best way of working together. This is important in establishing the trust need to collaborate effectively, regardless the solution.

Increased collaboration of course introduces new challenges for the intranet manager, which Neil will provide you with an answer to. How do you:

• Establish seamless access and search across your virtual workspaces and the rest of the intranet?
• Solve the problem of where to find the information ? How to manage a 1000 blooming flowers?
• Maintain the momentum for your collaborative workspaces?

Are you integrating collaboration with your intranet?

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