Beth Gleba

Internal Information Manager, IKEA North America

Biography

Beth Gleba

Beth Gleba is the Internal Information Manager for IKEA North America.

She is a senior communications leader who is known for her passion to develop internal communications and her use of collaborative methods for organizational problem solving.

Prior to joining IKEA, Beth worked for 3 years as the E-communications Manager for a boutique Web & informatics consulting firm and spent 5 years in communication roles at a Fortune 500 healthcare firm.

Beth holds a Master’s Degree in Professional Communication and has authored several articles on Intranet topics. Her passion to develop digital channels has helped further the IKEA US Retail Intranet, which was recently recognized in the NNG Intranet Design Annual 2008 as one of the “Year’s Ten Best Intranets”.

IKEA North America

IKEA offers a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them. This is the idea at the heart of everything IKEA does, from product development and purchases to how we sell our products in IKEA stores globally.

Presentation

Extending the Intranet

Case: IKEA North America

Intranet, Conference Day #2, Thursday May 6th, 10.30 am - 12.00 am

Retailer IKEA has an access problem: many of its retail and factory co-workers just can't access its Intranet when they are at work. Limited time, privacy and access are all the culprits. Come hear how the lean retailer is finding success extending its Intranet right over the WWW

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