How to squeeze more value out of SharePoint and Office 365

• How can you improve your SharePoint intranet?
• How can you get people to use SharePoint properly and smartly?
• How will Office 365/SharePoint fit into how they work?
• How can you create your own digital workplace?
• How can we train people properly to use SharePoint and Office 365?
• How will you get the most out of Office 365?
• How will your users keep up to date with the constant changes in Office 365?

Your organisation pays good money for SharePoint and Office 365
Yes, it costs money to run it and to build a digital workplace or intranet in Ireland. Here’s how to squeeze as much value out it as possible with Andrew’s SharePoint Adoption Programmes (ASAP). A successful Office 365/SharePoint rollout focuses on driving user adoption, and helping everyone in your organisation understand the benefits of working in a new way. Let Andrew Gilleran guide you throughout your launch, communications and rollout planning for end users as you look to create an effective digital workplace.

Not shown how to use SharePoint properly
Problems with technology like Office 365 and SharePoint (and especially with migrations) always, always come from a mix of poor training, poor communication, poor usability and a lack of understanding of how users work. People are shoehorned into using it based on the how the platform was designed and built. They are not shown properly how to use it for their jobs.

‘Sustainable adoption’ is what it’s all about
There is no magic bullet, no single or simple solution. And it won’t happen overnight either. It is a journey.

We can show you how to use SharePoint, Office 365 (and Yammer) to get your employees working smarter and be more engaged with a variety of innovative training programmes.

Andrew’s SharePoint User Adoption & Training Programmes

• SharePoint for HR
• SharePoint for Internal Communications
• SharePoint for Power Users
• SharePoint Shorts for end users
• SharePoint for Managers
• SharePoint for Power Users
• SharePoint Sparkle
• Microsoft Teams for collaboration and working together
• Office 365 Snippets for end users
• Yammer Time for Power & End Users
• [New] How to improve your intranet content - book the Intranet Authors Masterclass here

View our coaching and training programmes here with pricing (PDF).

What have we done?

• Designed and built SharePoint extranet and intranets incorparating Yammer networks.
• Managed and edited Irish portal of global SharePoint multilingual intranet and user engagement/training and managing of local content owners (10 plus up to 30 team site owners).
• Led the intranet migration from ASP based document management system to global SharePoint platoform for 2,000 employees.
• Developed SharePoint intranet as key communications, document management and collaboration platform. Grew average usage to 132,000 unique page views per month from Ireland (2,000 employees approximately).
• Increased average unique daily users of SharePoint by 243% and average daily page views by 345% in 12 months.
• Implementation of a SharePoint based system for a national parliament. The project included producing 18 Functional Specifications, out of the box development, User Interface design, user training, documentation and production support.
• Training: Created and implemented extensive training, documentation and support programs for users on how to use SharePoint effectively in business.

Who we are

We have 20+ years’ experience in creating measureable content, user adoption, communications, training and collaborative business solutions across multiple channels and intranets in many sectors using SharePoint, Yammer and Office 365. Available on contract or freelance. Based in Ireland but available pretty much anywhere in Europe. Great rates. Try us. #getworkdone

View our coaching, user adoption and training programmes for SharePoint, Office 365 and Yammer here with pricing (PDF).

 

Are you having problems getting people to create good intranet content?

Here's how to fix it: The Intranet Authors Masterclass

People have been chosen to update their team/department's section on the intranet. And they may be reluctant to take on the extra work involved. They have received training and guides on how to update their section using their chosen technical platform such as SharePoint. They have been shown how to update content but necessarily WHAT to create. Then your intranet gets stale. People complain. They stop using it. Content is out of date. It's badly written and confusing. But people are busy in their jobs and struggle to produce decent intranet content. So without decent and regularly updated content your intranet will not be used as much as you would like.

Intranets can be expensive to build and manage. But they are very, very useful and can have major value for an organisation. But you and your users need good content. And they need guidance. Intranets are usually managed by Internal Communications so they know the importance of good content and clear, effective communications.

3 reasons why good intranet content is so important

1. People can find the right information quickly and easily on your intranet.
2. They can read and understand the content without having to follow up with emails and phone calls.
3. It allows for clear and consistent communications helping to improve employee engagement.

The Intranet Authors Masterclass will show you and your content team how to create useful, valuable and interesting content to vastly improve your intranet.

What your people will learn

• How to write interesting headlines to get people to read
• How to produce a useful opening paragraph and readable text
• How to use plain English to make your content clearer and jargon free
• How to link correctly to other pages or documents - click here
• Avoid the curse of PDFs and PowerPoints and how to improve them
• How to use photos to support your content
• How to layout and format text on a page to make it readable on screen
• How to add a Call to Action if its required

Who is this Masterclass for?

This is practical training for people who produce content on an intranet. They have different names. Intranet Authors. Content Authors. Intranet Publishers. Intranet Content Owners. They are in your organisation and they usually have to create, manage and update content for their part of the intranet such as HR, IT, Finance, Sales, etc.

What is the format?

3 hours on your premises using your own facilities for up to 10 people. It's short, focused and very practical.

What else do people get?

• Printed workbook & guide showing techniques used in the Masterclass
• Access to support site for additional material such as templates and checklists

But is this for SharePoint intranets only?

No, it's platform neutral. The Masterclass and techniques applies to any intranet platform.

So what experience and knowledge does Andrew Gilleran have then?

Over 20 years building, managing and improving intranets with global and local organisations. And he's trained hundreds of people how to create valuable content on intranets.

Great stuff. But how much?

For one half day session

€595 + VAT for up to 10 people for a half day. In your own offices.
Timings: 9.30am to 12.30pm and/or 1.30pm to 4.30pm.

For one full day - 2 sessions

Ireland €795 + VAT for full day with 2 sessions (up to 20 people). Travel expenses may also be added depending on location.

UK/Mainland Europe Min 1 day (2 sessions for up to 20 people). €995 + travel expenses. One night hotel stay minimum.

How to book