Rebecca Jackson

September 19, 2013

Do-it-yourself intranet personas

When considering what topic I could present about at this week’s Ark Intranet Yousability forum intranet personas were not far from my mind. It’s something that comes up for a lot of intranet managers.

September 12, 2013

Designing the page that’s not supposed to be seen

Our fabulous web team recently launched a new website. They needed something pretty and different for their 404 page, the page that all things going well should never be seen by site visitors. I was chuffed to be invited to design it for them and went away to illustrate some cute 404 pages.

September 5, 2013

Seven #sketchnotes in one day: My UX Australia 10 minute talk

I was beyond chuffed to have my 10 minute talk voted in by attendees as one of the 12 they wanted to hear at UX Australia 2013. I took the UX Australia audience through my experience as an art student through to discovering sketchnoting and finished with my 7 tips for getting started as a sketchnoter.

September 3, 2013

Getting all meta with the sketchnoting at UX Australia

I was overwhelmed by the positive response and lovely feedback about my 10 minute talk at UX Australia. I presented Seven sketchnotes in one day which is my story about how I found sketchnoting and my tips for getting started.

August 31, 2013

UX Australia – Day 2 round-up

My second and final day of UX Australia kicked off in ballroom 3 with Andrea Resmini and Groundhogs in the source code: Navigation as cross-channel sense-making.

August 29, 2013

UX Australia – Day 1 my thoughts

Today was Day 1 of  UX Australia here in Melbourne, the annual gathering of user experience professionals and it has not disappointed so far.

August 25, 2013

Stop looking for the complete intranet solution

While reading this CMSWire article on SharePoint Social vs. Yammer Microsoft’s Yammer infographic and the tagline “the most complete solution in the marketplace” started me thinking. The marketplace has so many intranet technology solutions that claim to do everything. Can there ever actually be a “complete solution” for intranets or enterprise social?

August 12, 2013

Sketchnotes from our Employee Forum

Recently I had the opportunity to bring my sketchnoting skills into the office to record the keynote presentations from Melbourne Water’s Employee Forum. Along with a large number of my work colleagues I was able to hear direct from Managing Director Shaun Cox and Chairman of the board Paul Clark about their perspectives on our vision and strategic direction. Further...

July 20, 2013

Get the most out of a conference

In the past few years I have attended my fair share of conferences and events in the digital and internal comms arena. Whether an event has been paid for by me, my employer or is complimentary I think it is important to make the most of the opportunity and I thought I would share my thoughts on getting the most...