Rebecca Jackson

May 5, 2013

A space to think visually: design wall

I miss my wall. For several months, until very recently I was lucky to have a small office in our building that I occupied with my little intranet team. Aside from being an introvert’s dream, the best thing about that little office was the rather large wall which was just screaming for sticky notes and butchers paper.

March 3, 2013

Those little business cards, why have them?

I have only had a couple of jobs where business cards were the norm. To be honest, at first I thought it was wonderful. A little card, all about me. When people asked for one, I could say “yes”. I had recently begun to wonder why I still had them. I mean, I have LinkedIn and Twitter now, so why...

October 29, 2012

Intranet Innovation Awards 2012

It was a packed room today at the 2012 Intranet Innovation Awards as James Robertson of Step Two Designs shared with us highlights from the winners and finalists.

September 20, 2012

What great events have in common – My Swarm conference overview part 3

So, I said that I would have a handful of posts about Swarm conference, and this is the last of them. In my first post I wrote about the great speaker line-up and what I took from the day. In my second post I observed the sense of community created by this online community conference, and that other events could...

September 18, 2012

Being one with the bees – My Swarm conference overview part 2

Before I was lucky enough to score tickets to Swarm Conference I was impressed by the effort that they put into building momentum for their event and watching the twitter feed closely.

September 10, 2012

The speakers of Swarm – My conference overview part 1

I consider myself very lucky to have been able to attend this year’s Swarm Conference after winning tickets through Yammer (thanks again guys). I do believe that your perspective on an event changes depending on whether you had to pay for it or not, so with that in mind I believe this is a conference well worth paying for. This...

September 10, 2012

Roundup of ‘The Everyday Intranet’ forum

Today I was at ‘The Everyday Intranet‘ a forum being run by Ark Group. I was invited to speak after another speaker could not attend and happy for the opportunity to network and hear from other intranet professionals.

September 3, 2012

Tips for Community Managers

We have had a freemium Yammer network running since October 2010 and I have been actively community managing it since not long after I joined the business in March 2011. For me it was a natural extension of my role in looking after the intranet. I really enjoy community management and love Get Satisfaction’s infographic Inside the mind of a...

September 2, 2012

UX Australia thoughts and highlights

This week I was lucky enough to attend the UX Australia user experience design conference in Brisbane. I decided to attend based on a recommendation from a colleague and the interesting array of practical and aspirational talks and workshops. Usability is central to everything in the intranet space (where I am focused) and while I don’t have a UX in...