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Need some inspiration for your intranet project? Want to see what clients are doing to make their intranets more beautiful, innovative and collaborative? We recently hosted the annual ThoughtFarmer Best Intranet Competition and wanted to share the results with you!
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FOR 2014
THE BEST THOUGHTFARMERINTRANETS
BEST COLLABORATION
BEST INTRANETS 2014 July 9, 2014
LCI EDUCATIONINDUSTRY Education
REGION Montreal, QC, locations worldwide
EMPLOYEES 1723
INTRANET NAME AGORA
NOTES Sustained use as a communications tool: 1019 home page news items since 2011.
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BEST INTRANETS 2014 July 9, 2014
NORTH AMERICAN POWERINDUSTRY Engineering
REGION Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho and Texas
EMPLOYEES 200
INTRANET NAME SNAP
NOTES Countless announcements (e.g., pricing reports, changes to processes, operational issues) have helped customer facing agents increase service levels.
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BEST INTRANETS 2014 July 9, 2014
LPKINDUSTRY Design
REGION Cincinnati, Ohio plus London, Geneva, Singapore, Guangzhou
EMPLOYEES 395
INTRANET NAME Watson
NOTES Used ThoughtFarmer to - host a Halloween photo contest- organize participation in local flea market- promote their sustainability initiatives. The “LPK Green” group is their biggest. They encouraged employees to make a pledge with a comment on ThoughtFarmer, and rewarded pledgers with a reusable tote bag.
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Discuss Ideas
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BEST INTRANETS 2014 July 9, 2014
SPENDVISIONINDUSTRY Travel & Expense Management Technology
REGION UK, Australia, New Zealand, USA
EMPLOYEES 310
INTRANET NAME The Fridge
NOTES After an acquisition, used a ThoughtFarmer-based photo competition as an ice-breaker — something for all employees to collaborate on.
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BEST INTRANETS 2014 July 9, 2014
CUMMINS WESTERN CANADAINDUSTRY Manufacturing & Industrial
REGION Western Canada
EMPLOYEES 700
INTRANET NAME PowerZone
NOTES Used ThoughtFarmer to host a contest for children of employees to submit an original drawing depicting what their parents, grandparents, uncles or aunts do at work that keeps them safe.
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BEST INTRANETS 2014 July 9, 2014
ASSINIBOINE CREDIT UNIONINDUSTRY Finance
REGION Manitoba
EMPLOYEES 520
INTRANET NAME Mosaic
NOTES Used ThoughtFarmer to coordinate ticket sales for an evening of outdoor theatre.
Also pictured: - Used ThoughtFarmer to coordinate in-branch marketing campaigns at branches- Used ThoughtFarmer to run a charity auction
See case study: http://www.thoughtfarmer.com/clients/intranet-case-studies/acu/
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MOST INNOVATIVE
BEST INTRANETS 2014 July 9, 2014
GLOBAL CONTAINER TERMINALS INDUSTRY Shipping
REGION Canada & USA
EMPLOYEES 350
INTRANET NAME GCT360
NOTES Integrated shipping schedules. Click ship images on home page for upcoming vessel schedules for each location.
Also use ThoughtFarmer for local restaurant reviews and photo galleries of company events.
See case study: http://www.thoughtfarmer.com/clients/intranet-case-studies/gct/
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BEST INTRANETS 2014 July 9, 2014
AIRESINDUSTRY Business Services
REGION USA
EMPLOYEES 410
INTRANET NAME Fish Tank
NOTES A home page portlet randomly highlights an employee profile, helping connect employees across offices.
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BEST INTRANETS 2014 July 9, 2014
FOKKER TECHNOLOGIESINDUSTRY Manufacturing & Industrial
REGION Netherlands
EMPLOYEES 4000+, master intranet for the 4 Fokker companies
INTRANET NAME AirShare
NOTES Helped develop ThoughtFarmer’s Site Sync feature.
Five intranets synchronize with each other.
An overarching ThoughtFarmer intranet feeds news items to four subsidiary intranets.
Subsidiary intranets push employee profile information to overarching intranet.
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BEST INTRANETS 2014 July 9, 2014
AFFINITY PLUS CREDIT UNIONINDUSTRY Finance
REGION USA (Minnesota)
EMPLOYEES 530
INTRANET NAME The Loop
NOTES A green, yellow or red light signals whether all systems are performing at expected levels.
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BEST INTRANETS 2014 July 9, 2014
CENTRAL 1 CREDIT UNIONINDUSTRY Finance
REGION British Columbia, Canada
EMPLOYEES 675
INTRANET NAME Beacon
NOTES A System Status portlet keeps everyone aware of the current status of Central 1’s systems. Integrated with ThoughtFarmer Calendars, which show scheduled outages.
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BEST INTRANETS 2014 July 9, 2014
LPKINDUSTRY Architecture & Design
REGION Ohio, USA
EMPLOYEES 395
INTRANET NAME Watson
NOTES When timesheets are 2 days overdue, a web service API displays a “missing timesheets” alert on user’s home page. Clicking alert leads user to timesheet system.
ThoughtFarmer also serves as extranet for freelancers, who use it as the interface to the timesheet system.
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BEST-LOOKING
BEST INTRANETS 2014 July 9, 2014
E.B. HORSMAN & SONINDUSTRY Construction
REGION Surrey, BC
EMPLOYEES 220
INTRANET NAME The Wire
NOTES Created an intranet mascot, “Wally Wire”. Wally is the mascot for The Wire who is always there to cheer the company on and to help out with employee training.
By switching out the banner images, Wally Wire “dresses up” for special occasions.
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BEST INTRANETS 2014 July 9, 2014
CENTRAL 1 CREDIT UNIONINDUSTRY Finance
REGION British Columbia, Canada
EMPLOYEES 675
INTRANET NAME Beacon
NOTES Beacon got its name from an employee-wide vote. Beacon is treated as another employee, albeit an all-knowing one. Custom banners show Beacon in different settings using familiar elements like workstations, nameplates and business cards.
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BEST INTRANETS 2014 July 9, 2014
LPKINDUSTRY Architecture & Design
REGION Ohio, USA
EMPLOYEES 395
INTRANET NAME Watson
NOTES The name “Watson”, chosen by employees in a company-wide contest, conveys his astounding problem-solving capabilities, extreme intelligence and ability to hold all the company’s most important knowledge.
LPK launched Watson with an integrated campaign: an email blast, a murder mystery (the old wiki was the victim), and a launch video: http://www.thoughtfarmer.com/blog/intranet-launch-ideas/
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BEST INTRANETS 2014 July 9, 2014
CANNONDALE SPORTS UNLIMITEDINDUSTRY Manufacturing, outdoor clothing and gear
REGION USA
EMPLOYEES 1000+
INTRANET NAME Mingle
NOTES CSU’s intranet uses great cycling photography throughout.
Full case study: http://www.thoughtfarmer.com/clients/intranet-case-studies/cannondale/
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BEST INTRANETS 2014 July 9, 2014
PENGROWTH ENERGY CORPORATIONINDUSTRY Energy
REGION Canada
EMPLOYEES 650
INTRANET NAME Insider 2.0
NOTES Extensive design and CSS were employed to reflect Pengrowth’s brand.
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BEST INTRANETS 2014 July 9, 2014
AIRESINDUSTRY Business Services
REGION USA
EMPLOYEES 410
INTRANET NAME Fish Tank
NOTES Branded the “Fish Tank”. Just as a fish tank is a miniature ecosystem where each living thing is critical to the survival of the whole, so it is at Aires: there are different departments and job roles, but ThoughtFarmer helps everyone works together as a team.
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BEST INTRANETS 2014 July 9, 2014
PIKSELINDUSTRY Design
REGION Global
EMPLOYEES 800
INTRANET NAME Popsikel
NOTES Simple, flat icons and a color palette inspired by the “Whole Brain” cognitive model.
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BEST INTRANETS 2014 July 9, 2014
IMMEDIATE MEDIAINDUSTRY Media & Publishing
REGION London, UK
EMPLOYEES 1000+
INTRANET NAME The Loop
NOTES Immediate Media modified ThoughtFarmer’s default home page to use a card-based system for displaying news.
We liked it so much we made it a standard option in ThoughtFarmer 7.0:http://www.thoughtfarmer.com/blog/new-intranet-homepages/
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BEST INTRANETS 2014 July 9, 2014
SPLIOINDUSTRY Marketing & Business Consulting
REGION Versailles, France
EMPLOYEES 110
INTRANET NAME Life
NOTES Splio employed extensive CSS for a textured, custom look. Features a different banner image for each major section.
The end result is an intranet design that wowed everyone here at ThoughtFarmer.
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