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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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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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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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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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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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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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http://www.thoughtfarmer.com/clients/intranet-case-studies/acu/




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MOST INNOVATIVE


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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http://www.thoughtfarmer.com/clients/intranet-case-studies/gct/




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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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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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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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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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LPKINDUSTRY Architecture & Design

REGION Ohio, USA

EMPLOYEES 395


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


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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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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LPKINDUSTRY Architecture & Design

REGION Ohio, USA

EMPLOYEES 395


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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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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http://www.thoughtfarmer.com/clients/intranet-case-studies/cannondale/




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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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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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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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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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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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