Martin White - Intranet Ideas

We’re making a couple of assumptions in this post.

Firstly, if you’re reading our blog then we assume that you’re doing so because you have an interest in intranets, intranet management or a related area. If we’re right in that assumption, then it’s a good thing that you clicked on this particular post, because we’ve got some extremely useful information for you.

And secondly, if you are the sort of person who has an interest in intranets, intranet management or a related area, then we assume that you’ll already be more than familiar with the work of Martin White. Martin is one of the most respected names in intranet consultancy, both as Managing Director of Intranet Focus Ltd., and as an information scientist with over 30 years experience in information management, publishing and consulting roles.You can find him at @IntranetFocus on Twitter.

In the course of his work, Martin consults on the design and management of intranets and extranets, and the specification, selection and implementation of content management software and search software. Over the last ten years he has undertaken around 100 projects in the UK, Europe, the USA and the Middle East. Since 2002 he has been a Visiting Professor at the iSchool at the University of Sheffield.

Such a wealth of knowledge and experience would, of course, be absolutely invaluable to anyone at any stage of their intranet management career, whether you’re starting out and could do with a guiding hand, you’re an experienced professional who would be interested to compare management methods and techniques, or you’re somewhere in between the two.

It’s a good thing, then, that  Martin has written The Intranet Management Handbook; due for release in the second week of February 2011, the book is a true A-Z for intranet managers, providing advice and guidance on everything from intranet requirements gathering, business case development and content strategy, through selecting the right software and technology, all the way to project management, implementation, strategy and governance.

A huge amount of what every intranet manager should know – from recent trends such as social media for intranets, to the more fundamental tenets of project management – is covered in Martin’s book, so we would recommend that you either pre-order now, or check back in February 2011 to get your copy hot off the presses, as the saying goes.

In the meantime, if you can’t wait to find out more, we interviewed Martin recently about his book, as well as discussing more general intranet management issues; you can find out what he had to say by downloading the interview here – just click on the “Click here to download” button and the interview PDF will open in your browser (a final assumption being that you already have Adobe Reader or similar software).

Do let us know what you think of the interview in the comments below; you can also find more intranet information at www.orchidsoft.com.