Unlock SharePoint Intranet Secrets from Insights 2024

Most companies build an intranet, launch it with a massive email blast, and then watch it turn into a digital ghost town.

You cannot just stand up a SharePoint site and expect your employees to magically care. You have to build something they actually want to use.

That was the exact problem we tackled on May 1, 2024. Collab365 hosted Intranet Insights 2024 to figure out why most digital workplaces fail and how to fix them. We did not want another corporate echo chamber. We wanted practical, hard-hitting advice.

The response proved we struck a nerve. We saw 3,798 views across the event. But vanity metrics do not matter. Attention does. What matters is that 63% of attendees stayed until the very end of a nearly 7-hour broadcast.

Here is what the actual engagement looked like:

• 1,430 session replays.
• 1,858 chat messages and reactions.
• 196 poll responses.
• 100% self-reported attendee satisfaction.

We ran seven distinct sessions. No fluff. Just tactical breakdowns of how to build digital workspaces that people do not hate.

The most watched session of the day was the Microsoft Keynote by Mark Kashman. It set the tone for everything that followed.

Kelly Edinger showed us how to stop forcing users to hunt for information. She demonstrated how to embed news and events directly into Microsoft Teams using Viva Connections. You have to meet your users where they already work.

Eric Riz broke down the harsh reality of adoption. Your intranet is useless if it is an empty shell. He mapped out exactly how to get your team onboard with the migration process. It takes consistency over a long period of time.

Then we had Gerry Brimacombe step up for two separate sessions. He stripped away the theory and walked through a real-world client case study. He showed the exact steps he took to build a successful intranet from scratch. He covered what worked, what failed, and what you need to avoid.

The feedback from the community validated the approach. Attendees told us they booked off their entire day to watch and walked away with a massive list of things to implement.

Building a great intranet is not sexy. It is just doing the boring work of understanding your users, structuring your data, and communicating clearly. If you missed the live event, you can still access the replays. Stop building mazes. Start building meeting places.