Nick Cottrell

Background There have been a number of occasions where I've needed to create images and animated images for different SharePoint related projects.  I've used a number of tools in the past with varying success.  More recently I've been using PowerPoint to create custom images, which has saved me time and allowed me to do what I wanted without buying new tools or using free ones with adds. Although I had been using PowerPoint to create images it was only recently I discovered a new feature in PowerPoint that allows you to create GIFs "Graphic Interchange Format". GIFs are animated or static images.  There could be many reasons you want to create an animated image most common would be to display an action with moving images rather than creating a video. Another reason might just be that you want to jazz up your SharePoint page or presentation.  Here's an example of a GIF I created in PowerPoint. Steps to create your GIF To create an animated image follow these 12...

Intranet adoption survey guidance Background  Adoption is an important area that often gets overlooked, in this post I discuss some guidance on reaching out to your users after launching your intranet. Connecting with your users and getting their opinion on the new tool will aid towards its adoption. Form their feedback you can assess what's working and what needs some work. Creating a survey as part of your adoption work is often not given the time or effort to be as useful a tool as it could be. Spend time developing a survey that will yield actionable results rather than gain responses that just tells you the users like or dislike the tool. Getting responses that have detail will help you evolve the intranet into a tool that continues works for users and improve adoption. Planning the survey When writing your survey consider what it is you want to discover from your respondents.  Are you trying to identify why adoption is low?  Or to identify areas of th...