Intranets 2011 - What a fabulous event.

What a wonderful conference. I was lucky enough to be asked to present myself which I must say was a little intimidating due to the high standard of speakers. The presentation line up and the way the event was organised was excellent so I just had to share some of the experience here.

Some of the many logistical touches that made this event special.

• An espresso coffee cart. So much better that the usual coffee served at these events.
• No delegate folders that rarely get opened after the conference. Instead a conveniently sized little booklet was provided that contained the presentation schedule, speaker bios that included the Twitter name for each speaker and plenty of room for notes
• Free Wi-Fi for all - Fantastic
  
• Power boards on each table meant notepads and iPads stayed charged for the entire event.
• Smartphone charging station was a great touch that I took advantage of twice.

Then there was the excellent lineup of speakers. I was very excited to meet Jane McConnell for the first time face to face after dealing with her for 5 years online and she was as lovely and interesting as I knew she would be.

I was very impressed with Michael Sampson's live blog posts. He captured the essence of the sessions he attended as they were happening and posted them immediately. Great effort.

And then there were the excellent presentations. I have never been to an event that provided such a wonderful lineup of knowledgeable Intranet professionals.

My only disappointed was that I was unable to attend every presentation due to the dual stream format and deciding which session to go to was very difficult.

Here are a few of the presentations from the event that made it so special.

What are the global trends for intranets?
Jane McConnell (France) @netjmc

You’ve got collaboration tools: now what?
Michael Sampson (New Zealand) @collabguy

Intranet features that staff love
Andrew Wright (Australia) @roojwright

Your intranet on the go — developing QUT Virtual Mobile
Andy McBride (Australia) @andymac7

What Makes an Essential Intranet?

James Robertson (Australia) @s2d_jamesr

As blogged by Michael Sampson

If you would like to see a few more of the speaker presentations they are available Here.

Thanks to Step Two for making Intranets 2011 happen. I don't know how you will top this next year but I can't wait to see what is in store.