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Profile: Ellen van Aken
Articles by Ellen van Aken
My View on Views
Don’t you like a nice view? So, next time you have configured a page with a web part in default view, consider if this really the best possible way to... read more
SharePoint Style Counsel
When you select your clothes for today, you can decide to wear something that is clean, whole and covers what needs to be covered. You can also refine your selection... read more
7 Good Reasons to Create a New Document Library. (And 3 Bad Ones)
When talking to end users, I often notice that people think they need to spread their documents over various document libraries to create meaningful groups of documents. In general, I... read more
No More Meeting Minutes!
When I visit “collaborative” sites, e.g. for a team, a department or a project, I often find a document library called ”Meetings”, or even worse, several document libraries, each for... read more
The Cutlery Drawer and the Page.
To the left you see my cutlery drawer. Normally it is out of view and only visible when I open the drawer. All items are arranged by type. This gives... read more
The Key and the Team Site
In my job (helping business users to use their SharePoint environment as good as possible), I am always looking for good metaphors to explain functionality. This is the first example... read more
Your Intranet Design = Your Company Website Design?
Several years ago we embarked on a renewal of our intranet. The platform had already been chosen, we had a vision, a plan for the new information architecture and we... read more
What SharePoint Can Learn From SurveyMonkey (And Vice Versa)
1I have always hated SurveyMonkey. Not that I knew it well, but out of principle: I try to help my colleagues work with SharePoint, and the more SharePoint they see,... read more
Are Intranets Electric?
The word “intranet” appears to be slowly losing territory in blogs, company names, conferences, yearly surveys and on Twitter. The obvious explanation is that “digital workplace” is the new buzzword,... read more
Playing “Hide and Seek” in SharePoint
After my earlier rant about people who want to secure their content for no good reason, I thought I would give some suggestions for alternative ways to hide content when... read more
Travel Arrangements…in a Team Site
In my previous post I realized that I did not have an example of data collection via Excel files, so here is one. Are you on the receiving end of... read more
4 Common Processes that SharePoint can Streamline
2So your organization has a SharePoint intranet. Your Communications team has done their best by creating and executing a communication plan including a teaser video, a naming contest (Check out... read more
Design Fault, Scope Creep, Moving Insight or Unexpected Success?
The design. Once upon a time, I created a Team Site to facilitate a global project. It was based on a custom list where global and local people could enter... read more
Eight and a Half Ways to Collect Feedback with SharePoint.
Are you interested in what all employees think about your company’s latest product launch, or do you want to know which date would be preferred for that training session? Regardless... read more
A Cure for “Social Media” Allergy
It still happens…managers who do not want “Social Media” in their organization, since they think this means “wasting valuable working time”. Sometimes it is Communications who resist, because they think... read more
