Need some inspiration for your intranet project? Want to see what clients are doing to make their intranets more beautiful, innovative and collaborative? We recently hosted the annual ThoughtFarmer Best Intranet Competition and wanted to share the results with you!

1. FOR 2014
THE BEST
THOUGHTFARMER
INTRANETS

2. BEST COLLABORATION

3. BEST INTRANETS 2014
July 9, 2014
LCI EDUCATION
INDUSTRY Education
REGION Montreal, QC, locations worldwide
EMPLOYEES 1723
INTRANET NAME AGORA
NOTES Sustained use as a communications tool: 1019 home page
news items since 2011.
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5. BEST INTRANETS 2014
July 9, 2014
NORTH AMERICAN POWER
INDUSTRY Engineering
REGION Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho and Texas
EMPLOYEES 200
INTRANET NAME SNAP
NOTES Countless announcements (e.g., pricing reports, changes to
processes, operational issues) have helped customer facing
agents increase service levels.
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9. BEST INTRANETS 2014
July 9, 2014
LPK
INDUSTRY Design
REGION Cincinnati, Ohio plus London, Geneva, Singapore, Guangzhou
EMPLOYEES 395
INTRANET NAME Watson
NOTES Used ThoughtFarmer to
- host a Halloween photo contest
- organize participation in local flea market
- promote their sustainability initiatives. The “LPK Green”
group is their biggest. They encouraged employees to make a
pledge with a comment on ThoughtFarmer, and rewarded
pledgers with a reusable tote bag.
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15. BEST INTRANETS 2014
July 9, 2014
SPENDVISION
INDUSTRY Travel & Expense Management Technology
REGION UK, Australia, New Zealand, USA
EMPLOYEES 310
INTRANET NAME The Fridge
NOTES After an acquisition, used a ThoughtFarmer-based photo
competition as an ice-breaker — something for all employees
to collaborate on.
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18. BEST INTRANETS 2014
July 9, 2014
CUMMINS WESTERN CANADA
INDUSTRY Manufacturing & Industrial
REGION Western Canada
EMPLOYEES 700
INTRANET NAME PowerZone
NOTES Used ThoughtFarmer to host a contest for children of
employees to submit an original drawing depicting what their
parents, grandparents, uncles or aunts do at work that keeps
them safe.
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22. BEST INTRANETS 2014
July 9, 2014
ASSINIBOINE CREDIT UNION
INDUSTRY Finance
REGION Manitoba
EMPLOYEES 520
INTRANET NAME Mosaic
NOTES Used ThoughtFarmer to coordinate ticket sales for an evening
of outdoor theatre.
Also pictured:
- Used ThoughtFarmer to coordinate in-branch marketing
campaigns at branches
- Used ThoughtFarmer to run a charity auction
See case study: http://www.thoughtfarmer.com/clients/
intranet-case-studies/acu/
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26. MOST INNOVATIVE

27. BEST INTRANETS 2014
July 9, 2014
GLOBAL CONTAINER TERMINALS
INDUSTRY Shipping
REGION Canada & USA
EMPLOYEES 350
INTRANET NAME GCT360
NOTES Integrated shipping schedules. Click ship images on home
page for upcoming vessel schedules for each location.
Also use ThoughtFarmer for local restaurant reviews and
photo galleries of company events.
See case study: http://www.thoughtfarmer.com/clients/
intranet-case-studies/gct/
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31. BEST INTRANETS 2014
July 9, 2014
AIRES
INDUSTRY Business Services
REGION USA
EMPLOYEES 410
INTRANET NAME Fish Tank
NOTES A home page portlet randomly highlights an employee profile,
helping connect employees across offices.
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34. BEST INTRANETS 2014
July 9, 2014
FOKKER TECHNOLOGIES
INDUSTRY Manufacturing & Industrial
REGION Netherlands
EMPLOYEES 4000+, master intranet for the 4 Fokker companies
INTRANET NAME AirShare
NOTES Helped develop ThoughtFarmer’s Site Sync feature.
Five intranets synchronize with each other.
An overarching ThoughtFarmer intranet feeds news items to
four subsidiary intranets.
Subsidiary intranets push employee profile information to
overarching intranet.
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36. BEST INTRANETS 2014
July 9, 2014
AFFINITY PLUS CREDIT UNION
INDUSTRY Finance
REGION USA (Minnesota)
EMPLOYEES 530
INTRANET NAME The Loop
NOTES A green, yellow or red light signals whether all systems are
performing at expected levels.
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39. BEST INTRANETS 2014
July 9, 2014
CENTRAL 1 CREDIT UNION
INDUSTRY Finance
REGION British Columbia, Canada
EMPLOYEES 675
INTRANET NAME Beacon
NOTES A System Status portlet keeps everyone aware of the current
status of Central 1’s systems. Integrated with ThoughtFarmer
Calendars, which show scheduled outages.
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42. BEST INTRANETS 2014
July 9, 2014
LPK
INDUSTRY Architecture & Design
REGION Ohio, USA
EMPLOYEES 395
INTRANET NAME Watson
NOTES When timesheets are 2 days overdue, a web service API
displays a “missing timesheets” alert on user’s home page.
Clicking alert leads user to timesheet system.
ThoughtFarmer also serves as extranet for freelancers, who
use it as the interface to the timesheet system.
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45. BEST-LOOKING

46. BEST INTRANETS 2014
July 9, 2014
E.B. HORSMAN & SON
INDUSTRY Construction
REGION Surrey, BC
EMPLOYEES 220
INTRANET NAME The Wire
NOTES Created an intranet mascot, “Wally Wire”. Wally is the mascot
for The Wire who is always there to cheer the company on and
to help out with employee training.
By switching out the banner images, Wally Wire “dresses up”
for special occasions.
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49. BEST INTRANETS 2014
July 9, 2014
CENTRAL 1 CREDIT UNION
INDUSTRY Finance
REGION British Columbia, Canada
EMPLOYEES 675
INTRANET NAME Beacon
NOTES Beacon got its name from an employee-wide vote. Beacon is
treated as another employee, albeit an all-knowing one.
Custom banners show Beacon in different settings using
familiar elements like workstations, nameplates and business
cards.
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53. BEST INTRANETS 2014
July 9, 2014
LPK
INDUSTRY Architecture & Design
REGION Ohio, USA
EMPLOYEES 395
INTRANET NAME Watson
NOTES The name “Watson”, chosen by employees in a company-wide
contest, conveys his astounding problem-solving capabilities,
extreme intelligence and ability to hold all the company’s
most important knowledge.
LPK launched Watson with an integrated campaign:
an email blast, a murder mystery (the old wiki was the
victim), and a launch video:
http://www.thoughtfarmer.com/blog/intranet-launch-ideas/
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57. BEST INTRANETS 2014
July 9, 2014
CANNONDALE SPORTS UNLIMITED
INDUSTRY Manufacturing, outdoor clothing and gear
REGION USA
EMPLOYEES 1000+
INTRANET NAME Mingle
NOTES CSU’s intranet uses great cycling photography throughout.
Full case study:
http://www.thoughtfarmer.com/clients/intranet-case-
studies/cannondale/
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60. BEST INTRANETS 2014
July 9, 2014
PENGROWTH ENERGY CORPORATION
INDUSTRY Energy
REGION Canada
EMPLOYEES 650
INTRANET NAME Insider 2.0
NOTES Extensive design and CSS were employed to reflect
Pengrowth’s brand.
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July 9, 2014
AIRES
INDUSTRY Business Services
REGION USA
EMPLOYEES 410
INTRANET NAME Fish Tank
NOTES Branded the “Fish Tank”. Just as a fish tank is a miniature
ecosystem where each living thing is critical to the survival of
the whole, so it is at Aires: there are different departments
and job roles, but ThoughtFarmer helps everyone works
together as a team.
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66. BEST INTRANETS 2014
July 9, 2014
PIKSEL
INDUSTRY Design
REGION Global
EMPLOYEES 800
INTRANET NAME Popsikel
NOTES Simple, flat icons and a color palette inspired by the
“Whole Brain” cognitive model.
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70. BEST INTRANETS 2014
July 9, 2014
IMMEDIATE MEDIA
INDUSTRY Media & Publishing
REGION London, UK
EMPLOYEES 1000+
INTRANET NAME The Loop
NOTES Immediate Media modified ThoughtFarmer’s default home
page to use a card-based system for displaying news.
We liked it so much we made it a standard option in
ThoughtFarmer 7.0:
http://www.thoughtfarmer.com/blog/new-intranet-
homepages/
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73. BEST INTRANETS 2014
July 9, 2014
SPLIO
INDUSTRY Marketing & Business Consulting
REGION Versailles, France
EMPLOYEES 110
INTRANET NAME Life
NOTES Splio employed extensive CSS for a textured, custom look.
Features a different banner image for each major section.
The end result is an intranet design that wowed everyone here
at ThoughtFarmer.
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77. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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