Choosing the Best Metadata Fields For Your Taxonomy
Introduction As a big music fan I am always on the hunt for new and better ways to organize my personal music library. Some days it makes the most sense for me to make a playlist for a specific activity, … Continue reading
How to Create a Content Type
In earlier blogs from this series, we described in simple terms what a content type means through a sweet analogy with cakes (see “What is a Content Type?”) and talked about the benefits of creating a content type (see “Three … Continue reading
Three Key Benefits of Using Content Types
Organizations often come to us saying “We’re constantly having to go back and fix deliverables based off of outdated reports,” or “Every page in our Intranet looks different, and we never know how to find what we’re looking for.” A … Continue reading
What is a Content Type?
More often than ever, our clients’ Intranet projects involve developing and implementing Content Types to improve the creation and management of content. This includes the creation of news articles, policies, guidelines, and other common Intranet content items. The overwhelming amount … Continue reading
Business Taxonomies for Talent Management & Strategy
A set of well-designed business taxonomies can connect the most qualified people to the best-suited opportunities throughout an organization’s talent management lifecycle. When employees feel a sense of challenge and accomplishment in their current role and in anticipation of future … Continue reading
Top 5 EK Blogs of 2017
In the past year, EK employees have published over 40 pieces of thought leadership, addressing everything from best practices and success stories, to key insights and lessons learned. Sharing our knowledge and expertise is one of our guiding principles at EK, … Continue reading
Folders v. Metadata in SharePoint Document Libraries
Clients often ask us why we recommend using metadata over managing folders and subfolders in a SharePoint document library. This white paper offers our view on the advantages of tagging documents with metadata versus simply using folders to organize and … Continue reading
Creating a Managed Metadata Column in SharePoint Online
Designing an effective business taxonomy involves facilitating a series of workshops, focus groups, content analyses, and one-on-one interviews. According to Zach Wahl, CEO of Enterprise Knowledge, the result of this approach is “a truly usable design that reflects the needs … Continue reading
EK Teaching Upcoming Taxonomy Master Class for KMI
Enterprise Knowledge is teaching an upcoming Taxonomy Master Class for the Knowledge Management Institute. EK Principal Zach Wahl will be presenting the class based on his nearly twenty years of taxonomy design consulting experience. The class will provide end-to-end design … Continue reading
Six ways to Simplify Metadata Management
Many of our clients come to Enterprise Knowledge (EK) looking for help defining a metadata schema for their search or content management initiatives. Too often they tell us that they do not have the budget or team to keep up … Continue reading