Standard Operating Procedures – A complete guide! – Distribute & Train

Standard Operating Procedures – A complete guide! – Distribute & TrainWelcome back to the 6th in our series of blogs describing the Key elements in the SOP lifecycle. So far we have introduced the ‘SOP pie’ and worked through all the way to having our SOP ready and tested in order to start the roll […]

Benefits of using SharePoint to manage your policies and procedures

Benefits of using SharePoint to manage your policies and proceduresJust a quick post to mention that I have just created a new list on List.ly! The list discusses some of the big advantages SharePoint has over a non-SharePoint 3rd party solution when managing your policies and procedures. Feel free to add more and vote! Benefits […]

Lifecycle of Policy or Procedure in SharePoint

Lifecycle of Policy or Procedure in SharePointOver the last few weeks I have been working on a white paper called ‘Life-cycle of a policy or procedure in SharePoint’. One of the main staples of this whitepaper is going to be diagram depicting what the life-cycle looks like. Here’s a sneak preview: The starting point for any […]

How to configure a yearly reminder on a SharePoint document

How to configure a yearly reminder on a SharePoint documentSharePoint Information Management Policies are very useful for automatically performing actions on a document at some point in the future. For example, your organization may conform to ISO 9001 standards which require that documentation should be regularly reviewed and refreshed. It’s also extremely good practice to […]

How to get employees to read and agree to your employee handbook with SharePoint

How to get employees to read and agree to your employee handbook with SharePointOne of the biggest challenges facing organizations today is not the creation and maintenance of the employee handbook, but how to ensure employees read and acknowledge / agree to it. Traditionally this has been achieved by creating a glossy brochure and requesting […]

Policies and Procedures management in SharePoint – 6 ways we are going to help

Policies and Procedures management in SharePoint – 6 ways we are going to helpOver the last 2 years – whilst helping customers benefit from DocRead for SharePoint – we have discussed the management of policies and procedures (within SharePoint) on several occasions. We have found that some organizations are really struggling to understand how SharePoint can help them […]

Ease the pain caused by policies requiring frequent reviews and revisions

Ease the pain caused by policies requiring frequent reviews and revisionsThis post will look at some of the problems faced when policies need frequent reviews and those revisions need to be sent to employees so they can be kept up to date with developments. If, like so many organisations today, you have a comprehensive library […]

Manage your Policy Management Lifecycle in SharePoint

Manage your Policy Management Lifecycle in SharePointIf you are one the many policy management professionals who have been tasked with improving the policy management lifecycle in your organization, then this post will give you some insight into why SharePoint is a cool choice! Firstly, I am a big fan of SharePoint and I also develop […]

Which version of your SharePoint document is being read the most?

Which version of your SharePoint document is being read the most?DocRead for SharePoint is an extension to SharePoint that allows you to request that a group of SharePoint users read and confirm that they have read a document and agree with the terms and conditions you set. DocSurvey for SharePoint takes this one step further […]

Five ways to improve internal communications in your organisation

​Five ways to improve internal communications in your organisationSpeak to the HR or Marketing department of most companies and they will tell you the importance they place on good internal communications. Every organisation values how it speaks to its own staff, and trumpets the methods it uses to give people a voice. Yet despite these best […]