Many thanks to the Intranet Benchmarking Forum<\/a> for their sponsorship and to my friends at ThoughtFarmer<\/a> for inviting me back to speak at this year’s Social Intranet Summit<\/a>.<\/p>\n Thank you also to Tony Hsieh<\/a> and Jenn Lim<\/a> for inspiring this year’s topic.<\/p>\n Press Release: September 6, 2011 \u00a0New York, NY<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a>The\u00a0Intranet Benchmarking Forum<\/a> is delighted to announce that IBF Global Director\u00a0Andy Jankowski<\/a> will be speaking at the forthcoming\u00a0Social <\/a>Intranet Summit held in Vancouver on 28th<\/sup> September 2011. Jankowski\u2019s presentation is entitled \u201cThe Science Linking Intranets to Happiness\u201d.<\/p>\n The Social Intranet Summit<\/a>, organized by\u00a0OpenRoad<\/a> and\u00a0ThoughtFarmer<\/a>, is a leading event in the intranet calendar. A prestigious mix of intranet managers, social software practitioners will provide a day of inspiring presentations and practical advice on how to drive business with a social intranet.\u00a0 The conference will be held at the stunning Vancouver Convention Centre (VCC) on the 28th<\/sup> September.<\/p>\n Andy Jankowski said, \u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to speaking again at the Social Intranet Summit in Vancouver. I had an excellent time last year, and it\u2019s an honor to be asked back again especially with a line-up which includes influential figures like\u00a0Shel Holtz<\/a> and\u00a0Stowe Boyd<\/a>. \u201c<\/p>\n Jankowski continued \u201cThis year I\u2019m going to be talking about two subjects which are really close to my heart \u2013 positive psychology and intranets!\u00a0 They\u2019re not often mentioned in the same sentence, but they should be.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to explore how the latest research into positive psychology shown in books like Tony Hsieh\u2019s \u201cDelivering Happiness\u201d<\/a> and in Jenn Lim\u2019s \u201cDelivering Happiness Movement\u201d<\/a>, demonstrates how the social intranet can actually have a very real effect on employee happiness and wellbeing.\u201d<\/p>\n The full line-up of the Social Intranet Summit can be viewed at\u00a0www.socialintranetsummit.com\/summit<\/a>. \u00a0\u00a0To\u00a0register<\/a> and \u00a0claim a 20% discount on the current ticket price use the promotional code SISVANDY.<\/p>\n The Social Intranet Conference kicks off a busy fall for Jankowski, who has a number of other speaking engagements lined up including appearances at KM World 2011<\/a> and a keynote at the Ragan Communications 2011 Intranet Summit<\/a>.<\/p>\n About Andy Jankowski<\/strong> About the Social Intranet Summit<\/strong> Themes being covered include social business design, fostering intranet adoption, measuring intranet success, social intranet case studies and governance for the social intranet.<\/p>\n For more information about the speakers, venue and agenda, as well as the opportunity to register, please visit\u00a0www.socialintranetsummit.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many thanks to the Intranet Benchmarking Forum for their sponsorship and to my friends at ThoughtFarmer for inviting me back to speak at this year’s Social Intranet Summit. Thank you also to Tony Hsieh and Jenn Lim for inspiring this year’s topic. Press Release: September…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,68],"tags":[344,354],"class_list":["post-453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-speaking","tag-andy-jankowski","tag-social-intranet"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nAndy Jankowski is a Global Director of the Intranet Benchmarking Forum.\u00a0 Over the past 16 years he has served as an advisor for Oracle, JPMorgan Chase, Ernst & Young and Andersen in the areas of enterprise communication and collaboration. He is a frequent conference speaker and an avid road cyclist. Andy enjoys connecting people and dots.<\/p>\n
\nThe Social Intranet Summit explores how to drive business value with a social intranet. The event, held on 28th September 2011, is an opportunity to join intranet managers, software practitioners, and enterprise thought leaders for a day of inspiring presentations, practical advice and great networking in beautiful Vancouver, BC.<\/p>\n