We have a topic (and challenge!) for our February meetup that has come up during previous meetups more than once: Getting people to share their knowledge openly and the things that keep them from doing so. So we figured it was about time to tackle it! And who […]

What is the role of tasks and To Do's in a modern ESN like HCL Connections, what are the challenges and how do Activities, Activities Plus and Huddo Boards fill a gap or compete with other systems within your organization like Jira, notes tasks, Trello or other tools that users have at their disposal? Join...

This months HCL Connections Super User / Ambassador call will be all about whether to keep tight control or giving your user full control. What are the benefits and downsides of for instance restricting the ability to create blogs or communities and what can you do to make […]

This months super users / guide call for HCL Connections will be all about how to use HCL Connections ‘in the light of things absent’. For instance, there could be things absent or missing from: The product itself (e.g. features that get taken out or not complete enough…) […]

Summer is drawing to an end and therefore it’s time again to get back to the realities of work. Not that that is a bad thing! As it is also the time to start exploring new ideas and new inspirations with a fresh attitude. So what better than […]

HCL Connections is a fast platform with many features and even more ways in which you can use them.  It’s hard to know them all so in this meetup we hope to discuss the ‘hidden gemstones’. Tips, tricks and ideas of how to use HCL Connections and its […]

What challenges do you encounter using HCL Connections as a Guide / Super User / Ambassador … ? Every 4 weeks we come together to discuss a topic and the challenges we face. Topics come from previous discussions or from suggestions from participants. Rarely do we stay on […]

As you might know we (Joerg Rafflenbeul and I) have been trying to kickstart an initiative to get people from various organizations running HCL Connections together to talk about their initiatives and challenges with running adoption programs and local ambassadors/guides programs. Last week (21st of January) was the […]

There are lots of initiatives to connect people who work with HCL Connections. User groups, virtual events, blogs, websites. But what they do is usually connect those at the top. The admins, organizers, community managers, architects. There are so many more who use the product and never go […]

One of the more confusing features of the desktop plug-in for HCL Connections is that it limits the number of files it shows for any given folder or file location to a maximum of 500 files. The system doesn’t warn the user of this or tell the users […]