Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 19:04:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: sudha@web-net.org
Subject: Web-Net Meeting: *Monday June 8* 6:30pm MIT E51-345

Hi folks,
We previously announced that the next Web-Net meeting
was Tuesday, June 9.  This is incorrect.  The next meeting is
*Monday, June 8*, (one day earlier).  The meeting is at the usual
time, though (6:30pm) and the usual location (MIT Bldg. E51 Room
345).  We will be holding meetings on the second Monday of the
month, instead of the second Tuesday, for at least the next
several months in an effort to give more people the opportunity
to attend.

The speaker and topic of Monday night's meeting is still the
same: David Boghossian of Story Street Partners, Inc., will talk
about knowledge distribution on the Internet.  Some information
about Mr. Boghossian and his work is appended to the end of this
message.

As usual, more information about the meeting is available
on the Web-Net Web site, http://www.web-net.org.  If you have any
questions about the meeting or other Web-Net activites contact
Sudha Jamthe at sudha@web-net.org.

See you Monday night!
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Maximizing Value and Returns from Intranet Investments: Lessons
from the Leading Edge

The age of the Intranet is upon us.  Our experience working with
leading clients in the financial services, professional services
and technology industries clearly shows that the corporate
Intranet and Extranet will quickly become the dominant mode of
communications, information gathering, knowledge sharing, and
workflow support in all "information intensive" industries and
processes.

Research indicates that already well over 90% of employees in
Financial Services firms have Internet access, over 70% regularly
use the Internet to do their jobs, and over 90% of their firms
have Intranets.  All of these numbers are headed rapidly toward
100% penetration and usage. Spending on Intranets in 1997 was
estimated at $3 billion and is expected to grow 50-80% per year.

How do companies ensure that this money is well spent?  How do
you define and measure the value and, ultimately, the return on
these investments?  Having established that Intranets can add
value to knowledge workers, how can projects managers and teams
avoid the hype, focus on solutions, and show early successes in
their development efforts?

David Boghossian is a managing director of Story Street Partners,
a leader in the development of integrated information resources
for Financial Services, Professional Services and Technology
clients.  Using case studies and Story Street's proprietary
methodologies, he will discuss his experience, methods, and
"critical success factors" in building high-value,
mission-critical Intranet and Extranet resources, including:
* Getting started - how to pick a pilot and make it succeed
* Building value to users - defining user needs and meeting them
* Using "content objects" - leveraging pre-existing content
   products
* Getting users to play along - the "one key thing" to get users
   on-line
* Measuring results - the three ways to show value