Without a doubt, Yammer is a great tool to use meant to break down silos and encourage employees to connect and engage with one another. It’s also a great place for employees, regardless of department or location, to connect on issues that affect their company globally.
What is Yammer? What is Yammer? Engaging your people is more critical than ever. Yammer connects leaders, communicators, and employees to build communities, share knowledge, and engage everyone. Use the Home feed to stay on top of what matters, tap into the knowledge of others, and build on existing work.
Yammer provides a nice alternative for execs to connect and gather feedback in an informal way from employees. Human Resources might use Yammer for, say, benefits enrollment deadline messages or new hire announcements (the stuff that no one cares about when sent via email).
Stay connected outside the office with the Yammer mobile app. Yammer helps you connect and engage across your organization, so you can discuss ideas, share updates, and network with others.
What is Yammer and is it worth it?
Unlike Email, One. Drive and Share. Point which are more of a necessity and a backbone of company collaboration, Yammer is another layer of communication that exists out there. Unlike email, it is less “formal,” and more social/modern communication vehicle. In my opinion, it might be a valuable tool for many, especially larger organizations.
Does Yammer add value to your business?
Here are just a few of the ways Yammer adds value. Yammer helps employees get answers fast even when they don’t know who to ask. Yammer enables organizations—particularly ones with multiple offices—to collaborate across locations.
Before you plan your launch, think about how you want to use Yammer and what you want it to do for your organization. Yammer is much more than a social tool for your organization—set up your Yammer network for the maximum impact on your organization by focusing on activities that drive business transformation.
Why use Yammer with Microsoft Office 365?
Since Yammer is integrated into the Office 365 product, it can be used seamlessly and in conjunction with the other applications, such as Teams. It is very important to consider and prepare for the future so that your company can predict and react to competition and market changes.
And that’s exactly what Yammer is for. While Microsoft keeps increasing the number of people who can be in a Teams team and visible on-screen at once in the same Teams meeting, ever bigger teams aren’t engaged in the close collaboration that Teams is designed for.
Then, what is the future of Yammer in Office 365?
The Future of Yammer in Office 365 The future of Yammer looks good as lots of organizations are using Yammer and Microsoft also planning to evolve Yammer to power social connection and engagement across the Office 365 suite. Yammer acting as a great platform for organization-wide employee engagement and communications for Microsoft 365 customers.
How can I use Yammer to engage my community?
Create a virtual event that your community can ask a question and participate live or watch the recording afterwards. Use polls to crowd source feedback and get answers fast. Stay connected outside the office with the Yammer mobile app.
Whether its work related or more general, posting useful links is a great way to start a conversation and share ideas. Use its powerful search – Yammer has powerful search capabilities built on Enterprise Graph, so anything posted on Yammer can easily be found.