#Office365Challenge – It’s the Big 5 Countdown (African Style). My focus for today, and the 3, final days following, will be the communication tools available to us. Today I’ll share 13 cool things about Yammer.
Day: 362 of 365, 3 left
Tools: Office 365
Description: Communication Tools in Office 365 – Yammer
Audience: All
To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.
Tony Robbins
Yesterday I gave an overview of Stream as well as shared an Infographic on 16 Ways to Communicate with Office 365.
Today’s Big 5:
Yammer:
Wondering why I picked the Rhino for Yammer? Cause yes, there’s always method in my madness. First thing that comes to mind – is it’s bigger than you think. Rhinos are HUGE – when you have the opportunity to see them in real life – it’s mind-blowing. And yes, maybe Yammer is bigger than I thought. The reach it has (company wide) should not be dismissed. The second reason I chose the Rhino is in the meaning.
The word “rhinoceros” comes from the Greek “rhino” (nose) and “ceros” (horn).
“Ceros”- Horn – also used for announcing stuff – pretty awesome right?!
What does Microsoft say: Discuss ideas, share updates, and crowdsource answers from co-workers around the globe. Yammer gives your team a faster, smarter way to connect and collaborate across your company. Read more…
85% of Fortune 500 companies collaborate with Yammer
Yammer is a private social network, similar to Facebook / LinkedIn or Twitter. The below feature descriptions are found on Yammer Overview and Yammer Features.
I’ll merely consolidate all the facts I found for your convenience, but more information can be found on the above links.
I found 44 Yammer MVP’s on the Find an MVP site. These are the Rockstars you can learn from, find and follow them on Twitter or LinkedIn for valuable product updates, tips and tricks :-).
13 Cool things Yammer has to offer:
1. Share and collaborate with the right people
Communicate, share files, and work together in groups organized by project or topic. Extend the conversation by securely looping in external partners whenever needed.
2. Tap into knowledge across your organization
Use the Discovery feed to stay on top of what matters. Find and build on the work of others with a smarter search that delivers personalized results for better decision-making.
3. Connect and engage everyone
Take your collaboration to the next level with powerful, secure mobile apps that keep teams connected and part of the community, wherever they are.
4. Works seamlessly with Office
Enjoy the familiar interface and file-sharing features you already use. Yammer is your social layer across Office, integrating with your favourite apps to help you stay productive.
5. Document collaboration
Discuss, edit, and co-author documents in Yammer using Office Online.
6. Intelligent insights
Get smart suggestions for people and groups based on your interactions across Office 365.
7. Connected experience
Share and discuss content in Yammer directly from SharePoint, Delve, Skype Meeting Broadcast, and more.
8. Groups
Work together with anyone across the company on projects, initiatives, and events. Groups provide open, flexible workspaces for team and communities by providing a central place for conversations, files, updates, and more.
9. External collaboration
Add partners, customers, and vendors to group conversations for specific input. For ongoing collaboration, create dedicated external groups or external networks to foster deeper relationships and a sense of community.
10. Search
Search for experts, conversations, and files to cut down on duplicating work. Yammer uses Office Graph to deliver personalized search results based on your interests and interactions at the company.
11. Inbox and notifications
Use your Inbox to view, prioritize, and manage what’s most relevant to you in Yammer. Notifications and priority settings let you tackle the most important messages and announcements across your groups.
12. Discovery feed
The Discovery feed keeps you up to date on what’s happening across your company. Yammer surfaces people, information, and groups that may be relevant to you.
13. Office integration
Experience the familiar interface and rich capabilities of Office right in Yammer. Preview, edit, and co-author documents using Office Online. Your work is automatically saved, and you can easily compare versions and finalize changes.
At the end of learning about all these features Yammer has to offer, I must say I’m sorry I never paid more attention to it. Funny thing is – Sorry in Afrikaans is Jammer – which is pretty close to Yammer. Accept my apology. 🙂
Overview of my challenge: As an absolute lover of all things Microsoft, I’ve decided to undertake the challenge, of writing a blog every single day, for the 365 days. Crazy, I know. And I’ll try my best, but if I cannot find something good to say about Office 365 and the Tools it includes for 365 days, I’m changing my profession. So let’s write this epic tale of “Around the Office in 365 Days”. My ode to Microsoft Office 365.
Keep in mind that these tips and tricks do not only apply to Office 365 – but where applicable, to the overall Microsoft Office Suite and SharePoint.
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