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100 ways to use Yammer
- 1. 100 ways to use Yammer Because it’s the 100th blog post for Yammer we decided to crowdsource this blog post with our guest bloggers to come up with 100 ways to use Yammer. Check it out!
- 2. 1. Ask a question about the vacation policy
- 3. 2. Post a link to an event that you attended and share what you learned at the event
- 4. 3. Share a blog post that one of our customers wrote
- 5. 4. Post a photo from the leadership summit and key takeaways
- 6. 5. Ask the status of a feature request to the product team
- 7. 6. Follow up with a request about shipping materials for an upcoming conference
- 8. 7. Read a post from a recent debate about something shared at a leadership Q&A
- 9. 8. Announce the updated resources, guides for sales teams to use with potential customers
- 10. 9. Share the progress on the presentation and agenda for a customer meeting
- 11. 10. Reply to a conversation with opinions and past experiences
- 12. 11. Use it with your department to have conversations
- 13. 12. Share meeting agendas and info related to upcoming events or meetings
- 14. 13. Use hashtags on conversations, easier to reference the conversations later
- 15. 14. Have executives give regular and specific updates
- 16. 15. Give a shout out to employees that go above and beyond
- 17. 16. Inspirational quote/photo of the day
- 18. 17. Reviews Yammer feeds for potential intranet stories
- 19. 18. Create a Yammer community for “how do I” questions
- 20. 19. Help on an error message from your expense systems
- 21. 20. Integrate Yammer to the different apps in Microsoft 365, like SharePoint, Stream, Teams and others
- 22. 21. Share Stream videos to Yammer
- 23. 22. Use Flow to highlight Yammer conversations to specific Teams
- 24. 23. Connect with employees before or after their visit to your office
- 25. 24. Share with your organization about new and interesting Yammer and M365 features
- 26. 25. Create a poll for what to on what to have for lunch during a conference
- 27. 26. Vote on the next book to read for book club
- 28. 27. Ask a question to spark discussion
- 29. 28. Share links to interesting news articles
- 30. 29. Let people know about birthdays, weddings, babies, pets or other celebrations
- 31. 30. Share photos from team and corporate events
- 32. 31. Post quick videos about important or interesting updates
- 33. 32. Idea generation and brainstorming
- 34. 33. Praise people when they get new deals or hit sales targets
- 35. 34. Orient new employees with a new to <Company Name > Community
- 37. 36. Connect across the organization with a similar area of discipline and form a community of practice
- 38. 37. Build support to rally behind an idea and further develop it
- 39. 38. Create a poll to keep a pulse on the organization thoughts around specific initiatives
- 40. 39. Host a Yamjam to enable employees to connect with leaders
- 41. 40. Post pictures from different departments, communities or areas of your company
- 42. 41. View conversations in other public communities to see what other parts of the organization are sharing
- 43. 42. Hold a contest or competition to show what has been done to improve the customer experience, reduce costs or increase sales
- 44. 43. Ask for help from an expert
- 46. 45. Give a voice to the traditionally voiceless
- 47. 46. Have ‘water cooler’ conversations with people in different locations
- 48. 47. Respond to the CEO
- 49. 48. Run AMA sessions about a specific topic and include subject matter experts
- 50. 49. Post charity fundraising activities, helps raise awareness of disabilities, illnesses, good causes etc
- 51. 50. Make communities more visible, such as LGBTQ workers
- 52. 51. Plan an offsite event
- 53. 52. Share examples of a winning in-store promotion
- 54. 53. Talk about your dogs
- 55. 54. Find an expert in a niche subject, like a Russian-speaking seismologist
- 56. 55. Get a sense-check when you're not 100% confident, bounce ideas off of other people
- 57. 56. Coordinate your meeting with a global customer
- 58. 57. Give introverts a voice if they prefer not to speak out in all-hands meetings
- 59. 58. Use Yammer in your language preference and others can use translate features
- 60. 59. Embed Yammer in SharePoint to have conversations about reference materials
- 61. 60. Run a ‘live preview’ of an interesting job sharing live updates and live Q&A during a ride-along night shift at one of the field operations
- 62. 61. Post about where you’re working from during a “work from anywhere” campaign
- 63. 62. Share learning and materials from a course
- 64. 63. Create a Yammer champions hub
- 65. 64. Create a Photography community – share photos from a recent holiday or the view from your workspace
- 66. 65. Share screenshots for troubleshooting (e.g. anyone seen this XYZ warning message before?)
- 67. 66. Share an updated quick start guide to the field sales team during a product launch
- 68. 67. Post a link to a tweet that needs some follow up
- 69. 68. Plan a t-shirt design contest for an upcoming event
- 70. 69. Confirm about brand guidelines for a specific post for social media
- 71. 70. Call for content for your organization’s blog
- 72. 71. Plan customer meet ups
- 73. 72. Share product updates, releases, announcements with customers
- 74. 73. Ask for feedback about a specific process or program
- 75. 74. Post how to tips using animated GIFs to show members who how to complete a task
- 76. 75, Use Live Events to broadcast a company meeting
- 77. 76. Ask a question during a live event or townhall
- 78. 77. Use a poll to vote on a t-shirt design for the upcoming event, conference or team building
- 79. 78. Share a recipe that was amazing in the Foodies and Cooks Community
- 80. 79. Ask clarification questions for a new program releases or how it will work with the current program in place
- 81. 80. Announce planned outages, upgrades and new releases that will impact end users
- 82. 81. Share what your competition is doing and how the organization is combating it.
- 83. 82. Welcome and introduce the interns
- 84. 83. Share the first draft of blog post and ask for feedback and additional stories to add
- 85. 84. Share last words before leaving to go to another position or organization
- 86. 85. Share what’s on our roadmap for upcoming product releases
- 87. 86. Discuss what the policy and opportunity for recycling and renewable energies
- 88. 87. Ask questions about rewards and recognition and seek opportunities for improvement on the current process
- 89. 88. Post a message to see if ergonomic equipment is available for your desk or workspace
- 90. 89. Discuss the upcoming move to the new office building and location
- 91. 90. Share the problems with the current parking or traffic situations that surrounds the office
- 92. 91. Discuss a work- from-home policy
- 93. 92. Brainstorm ways to improve on the recruiting and hiring process
- 94. 93. Find and showcase new success stories of customers using the products
- 95. 94. Brainstorm ways to off-board employees when they are moving on to their next role, position, company
- 96. 95. Share a picture if something is above expectations or share if it is not up to standards to get fixed via a facilities request form
- 97. 96. Mark best answer when the subject matter expert clarifies a question
- 98. 97. Post about an upcoming training opportunities for new managers
- 99. 98. Share the lessons you learned from the last product release and what you would differently next time around
- 100. 99. Ask leaders how they go to their current role and what their big goals and objectives are for the next quarter
- 101. 100. Celebrate a huge milestone or accomplishment
- 102. © Copyright Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.