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Yammer makes it easier than ever to connect knowledge, effort, and know-how, all in one place.

Connect with faculty, peers, and alum today on Yammer!

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Yammer is helping Schulich students connect faster, more-widely, and easier than every before.

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Take the Guess Work outta Group Work.

Getting group projects done and done well is hard enough. Yammer replaces dozens of emails with a one-stop-shop for all group discussions. That means you now only have one place to stay in the loop.

University Case Studies

Objectives• Enabling peer-to-peer

learning and support in the cloud

Tactics• Integrated Yammer into Graziadio’s Learning

Environment and Network (GLEAN). Since then, Yammer has been virally adopted by most business school students, faculty and staff.

Benefits• Faculty, staff and students

communicate across departments and campuses

• Deeper connections, expanded classroom discussions and tightened ties

• An ever-growing data repository. Due to search functionality and ease of contributing content, Yammer is a valuable living knowledge base

Engaging Students

See full case study: https://about.yammer.com/customers/pepperdine-business-school/

Objectives• Collaborative Teaching &

Learning

Tactics• Created a network in Yammer, enrolled all faculty, staff,

and students. • Each department was encouraged to create groups to

meet their various communication and project needs. • Instructors were encouraged to use Yammer as a working

area for their classes• Students were encouraged to create groups around their

various interests and needs.

Benefits• As of January 2013 8,000 network

members• Socialization, Get to Know• Course Materials & Conversations• Academic Advising & Online Teaching• Research Groups / Extra Curriculum

Groups• Program-wide communications

Communicate & Collaborate

See full case study: http://yammer.psu.edu/2012/06/yammer_use_case_teaching_and_learning/

INSEAD Use Cases• Prospecting• Student Onboarding• Teacher to Student

Collaboration - before, during and after classes

• Staff collaboration• Alumni• Limited to INSEAD

domain members only

Yammer @ INSEAD: Supporting the Student Journey

INSEAD Yammer Classroom Orientation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfaAzxmC6ts

• 22.Finally learn the name of the colleague you took too long to introduce yourself to

• 23.Introduce yourself in person more easily to a colleague you’ve never met:

• 24.Connect with people in different departments with similar job titles, project types, or interests

• 25.Learn. Watch how others work, read their ideas, and follow experts.

• 26.Send a private message. Discuss an idea one-on-one with someone outside the group setting.

• 27.Reduce emails: hold a discussion on Yammer.

• 28.Give updates. • 29.Discuss within groups.• 30.Forward newsletters without the forward.

31.Find files quickly• 32.Follow a document. Click on “follow” next

to a document and be able to know when a newer version of that document is uploaded.

37 Ways MIT Uses Yammer

See full case study: http://connect.mit.edu/ideas/37-ways-mit-uses-yammer/

Yammer is an enterprise social platform being used by hundreds of employees at MIT for networking, project management, faculty-student collaboration, teamwork, onboarding, learning, talent management, team formation, and more.

• 9.Start a poll to get some immediate feedback what course of action should be taken on a project).

• 10.Post an idea. • 11.Ask a thought-provoking question. • 12.Ask when you don’t know who to ask. • 13.Answer questions. • 14.Thank someone. • 15.Praise someone for a specific achievement. • 16.‘Like’ a post to acknowledge you’ve read it

and are on board.• 17.Start a private Yammer group for a team

within your department.• 18.Start a public Yammer group (public = MIT-

only)• 19.Join an interest group that spans many

departments across MIT (i.e training-at-MIT group) e commuters group.

• 20.Participate in all-company discussions• 21.Follow someone. Network outside your

department!

• 1. Ask for feedback. Tell everyone what you’re working on or an idea for which you want feedback.

• 2.List your expertise in your bio so people know what you do beyond the job title listed in the MIT directory.

• 3.Share interesting links to research, articles, infographics, etc.

• 4.Post something fun. Help people loosen up when the stress is high.

• 5.Upload a PDF to gather comments and feedback.

• 6.Start a page and edit the document together in real-time (or on your own schedules).

• 7.Post an event or meeting - it only takes one click to RSVP. This can save an administrative assistant from having to sift through emails and count responses.

• 8.Tag posts and documents with topics so people can search for them later. ideas build from it in the replies.

Use Cases• Student to Alumni Networking (#Career Jam)• Student Group Collaboration and Communication• Extended Classroom Collaboration• Student to HR/Hiring Manager Networking• Faculty Collaboration• Student Group Work• Alumni to Alumni Collaboration (Closed and Secure

Community)• Student Prospecting• New Student Onboarding