Have you Yammered yet?
Published: 18 July 2014
Why not join the 300+ University staff colleagues who are now using our Yammer feed?
Why not join the 300+ University colleagues who are now using our Yammer feed?
Yammer has been around on Campus for well over a year. Yammer, now owned by Microsoft, describes itself as “a private social network that helps employees collaborate across departments, locations and business apps.”
Yammer can also be a good way to reduce email traffic and the Cc-ing and Bcc-ing that goes on.
The University feed now has 27 individual groups operating. Some are based on departments...others cross the boundaries and cover topics of wider interest.
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Marketing |
Work Related Learning |
Process Improvements |
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International Office |
Development & Integration Team |
Humanities Admin |
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Careers Service |
ASBS PGT Admin-Marketing |
ASBS PG Events Team |
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Web |
Service Development |
Library |
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Communications Office |
ASBS Staff Social Committee (Admin) |
ASBS Alumni Relations |
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Office of the VP ( R&E) |
Appointment Booking Service Users Group |
Media News Room |
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Social Media Super Group |
Organisational Development |
The Learning and Teaching Centre |
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Collections |
MA (SS) Senior Advisers |
Human Resources |
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Agile Forum |
Advising & Student Support Office CoSS |
Learning and Teaching |
Internal Communications Manager, Phil Taylor, said: “Many organisations in the public and private sectors are embracing so-called enterprise social media. In some cases they are taking over from conventional “intranets”.
“Allowing unrestricted, organisation-wide conversations would have seemed horribly dangerous to many senior managers even relatively recently. But now people recognise that these forums encourage silo-busting: they let colleagues from a wide variety of backgrounds discuss issues of common interest and even crowd-source solutions to common problems.
“I would encourage colleagues to try Yammer, if you are not already using it. If you see a group that is 'private'...you can simply ask to join. Incidentally I would appeal to those private groups to open their doors and lift the restrictions so everyone can see, join and support the conversation.
“The only ‘advisory’ is: use the forum responsibly. Be courteous and be respectful of others.”
First published: 18 July 2014
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