Comments on: Drivers of Yammer use in the corporate sector

By: Ryan Tracey

Ryan Tracey — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 06:39:17 +0000

Thanks Jasmine. Social and informal learning… what’s that? :0P

Promotion should always focus on the WIIFM (just in case you were after another acronym). I recommend highlighting the ability to ask a question when you don’t know where else to turn; asking for feedback about an idea; sourcing new ideas; celebrating wins; publicy thanking someone for a job well done; or simply making the broader organisation aware of something.

You might also consider the email reduction angle. But that depends on how your organisation feels about email and how they use (or abuse) it.

Please let me know how it goes…!

By: Jasmine Malki (@JMalki)

Jasmine Malki (@JMalki) — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 05:17:44 +0000

Great post Ryan – very informative and useful to consider as I am contemplating launching yammer in my organisation. My main aim is to use it as a vehicle to promote social and informal learning. That’s probably not the way I should promote it though!

By: Ryan Tracey

Ryan Tracey — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:43:47 +0000

Thanks Penny.

Was Jane’s E-Learning Pick of the Day for Informal first? I was quite chuffed by that, I must say.

BTW conversations sounds like a great start to me :0)

By: pennyjw

pennyjw — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:24:42 +0000

Hi Ryan, posting a link to this on our Yammer site now ;) , even though ours is currently just for ‘BTW’ conversations – it’s puttering along on intrinsic motivation.

Congrats on making Jane’s E-Learning Picks of the Day!

By: Ryan Tracey

Ryan Tracey — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:44:46 +0000

Cheers Helen.

I think you’re absolutely right: there’s more scope to the L&D piece. It reminds me of “flipped classrooms” – while fashionable, they can be done badly!

By: Activate Learning Solutions

Activate Learning Solutions — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:08:44 +0000

Thanks for this post. It’s interesting to note that success of Yammer is due to business championing and not an integration with L&D initiatives (although I believe, based on my experience, that not all L&D practitioners and managers use – or know how to use – this in their programs anyway). I believe the challenge for me now is how to inspire its use in a department that has been through so much change and flux – and where trust is an issue but having a business champion and internal promotion that you mentioned would be the way to go. Thanks for the suggestions and a place to start.

Regards

Helen Blunden