Description
A how-to guide for Yammer users.
Getting Started
What is Yammer?
? Yammer is the private social network for your company. ? You post messages and respond to your colleagues? messages. ? You see messages from the people, groups, and tags that you follow. ? Yammer networks are private. A valid company email address is required to join. For example, members of the YourCorp network need an @yourcorp.com email address.
Yammer Messages (Yams)
? To post a Yam, type your message then click “Update”. ? Your followers will see your yams. ? There are two ways to send a Yam to a specific person and be sure that they will see it: o @address the person (Yam is visible to anyone within your network): Anywhere in your message, type the "@" symbol followed by the person’s name or username and Yammer will make suggestions as you type.
o Direct Message the person (Private, not visible by others): At the beginning of your message, type to:username.
Following
? You can follow people and tags. When you follow people you will see their messages. Similarly, you will see all messages with tags you follow. ? To follow a person, go to the “Members” directory and click the follow button next to their name and picture.
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? To follow a tag, click on the tag when it appears in your feed, then click the follow button.
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You don?t need to follow groups. Instead, join groups and you will see their messages.
Groups
Groups are a great way to reach a more targeted audience within your Yammer network. ? To create a group, go to “Groups” > “Create new group”. ? To join or leave a group, go to “Groups”, where you will see a list of the groups in your network. Use the “Join” and “Leave” buttons to join and leave groups. ? To post a Yam to a group, click “My Followers” above your message to choose a group to post to.
Attachments
? To attach a file to your message, click "Attach File" underneath your message, and choose the file you would like to attach. ? All file attachments are accessible in “Content” > “Files”. ? All image attachments are accessible in “Content” > “Images”. ? Any file or image you?ve previously attached can be downloaded by any member of your network.
Feeds
A feed is a stream of related messages. You can view the following feeds: ? My Feed (main feed) - Yams from people you?re following and groups you?re in ? Received - Yams @addressed to you
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? Direct Messages - Private Yams you've sent and received ? Sent - Yams you've sent ? Liked - Yams you've liked ? Bookmarked - Yams you've bookmarked ? All - all non-private Yams within your network ? Groups - Yams posted to your groups
Tags
Tags are a useful way to organize and find Yams. ? Tags look like "#example” and are added to Yams. Once you post your Yam, your tag becomes a link to all Yams with that tag. ? To follow a tag, click on the tag when it appears in your feed, then click the follow button.
Search
? Using Yammer?s search, you can find messages, people, groups and tags. ? The search results page also features an advanced search function that allows you to further refine your search.
Questions? Visit help.Yammer.com
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A how-to guide for Yammer users.
Getting Started
What is Yammer?
? Yammer is the private social network for your company. ? You post messages and respond to your colleagues? messages. ? You see messages from the people, groups, and tags that you follow. ? Yammer networks are private. A valid company email address is required to join. For example, members of the YourCorp network need an @yourcorp.com email address.
Yammer Messages (Yams)
? To post a Yam, type your message then click “Update”. ? Your followers will see your yams. ? There are two ways to send a Yam to a specific person and be sure that they will see it: o @address the person (Yam is visible to anyone within your network): Anywhere in your message, type the "@" symbol followed by the person’s name or username and Yammer will make suggestions as you type.
o Direct Message the person (Private, not visible by others): At the beginning of your message, type to:username.
Following
? You can follow people and tags. When you follow people you will see their messages. Similarly, you will see all messages with tags you follow. ? To follow a person, go to the “Members” directory and click the follow button next to their name and picture.
Yammer Inc. Page 1 of 3
? To follow a tag, click on the tag when it appears in your feed, then click the follow button.
?
You don?t need to follow groups. Instead, join groups and you will see their messages.
Groups
Groups are a great way to reach a more targeted audience within your Yammer network. ? To create a group, go to “Groups” > “Create new group”. ? To join or leave a group, go to “Groups”, where you will see a list of the groups in your network. Use the “Join” and “Leave” buttons to join and leave groups. ? To post a Yam to a group, click “My Followers” above your message to choose a group to post to.
Attachments
? To attach a file to your message, click "Attach File" underneath your message, and choose the file you would like to attach. ? All file attachments are accessible in “Content” > “Files”. ? All image attachments are accessible in “Content” > “Images”. ? Any file or image you?ve previously attached can be downloaded by any member of your network.
Feeds
A feed is a stream of related messages. You can view the following feeds: ? My Feed (main feed) - Yams from people you?re following and groups you?re in ? Received - Yams @addressed to you
Yammer Inc. Page 2 of 3
? Direct Messages - Private Yams you've sent and received ? Sent - Yams you've sent ? Liked - Yams you've liked ? Bookmarked - Yams you've bookmarked ? All - all non-private Yams within your network ? Groups - Yams posted to your groups
Tags
Tags are a useful way to organize and find Yams. ? Tags look like "#example” and are added to Yams. Once you post your Yam, your tag becomes a link to all Yams with that tag. ? To follow a tag, click on the tag when it appears in your feed, then click the follow button.
Search
? Using Yammer?s search, you can find messages, people, groups and tags. ? The search results page also features an advanced search function that allows you to further refine your search.
Questions? Visit help.Yammer.com
Yammer Inc. Page 3 of 3
doc_820952412.pdf