Not everyone can see the use and usefulness of Yammer. Yammer Groups can become stagnant without a relevant purpose, and individuals can hesitate to jump in and make themselves visible to others. An ‘all hands’ Question & Answer session can provide a valuable reason to try Yammer....
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Yammer is more than a system for sharing status updates; it's a platform for community, network support, discovery, and collaboration. Yet adoption among end-users often stalls. ...
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It can be a massive IT effort to ensure that 100% of employees have access to the intranet. But is the technical ability to access the intranet the same as practical ability to access the intranet? ...
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Those contributing to the health and usefulness of your intranet deserve a secret grotto. But any community needs a strong purpose to thrive, so invest your time wisely to support your expended comms network....
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Early adopters may make your change programme or ESN roll-out appear successful, but what are your plans to support late adopters? What if your new technology isn't used by most people?...
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Will your 'suggestion initiative' just mug people off, or will you engage employees and encourage genuine ideation to improve your business?...
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This year's Intranet Innovation Awards by Step Two unearthed a rich set of interesting practices in the intranet and digital workplace world. Notably, it was often the smaller organisations that set the standards. On November 3rd, the European-based winners and commended entries came together. Thanks to Richard Hare of Intranetters for hosting the event, and Steve Bynghall for organising the awards on behalf of Step Two.As...
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Plenty of companies have early success with Yammer. And then it stalls. Or they hit growing pains and the early enthusiasm wanes.This scenario can happen to any enterprise social network (ESN), but it seems most pronounced in Yammer, partly because Yammer has such a large market share, but also because its freemium model means that the usual business-case test criteria (and the useful thinking that...
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Continuously improving your intranet after launch will not only ensure it remains relevant to people and your organisation, it also demonstrates your value. Aside from developmental and design improvements, your maturing intranet needs to support new projects and help solve business problems. ...
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Seven concerns that can challenge any intranet, and how to overcome the pitfalls involved with stakeholders, intranet improvements, governance, and personalisation....
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