The document provides 100 different ways that Yammer can be used within an organization. These include using Yammer to ask questions, share information and updates, coordinate meetings and events, get feedback, welcome new employees, plan trainings, and celebrate accomplishments. The broad range of suggestions show how Yammer can facilitate internal communication and collaboration across departments.

1. 100 ways to use Yammer
Because it’s the 100th blog post for Yammer we decided
to crowdsource this blog post with our guest bloggers
to come up with 100 ways to use Yammer.
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2. 1. Ask a question
about the vacation
policy

3. 2. Post a link to an
event that you
attended and share
what you learned at
the event

4. 3. Share a blog post
that one of our
customers wrote

5. 4. Post a photo from
the leadership summit
and key takeaways

6. 5. Ask the status of a
feature request to the
product team

7. 6. Follow up with a
request about
shipping materials for
an upcoming
conference

8. 7. Read a post from a
recent debate about
something shared at a
leadership Q&A

9. 8. Announce the
updated resources,
guides for sales teams
to use with potential
customers

10. 9. Share the progress
on the presentation
and agenda for a
customer meeting

11. 10. Reply to a
conversation with
opinions and past
experiences

12. 11. Use it with your
department to have
conversations

13. 12. Share meeting
agendas and info
related to upcoming
events or meetings

14. 13. Use hashtags on
conversations, easier
to reference the
conversations later

15. 14. Have executives
give regular and
specific updates

16. 15. Give a shout out to
employees that go
above and beyond

17. 16. Inspirational
quote/photo of the
day

18. 17. Reviews Yammer
feeds for potential
intranet stories

19. 18. Create a Yammer
community for “how
do I” questions

20. 19. Help on an error
message from your
expense systems

21. 20. Integrate Yammer
to the different apps in
Microsoft 365, like
SharePoint, Stream,
Teams and others

22. 21. Share Stream
videos to Yammer

23. 22. Use Flow to highlight
Yammer conversations
to specific Teams

24. 23. Connect with
employees before or
after their visit to your
office

25. 24. Share with your
organization about
new and interesting
Yammer and M365
features

26. 25. Create a poll for
what to on what to
have for lunch during
a conference

27. 26. Vote on the next
book to read for book
club

28. 27. Ask a question to
spark discussion

29. 28. Share links to
interesting news
articles

30. 29. Let people know
about birthdays,
weddings, babies,
pets or other
celebrations

31. 30. Share photos from
team and corporate
events

32. 31. Post quick videos
about important or
interesting updates

33. 32. Idea generation
and brainstorming

34. 33. Praise people
when they get new
deals or hit sales
targets

35. 34. Orient new
employees with a new
to <Company Name >
Community

36. 35. Announce org
changes

37. 36. Connect across the
organization with a
similar area of
discipline and form a
community of
practice

38. 37. Build support to
rally behind an idea
and further develop
it

39. 38. Create a poll to
keep a pulse on the
organization thoughts
around specific
initiatives

40. 39. Host a Yamjam to
enable employees to
connect with leaders

41. 40. Post pictures from
different departments,
communities or areas
of your company

42. 41. View conversations
in other public
communities to see
what other parts of
the organization are
sharing

43. 42. Hold a contest or
competition to show
what has been done to
improve the customer
experience, reduce costs
or increase sales

44. 43. Ask for help from
an expert

45. 44. Crowdsource tech
support

46. 45. Give a voice to the
traditionally voiceless

47. 46. Have ‘water
cooler’ conversations
with people in
different locations

48. 47. Respond to the
CEO

49. 48. Run AMA sessions
about a specific topic
and include subject
matter experts

50. 49. Post charity
fundraising activities,
helps raise awareness
of disabilities, illnesses,
good causes etc

51. 50. Make communities
more visible, such as
LGBTQ workers

52. 51. Plan an offsite
event

53. 52. Share examples of
a winning in-store
promotion

54. 53. Talk about your
dogs

55. 54. Find an expert in a
niche subject, like a
Russian-speaking
seismologist

56. 55. Get a sense-check
when you're not 100%
confident, bounce
ideas off of other
people

57. 56. Coordinate your
meeting with a global
customer

58. 57. Give introverts a
voice if they prefer not
to speak out in
all-hands meetings

59. 58. Use Yammer in your
language preference and
others can use translate
features

60. 59. Embed Yammer in
SharePoint to have
conversations about
reference materials

61. 60. Run a ‘live preview’
of an interesting job
sharing live updates
and live Q&A during a
ride-along night shift
at one of the field
operations

62. 61. Post about where
you’re working from
during a “work from
anywhere” campaign

63. 62. Share learning and
materials from a
course

64. 63. Create a Yammer
champions hub

65. 64. Create a
Photography community
– share photos from a
recent holiday or the
view from your
workspace

66. 65. Share screenshots
for troubleshooting
(e.g. anyone seen this
XYZ warning message
before?)

67. 66. Share an updated
quick start guide to
the field sales team
during a product
launch

68. 67. Post a link to a
tweet that needs some
follow up

69. 68. Plan a t-shirt
design contest for an
upcoming event

70. 69. Confirm about
brand guidelines for a
specific post for social
media

71. 70. Call for content for
your organization’s
blog

72. 71. Plan customer
meet ups

73. 72. Share product
updates, releases,
announcements with
customers

74. 73. Ask for feedback
about a specific
process or program

75. 74. Post how to tips
using animated GIFs
to show members
who how to complete
a task

76. 75, Use Live Events to
broadcast a company
meeting

77. 76. Ask a question
during a live event or
townhall

78. 77. Use a poll to vote
on a t-shirt design for
the upcoming event,
conference or team
building

79. 78. Share a recipe that
was amazing in the
Foodies and Cooks
Community

80. 79. Ask clarification
questions for a new
program releases or
how it will work with
the current program in
place

81. 80. Announce planned
outages, upgrades
and new releases that
will impact end users

82. 81. Share what your
competition is doing
and how the
organization is
combating it.

83. 82. Welcome and
introduce the interns

84. 83. Share the first
draft of blog post and
ask for feedback and
additional stories to
add

85. 84. Share last words
before leaving to go
to another position or
organization

86. 85. Share what’s on
our roadmap for
upcoming product
releases

87. 86. Discuss what the
policy and
opportunity for
recycling and
renewable energies

88. 87. Ask questions
about rewards and
recognition and seek
opportunities for
improvement on the
current process

89. 88. Post a message to see
if ergonomic
equipment is available
for your desk or
workspace

90. 89. Discuss the
upcoming move to
the new office
building and location

91. 90. Share the
problems with the
current parking or
traffic situations that
surrounds the office

92. 91. Discuss a work-
from-home policy

93. 92. Brainstorm ways to
improve on the
recruiting and hiring
process

94. 93. Find and showcase
new success stories of
customers using the
products

95. 94. Brainstorm ways
to off-board
employees when they
are moving on to their
next role, position,
company

96. 95. Share a picture if
something is above
expectations or share if
it is not up to standards
to get fixed via a
facilities request form

97. 96. Mark best answer
when the subject
matter expert clarifies
a question

98. 97. Post about an
upcoming training
opportunities for new
managers

99. 98. Share the lessons
you learned from the
last product release
and what you would
differently next time
around

100. 99. Ask leaders how
they go to their
current role and what
their big goals and
objectives are for the
next quarter

101. 100. Celebrate a huge
milestone or
accomplishment

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