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READY to Try Yammer? © Yammer 2014 www.yammer.com Yammer is our company’s private social network, an online tool for communication and collaboration. It’s here to help you get your work done and to support teamwork and information sharing across our company. WHY YAMMER? Have you ever... 1. Had a question but didn’t know whom to ask? 2. Thought of a great idea to build on our success? 3. Wanted to know more about where we’re headed? Yammer lets you Find answers faster. Tap into our network to see who has experience with a similar question or knows where to get answers. Brainstorm with anyone in the company. You might find inspiration from an intern, the CEO or your counterpart overseas. Stay informed about our trajectory. Track our progress and understand how your job helps us reach our goal. What’s more, using our Yammer network helps us build a body of knowledge that’s instantly accessible by any employee at any time, from any device with an Internet connection. YOU CAN USE YAMMER TO Meet fellow coworkers who share your interests Find the expert help you need to complete a task Share important news with those who need to know Discuss major decisions and manage change Gather opinions and ideas from across our company Provide peer-to-peer recognition Gain visibility into what’s happening Share best practices and solutions Discover valuable information to inform your work Communicate in real time, while you’re on the go JOIN THE NETWORK TODAY!

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Page 1: READY to Try Yammer?Your Yammer Profile helps your coworkers learn more about you and your work experience, while helping them put a face to a name. Here’s how to set it up: 1. In

READY to Try Yammer?

© Yammer 2014 www.yammer.com

Yammer is our company’s private social network, an online tool for communication and collaboration. It’s here to help you get your

work done and to support teamwork and information sharing across our company.

WHY YAMMER?

Have you ever...

1. Had a question but didn’t

know whom to ask?

2. Thought of a great idea to

build on our success?

3. Wanted to know more about

where we’re headed?

Yammer lets you

Find answers faster.

Tap into our network to see who has experience with a similar

question or knows where to get answers.

Brainstorm with anyone in the company.

You might find inspiration from an intern, the CEO or your

counterpart overseas.

Stay informed about our trajectory.

Track our progress and understand how your job helps us

reach our goal.

What’s more, using our Yammer network helps us build a body of knowledge that’s instantly accessible by any employee at any

time, from any device with an Internet connection.

YOU CAN USE YAMMER TO

› Meet fellow coworkers who share your interests

› Find the expert help you need to complete a task

› Share important news with those who need to know

› Discuss major decisions and manage change

› Gather opinions and ideas from across our company

› Provide peer-to-peer recognition

› Gain visibility into what’s happening

› Share best practices and solutions

› Discover valuable information to inform your work

› Communicate in real time, while you’re on the go

JOIN THE NETWORK TODAY!

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Click here to join the DoE Yammer network. Use your education email and password to sign in.
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the DoE Yammer Community Help group to ask questions or watch videos.
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SET Up Your Account for Success

© Yammer 2014 www.yammer.com

AS SOON AS YOU JOIN…

Set up your account so you can start using Yammer to communicate, collaborate and share information. Here’s how.

COMPLETE YOUR PROFILE

Your Yammer Profile helps your coworkers learn more about you and your work experience, while helping them put a face to a

name. Here’s how to set it up:

1. In the top right corner of your screen, click on

the icon of the three dots.

2. Select Edit Profile.

3. Upload a photo of yourself.

4. Add your job title, department, location, expertise,

contact information and any other details, including

links to your profiles on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

5. Click Save.

MANAGE YOUR EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS

By default, Yammer sends you a daily email summarizing the conversations on our network. You can decide to change how often

you get these summaries. Here’s how to manage your email settings:

1. In the top right corner of your screen, click on

the icon of the three dots.

2. Select Edit Profile. Then, click Notifications from

the menu on the left.

3. Check the boxes to select when to receive email

notifications and which notifications to receive.

4. Click Save.

MAKE YAMMER YOUR OWN

To customize your Yammer experience, join Groups and follow coworkers and Topics of interest. Review your main feed to find

posts that are relevant to you.

Join Groups

Follow Coworkers

Follow Topics

1. Click on Groups in the left

navigation bar. 2. Click +Join to join a group.

3. If membership approval is

required, request admission.

1. Under the icon with three

dots in the top navigation

bar, click People.

2. Click +Follow to follow a

coworker.

3. Don’t see a colleague? Invite

him or her to the network.

1. Under the icon with three dots

in the top navigation bar, click

Apps.

2. Scroll towards the bottom to

My Apps and then click Topics.

3. Select any Topic of interest,

then click Follow.

You can also join and access

groups from your main feed.

You can also follow users by

clicking Follow under their

thumbnail headshot.

You can also follow Topics from

conversations, including posts in

your main feed.

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GO Forth and Use Yammer!

© Yammer 2014 www.yammer.com

It’s time to take advantage of Yammer’s many features and apps, each designed to help you find answers faster, generate great

ideas, access your company’s knowledge base and be more productive.

WAYS TO USE YAMMER

Browse Conversations. Access your main feed

and Groups to see what’s going on.

View Other Profiles. Get to know your

coworkers’ background and expertise.

Like a Post. Show that you appreciate or agree

with what someone shared.

Share a Helpful Link. Post timely articles and

relevant news so others can benefit.

Reply to a Message Post. Provide answers,

insights or suggestions.

Post an Update. Use the Publisher to start a

conversation or find what you need.

Take a Poll. Gather opinions and feedback

from others to help inform your decisions.

Email a File or Note. Share a file or Note with

external parties.

Praise a Coworker. Recognize a job well done and

efforts that go above and beyond.

Create a Group. Jumpstart collaboration in a team

or department.

@ Mention a Colleague. Draw your colleague’s

attention to a conversation by @ mentioning him

or typing her name into the Notify bar.

Send a Private Message. Discuss a sensitive issue

and keep matters discreet.

Conduct a Search. Find the conversations and files

you need.

Collaborate on a File. Follow, share and discuss files

to enhance collaboration.

Create a Note. Co-author content and publish it for

others to edit and provide feedback.

Share a Conversation Across Groups. Share existing

group conversations with others, by sending a

private message or by posting them in another

group.

These are just a few ways Yammer helps you communicate and collaborate with coworkers to get work done.

DON’T FORGET!

You can also access Yammer from your mobile device, so you can get work done on the go. Download the app for iPad,

iPhone, Android or Windows Phone. Visit http://devices.yammer.com/ to get the app.