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What Makes Yammer Different?

eLearning Cyclops

I have started test driving Yammer. the training and development department can have its own separate group within the organization's Yammer network). What Yammer does not have: There is no search feature for member profiles. Maybe Yammer or a third party will create one soon. Groups can be set-up (e.g.

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The Power of Your Network | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Networking comes naturally for some people, but not-so-much for others. So big deal, you say. Why is networking so important anyway? My background includes extensive experience in learning, teaching, and facilitation, and I love technology and how its changing our culture. Properly d.

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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

The power of tools like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Yammer, are pretty astounding. These tools give us a way to connect with people faster and more easily than ever before. A lot of the Social Media Mavens , however, are really ranting, not about the technology, but about the human dynamics related to social networking. Properly d.

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Social media for trainers: think differently!

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

The workshop was quite successful as measured by the people who contacted me afterwards for more information, to buy my book or to ask whether they could share our test Yammer and test Ning with their colleagues. Fortunately I have my new adaptor now. I started with a line up: from no engagement with social media to intensive engagement.

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Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning.

Dashe & Thomson

IOL is facilitated through the use of tools like Yammer that connect coworkers across the globe. Most of my PDL is done reading daily news articles, marketing blogs, adult learning webinars and more via the internet. ASL, by definition, can happen anytime, anywhere. Properly d.

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My professional use of social media and communication tools

Challenge to Learn

We did consider creating a community there for our free edition, but in the end we decided to go with Yammer (see communities). We did setup a community for our free users in Yammer and I like that a lot more. Everything I create I store in Dropbox and I can synchronize it on other computers and mobile devices. Really great.

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What corporates can learn from the Top 10 Tools for Learning 2012

Jane Hart

Yammer (on the 2010 list at #20) might be a possibility. With all of us owning so many devices nowadays – company laptop, home PC, smartphone, tablet – synchronizing files across these devices has become a necessity, so that we always have access to the latest version, and Dropbox helps to do this. 7 – Skype.