{"id":1982,"date":"2020-09-10T16:37:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T21:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lg-staging.lougcloud.com\/?p=1982"},"modified":"2021-04-07T10:35:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T15:35:06","slug":"using-yammer-and-stream-for-employee-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lg-staging.lougcloud.com\/?p=1982","title":{"rendered":"Using Yammer and Stream for Employee Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-85bp3-f856194ef33e7bc72ec0d3bf98278fce\">\n.flex_column.av-85bp3-f856194ef33e7bc72ec0d3bf98278fce{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-85bp3-f856194ef33e7bc72ec0d3bf98278fce av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><p><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-k0pon615-83a3f74a3a12ae3df6b12e1982bff3e8 '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><h1>Using Yammer and Stream for Employee Engagement<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-k0pop9td-34c3529061cd7bb9ffd7b4d3c815c3f0 '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><p>As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to force millions of employees to work remotely, collaboration across teams and departments can become challenging. Employers are scrambling for ways to replace their water coolers with by building and modifying digital platforms that attempt to mimic virtually what we are missing out on in person but doing so can become timely and costly, but it doesn\u2019t have to be. If you\u2019re an active Microsoft 365 subscriber, there are two built-in Microsoft 365 applications that can help any business overcome these challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Enter Yammer stage left. Enter Stream stage right.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1988\" src=\"https:\/\/lg-staging.lougcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/microsoft-365-yammer-and-stream.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lg-staging.lougcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/microsoft-365-yammer-and-stream.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/lg-staging.lougcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/microsoft-365-yammer-and-stream-300x87.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lg-staging.lougcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/microsoft-365-yammer-and-stream-1030x299.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/lg-staging.lougcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/microsoft-365-yammer-and-stream-768x223.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lg-staging.lougcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/microsoft-365-yammer-and-stream-705x204.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>What is Yammer?<\/h2>\n<p>People often describe Yammer as the Facebook for business, a social network platform for a company. It gives employees the ability to share information, post polls, updates, events and announcements; to which their coworkers can comment, like and vote. You can use Yammer through your browser, or you can install Yammer on your desktop or mobile device.<\/p>\n<p>Yammer functions via Groups, so organizations can have multiple groups with separate permissions (e.g. you could have a Yammer group for an HR department, one for Marketing). Yammer can also be embedded into a SharePoint page or site, which is a handy feature for those who use SharePoint as an Intranet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1986\" src=\"https:\/\/lg-staging.lougcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/yammer-screanshot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1065\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lg-staging.lougcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/yammer-screanshot.png 1065w, https:\/\/lg-staging.lougcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/yammer-screanshot-300x79.png 300w, https:\/\/lg-staging.lougcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/yammer-screanshot-1030x271.png 1030w, https:\/\/lg-staging.lougcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/yammer-screanshot-768x202.png 768w, https:\/\/lg-staging.lougcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/yammer-screanshot-705x185.png 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1065px) 100vw, 1065px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Creative ways to use Yammer<\/h3>\n<p>Unlike email, we consider Yammer to be less formal and more conversational. Email tends to be one-way communication, not a channel for open communication, so we use Yammer as a tool to connect and gather feedback from our employees, in an informal way.<\/p>\n<p>Some of our customers use Yammer to communicate Human Resources information, such as insurance open enrollment information or announcements about flu shots at the office.<\/p>\n<p>Before the pandemic struck, Microsoft\u2019s marketing department declared 2020 as the #yearofyammer, and the intuitive marketers of Microsoft seemingly hit the nail on the head.<\/p>\n<h2>What is Microsoft Stream?<\/h2>\n<p>If Yammer is Facebook for business, Stream is YouTube for business.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft Stream is a video service that allows members of your organization to upload, watch, and share videos in a secure manner. Microsoft Stream makes it possible for you to share video content of meetings, training sessions, classes, and live events to help facilitate collaboration for your organization&#8217;s teams. Just like in YouTube, you can use Stream to organize videos by channels (e.g. training, HR, entertainment).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1985\" src=\"https:\/\/lg-staging.lougcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/stream-channels.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1257\" height=\"689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lg-staging.lougcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/stream-channels.png 1257w, https:\/\/lg-staging.lougcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/stream-channels-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/lg-staging.lougcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/stream-channels-1030x565.png 1030w, https:\/\/lg-staging.lougcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/stream-channels-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/lg-staging.lougcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/stream-channels-705x386.png 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1257px) 100vw, 1257px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Creative ways to use Stream<\/h3>\n<p>We use Stream to host training and other internal videos that we wouldn\u2019t feel comfortable posting on YouTube. It\u2019s our internal video hub. We also use Stream as a tool to organize and store videos in SharePoint.<\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>Replacing in-person connections is difficult, but by utilizing these handy tools, you can improve communication and boost moral as we anxiously await returning to the days of running into our coworkers at the coffee station.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='newsletter-cta'  class='avia-section av-k94bv4z5-3db5045821716543f466fd2ed6fe087e main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1982'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-51vv-890cb9339298166528b66afbca7f3287\">\n.flex_column.av-51vv-890cb9339298166528b66afbca7f3287{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-51vv-890cb9339298166528b66afbca7f3287 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-5  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-k91ny805-e4fa07328a97eaf5a443b98b19009ade '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><p>Louisville Geek provides comprehensive managed IT services for a diverse range of businesses and non-profit organizations. 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