Africa RISING yammer guide Tsehay Gashaw,

East and Southern Africa Project 3rd Review and Planning Meeting

9-12 September, 2014

YammerYammer is a microblogging service like Twitter, it allows users to post updates of their activities, follow others' updates, tag content, etc... Unlike Twitter, Yammer focuses on businesses, and only individuals with the same email domain can join a given network.

Why is it important?• Quickly get connected and collaborate with CGIAR

colleagues• Cut down on email traffic• Get help or find answers for some of your questions• Find out about project activities and updates• Share, learn and get more from yammer

Key actions• Join with your institution email (ex. cgiar.org, etc.)• Update profile • Set notifications (manage your emails!)

Customizing your yammer settingKey ElementsFOLLOWING • Select who you follow in the cgiar.org yammer • Select all colleagues in a community or

network • Select groups to join, and follow

NOTIFICATIONS • Which messages to get from Yammer • Frequency of messages from Yammer

Yammer(https://www.yammer.com/africa-rising/)

Adjust setting

Areas to Modify1

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People1Follow colleagues

in a network

Edit profile 2

Adjust notification 3

Select the Network to Adjust3

When should I get mail3

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What messages do I want3

3.2

Adjust here

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