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Its Yammer Time!

• An introduction to the RETAzens Yammer Network

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Just Yammer Time

• No Not MC Hammer time!

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What is Yammer?

• Yammer is a fun, easy, quick way to communicate
  with your RETA professional learning community.
• RETA is hosting a private Yammer community only
  for RETAzens. If you are in a RETA related
  program you are a RETAzen!

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What is Yammer for?

• Collaborating to solve problems
• Discussing projects within Groups (i.e. C21CL,
  PVIA, BeBOLD)
• Sharing news and links
• Sharing event outcomes and highlights
• Connecting geographically distributed teams
• Finding local subject-matter experts
• Find answers to previously asked questions
• File or photo sharing
• Help new employees get up-to-speed
• Reduce email inbox overload
• Much more

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Resources for Yammerfrom RETA Wikis

• RETApedia has some of the Yammer information
  shared in this presentation.
• http//retapedia.pbworks.com/Yammer
• Every RETA programs wiki has a Yammer page.
• C21CL - http//c21cl.pbworks.com/yammer
• BeBOLD - http//beboldnm.pbworks.com/Yammer
• PVIA -

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Three ways to get help

• Click on help in lower right hand corner.
• Check with your RETA Instructor and fellow team
  members to see if they can help.
• Contact your projects Yammer admin. You can even
  contact us through Yammer!
• C21CL PVIA Holly (hollyrae_at_nmsu.edu)
• BeBOLD Julia (juparra_at_nmsu.edu)

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How to Yam

• You will be invited to join. Follow the link.
• You are immediately able to Yammer, go ahead and
  create your first post.

Step 2 Click Update
Step 1 Type your post here.
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Update Your Profile

• Click Profile in the Menu, next to Home
• Click Edit Profile, fill out what you are
  comfortable sharing
• Click Picture and consider adding a real picture
  or familiar avatar of yourself

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Join Your Group

• Click Groups and click the Join button by your
  group
• One of theseshould bestdescribe you ?
• PVIA
• C21CL
• BeBold

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Where do you want to post?
I want this post to go to all RETA folks.
Select where you want the post to appear here.

• My Colleagues goes to everyone in the RETAzens
  Yammer community.
• Choosing your group name means the post only goes
  the group.

I only want this post to go to my group.
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Use this box to viewdifferent types of Yams
Each of these filters your network in a different
way. For example My Feed Updates from people
and feeds you have decided to follow
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Choose your Settings

• Click on settings to access your control panels.
• Choose if and how you want get updates for
  features like
• text (SMS)
• instant messaging (IM)
• email

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Yammer With Desktop App

• Use the Desktop application to stay connected
  without going to website.
• Click the Applications link at the bottom of
  Yammer, download install.

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Yammer With Your Cell Phone

• To use your cell phone, go to Profile gt Edit
  Profile gt SMS and follow the directions.

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So what should I do next?

• Log in
• Complete your profile
• Join your group
• Post a short introduction

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Share a little with your RETAzens today!

• A great online community is like a dance floor.
  Everyone has to shake a little to make it happen.
  

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