{"id":51899,"date":"2015-02-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/02\/25\/social-network-aids-communication-collaboration\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T20:42:13","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:42:13","slug":"social-network-aids-communication-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/02\/25\/social-network-aids-communication-collaboration\/","title":{"rendered":"Social network aids communication, collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>A new social network is available at UNMC.<\/p>\n<p>Called Yammer, the new app, part of the university&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/login.microsoftonline.com\/\">Microsoft 365<\/a> initiative, will allow anyone with a UNMC email address to set up an account, creating an internal business-social network that will allow collaboration and communication on the site.<\/p>\n<p>The new app allows users to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create private and public groups, either broad groups, such as &#8220;ITS&#8221; or &#8220;College of Public Health,&#8221; or smaller groups based around a project.\n<li>Post an idea to a group and encourage interaction and discussion.\n<li>Collaborate with a co-worker.<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Anyone can create a group and most are open for anyone to submit to,&#8221; said Harry Wines, associate director of technical service and network support. &#8220;You can log into Yammer from anywhere in the world from the 365 portal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yammer is another of the many collaborative tools offered in Microsoft 365,&#8221; Wines said. &#8220;&#8221;As the university explores new initiatives in interdepartmental education and collaboration, Yammer can become a valuable and useful tool.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Yoder, Ph.D., assistant professor of environmental, agricultural and occupational health in the College of Public Health, has been using Yammer, creating a group on wearable technology that has drawn other researchers  from across the campus community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been useful to me already,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s helped me to reach out across the university.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Yoder&#8217;s use of Yammer illustrates how it can help break down siloes, and the fact that the service is internal provides a user with a finely targeted audience.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve even put things up on grant opportunities,&#8221; Dr. Yoder said. &#8220;I think it will really help internal networking as people get more used to it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s really topic driven,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You can pick who you want to follow, so if someone is working on something you want to keep up on, it&#8217;s easy to stay updated. 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