The debate about Facebook for Work has begun. A few pioneering organisations are using it as a new social internal comms strategy. But hold those horses, argues one comms person.
by Alex Mills
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Just under a year ago, Northwards Housing introduced Yammer to their organisation, changing the face of internal communications. One year on and Steve Finegan brings us right up to date with more fascinating insights into the benefits of implementing a social enterprise network.
In 2012, my guest post described how Yammer had been an instant hit with our employees as we set about finding a replacement for our out-dated intranet. Our voluntary adoption strategy of simply allowing employees to join the Yammer network started us on a journey, quite literally, into the unknown. This journey was also reflective of the wider business of course, because we’re constantly evolving and responding to the environment around us. This is an area where Yammer is strong. It can be very responsive to change and discussions on the network regularly reflect live issues rising organically from literally anywhere across the organisation.
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"At Northwards Housing something very strange is happening with internal communications and it’s all thanks to the recent implementation of Yammer – a social enterprise network for businesses, sometimes referred to as the twitter or facebook of the workplace.
