When the city of Sydney went into an extended COVID-19-enforced lockdown, it hit many people hard.

Western Sydney University launched a Gratitude Week to lift staff morale and boost positivity, while also bringing employees back to Viva Engage.

The Leukaemia Foundation's “Celebrating our People” Yammer community has become a reflection of the culture at the Foundation, of caring deeply about patients and staff.

It’s this simple formula of sharing incredible stories that makes the Yammer community so powerful, and it’s all measured with data from SWOOP Analytics.

After more than 18 months dealing with lockdowns and remote working, law firm Hall & Wilcox wanted to inject some positivity into the workforce. It did so by using the Praise feature in Yammer to recognise employees.

When this major US health insurer wanted to inject some conversation in its Yammer community while everyone was working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, an employee shared photos of herself with famous people.

It kicked off a “brush with fame” campaign on Yammer, asking colleagues to share their encounter with someone famous. 

WaterNSW launched a Yammer campaign called #ThisIsMyStory to create a more inclusive, respectful, safe and diverse workplace.

With a geographically dispersed workforce, Imagination Technologies has used Yammer and Microsoft Teams to level the playing field, as well as creating a virtual space to replicate the office lunchroom.

Engage Squared uses a bot to get people engaged on Yammer by asking them a personal questions in the “Social” Yammer community.

It gets employees logging onto Yammer to look around to see what else is being posted in other communities, it allows colleagues to learn more about each other, it gives everyone a break from the regular work day and it allows employees to “practice” using Yammer in a safe environment.

Something as simple as sharing a photo of indoor plants on Yammer has built connections across the ranks of the Victoria Police service, and ultimately led to crime solving.

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Queensland, Department of Transport and Main Roads Director-General Neil Scales was unable to travel to physical sites, so he stepped in front of the camera to provide weekly updates about the latest COVID-19 news and impacts to the department. He then shared the videos on Yammer.

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How did your company keep 50,000 employees connected during the COVID-19 lockdowns?

ANZ bank nurtured connections and employee wellbeing through competitions, cooking and culture - all on Yammer.

Working in some of the world’s most isolated regions can be a lonely existence, and keeping those people digitally connected with their colleagues can be a challenge.

It’s a challenge Aggreko, the world’s largest supplier of mobile and modular energy solutions, is overcoming with the help of Yammer.

If you’ve ever wondered about the business value of Yammer, RACQ can provide you with hundreds of examples where its employees have used the enterprise social network to solve problems to deliver a better service to its 1.7 million members.

And it has the data to prove it.

“They come to Yammer for the cats and dogs, but they stay for the work.”

Global publishing company Wiley actively promotes fun and socialisation on its Enterprise Social Network, Yammer, which has led to better business value and stronger two-way relationships across the organisation.

Westpac New Zealand launched Yammer to give everyone a voice and to break down traditional organisational and hierarchical divides.

Guess what? It works!

Be inspired by how the leaders from Australia’s leading health insurer Medibank connected with employees during the COVID-19 lockdowns.

How one of the world’s most geographically dispersed ambulance services connected essential frontline workers with Yammer during the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Imagine, days before your entire organisation is forced into lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, you join the company as the new CEO.

That’s exactly what happened at RACQ. Learn how the new CEO connected with his thousands of employees scattered across the enormous state of Queensland.

When a KLM pilot noticed he was carrying a full load of water on a plane only half filled with passengers due to COVID-19 restrictions, he posted on Yammer to ask if there was glitch. Sure enough, there was. The situation was addressed immediately, saving the airline money by reducing fuel and helping the environment.

Email is where knowledge goes to die. Other than rifling through the history of those who were included in the email chain, where was this knowledge shared? This was the concern for RealFoundations CEO Chris Shaida a decade ago.