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Social Media 111: Customizing Your iGoogle Page

By Lee Aase | Published: October 27, 2008
In Social Media 102 we introduced you to RSS, which is a powerful way for you to keep tabs on what’s new in dozens (if not 100 or more) of Web sites and blogs that provide RSS feeds. Instead of having to go to the sites, you can use Newsgator or NetNewswire or Google Reader, [...]
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Blogging 305: Domain Mapping

By Lee Aase | Published: October 24, 2008
Domain mapping enables you to choose any available URL for your blog, regardless of the physical server you use to host your blog. So, for instance, I started this blog at leeaase.wordpress.com, but when I decided to convert from a blog to a virtual university I mapped it to http://social-media-university-global.org/ (because getting the .edu domain [...]
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Yammer 105: Making Yammering Effortless

By Lee Aase | Published: October 23, 2008
I have found that when we introduce new electronic tools to the workplace, the adoption and usage varies inversely with the amount of effort required. There also is a significant direct relationship to the perceived benefit, but the basic questions are: How difficult is this going to be? How much do I need to change [...]
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Yammer 103: Coordinating Media Relations Idea Gathering

By Lee Aase | Published: October 22, 2008
Among the benefits of Yammer is the ability to subscribe to, or “follow,” conversations or “tags” that you find interesting. So instead of a mass e-mail going to 100 people in your department, you can Yammer with a tag, and only those people who are following that tag will get the e-mail. Then they can [...]
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Yammer 102: Your Yammer Profile

By Lee Aase | Published: October 22, 2008
This course is part of the Yammer curriculum for Social Media University, Global. It shows you how you can adjust your personal settings to tailor Yammer to meet your communication needs. After you’ve experimented with Yammer, please share your impressions in the comments. And if you find this course helpful, you can use one of [...]
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