Inviting external members to your network
Yammer lets you invite external people to a conversation, allowing you to get feedback from experts outside the organization as well. This feature is handy for inviting customers, vendors, and suppliers to a conversation. As a security measure, Yammer makes everyone in the community aware that an external member has been added to the conversation. This recipe explains how you can invite people from outside your organization to your Yammer network.
Getting ready
You can invite anyone (with a valid email address) to a conversation.
How to do it...
To invite someone, do the following:
- Go to the Yammer home page.
Compose a message and provide the email address of the person from outside your organization that you want to add:
- Post the message.
How it works...
When an external member is invited to a conversation, they can participate and view all the messages in the thread. If the thread is too long, other...