People thought I was crazy. Leaving the comforts of familiarity and moving too many miles to count to an unknown start-up. Leaving behind the white picket fence. The great job and incredible manager. And friends and family. Then moving again! We were crazy. But that’s because big risk equals big reward.
So I started to write the chapter in my life with the title, “Yammer – taking me places I never imagined“. Quickly, we wrote this chapter together, and all over the world, you all included! We thought and wrote our pages as we were living them. Our story has characters of all walks of life, industry, and passions. We wrote it not knowing what would come on the next page.
And now, it’s time to finish this chapter and begin the next chapter. I’ve joined Hootsuite. Read more details here
My advice to you, don’t be afraid to write a new chapter. Even if there is risk. Even if you aren’t sure what story will be told in the chapters that follow. Fear, is the one way to miss out on authoring the pages of your life.
Dream big. Author your own pages. Title your own chapters.
And don’t forget that at the end of the day, its about people.
(Selfie of my last training session with Yammer! They are PUMPED!)
It’s about people who you can share and re-live the stories you have written — that matter most.
I wanted to capture my contributions to Yammer and Enterprise social in one post, more for my own knowledge but feel free to check out these links for more information!
View recording of my presentations of Yammer at Microsoft Conferences: Channel 9 Speaker (Includes Topics such as Power User Training, Enterprise Social Scared Straight, and Best Practices for overcoming Organizational Barriers to success)
Read more about my story here: Microsoft Careers Blogs
Yammer Blog Contributions:
This is not your Parents Training Software
Using Yammer in your Training Programs
Other Yammer Related Articles & Blogs:
Yammer for Internal Knowledge Sharing
ASTD Blog Publications:
Making you Yammer community work – Tips & Best Practices
Doing More 
Good luck at Hootsuite! Both Yammer and Hootsuite are my favourites 🙂
Thank you! Hope things are going well, let me know how I can help!
Congratulations Allison!