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Net2 Think Tank: Writing an Effective Social Media Policy
You understand the value of social media, but for some reason your company insists on blocking use of social media sites by employees. As of last October, half of all US businesses still block social networks, but that number is dropping. Even the US Military announced this week that it has relaxed it's policy on social media use by the troops. So, how can we write policy to support our social media efforts? This month's Net2 Think Tank asks you to share examples of effective social media policies.
Share your examples or ideas about organizational social media policy!
Topic:
As social media becomes increasingly embraced by mainstream employers, how can you write a social media policy for your organization that both celebrates the positive side and addresses the negative side of social media? Have you already written a social media policy for your organization? If so, what challenges did you face and which strategies did you find most effective? And, if your social media policy is public, please feel free to share a link.
Deadline: Saturday, March 20th
How to contribute:
- Post your response on your own blog or website, or use the NetSquared Community Blog (for more information about how to post on the NetSquared site, visit the About Blog page.)
- Tag your blog with net2thinktank
- Email Claire Sale the link to your post!
- Have you blogged about this topic in the past? Great! Simply add the net2thinktank tag to your post and email us the link.
Be sure to get your submission in by emailing Claire the link to your post by Saturday, March 20th.
The roundup of contributions will be posted on the NetSquared blog on Monday, March 22nd.
About Net2 Think Tank:
Net2 Think Tank is a monthly blogging event open to anyone and is a great way to participate in an exchange of ideas. We post a question or topic to the NetSquared community and participants submit responses either on their own blogs or on the NetSquared Community Blog. Tag your post with "net2thinktank" and email a link to us to be included. At the end of the month, the entries get pulled together in the Net2 Think Tank Round-Up.
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I believe that if you are at
I believe that if you are at work you should be working...unless you are on a designated break. So many people that I have worked with take advantage of an open internet policy. They play games and chitchat instead of being as productive as they could be. When I open up my business in the near future, I will definitely limit access to social networking. I will have it available for breaks, but not throughout the day.
Thanks for the contribution,
Thanks for the contribution, are there any more repsonses on this?
Interesting
It's not smart to block social media sites from your employees. This is an awesome way to increase moral on the workforce level. It's a great way to gain exposure in your markets. People like to see employees of a company engageing in social media during the day. It shows that the company understands. That they "get it."
I agree with susan here.
I agree with susan here. Sometimes, checking out social media accounts and sites is a great way to take a break. It does add some fun to work. Specially if the work mostly separates an employee from the outside world, like being a programmer.
Here is a new social media
Here is a new social media policy of Coca-Cola http://www.tubesfan.com/watch/andy-sernovitz-interview-coke-s-new-social... . I think that a lot of businesses block social networks because they haven't learned yet to use it according to their interests but soon they will get accostomed to it.
very useful post beth.
very useful post beth. thanks!
You can find the full
You can find the full round-up of responses to this post at http://netsquared.org/blog/clairesale/net2-think-tank-round-writing-effective-social-media-policy
I've contributed a post ..
Here's a post about social media policy - got inspired to write something new - and also put in a plug to participate
http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2010/03/got-social-media-policy-.html
Thanks!
Hi Beth, this is a great post.. thanks for contributing and thanks also for sending people back here to share their feedback!
thanks for this post Beth.
thanks for this post Beth.