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Thanks to everyone who took part in this weeks Social Workplace Twitter Chat event (#SWChat).

Social Media Policies - Do we need them?

Companies introduce Social Media Policies to protect the company and the employees, but do they really work? Are they doing more harm than good? This weeks event discussed the pro's and cons and drew some conclusions.

Event Statistics

• No. of Tweets = 691
• No. of Contributors = 72
• Reach = 167,000
• No. of impressions = 2,100,000

Summary

Full Transcript Report via @hashtracking

Questions Asked

Q1) Are Social Media Policies in place to protect the employee, the company or both ?

Q2) Isn't the use of Social Media just common sense and introducing a company policy doing more harm than good ?

Q3) Can a company really police and enforce a Social Media Policy with it's employees ?

Q4) What should go in, and what should be left out, of a company's Social Media Policy ?

Q5) Have you (or someone you know) ever breached your company's Social Media Policy and what was the consequence ?

Q6) Are employees fearful of mentioning their company by name in their Social Media circles in case there are repercussions ?

Q7) In 140 characters or less, do you think social media policies are a good thing and if so why, and if not why not ?

Shared Reference Material

• Social Media Guidelines (doc) via ICT Champions
• Employees fired over Facebook posts via engadget
• Online database of Social Media Policies (great resource) via Chris Boudreaux
• 40% of firms have Social Media Policies via SHRM
• Social Media Guidelines via @JennTelligent via telligent
• Fortune's best companies don't block Social Media via Mark Ragan
• Who owns a journalist's Twitter account? via simplyzesty
• New Regulations Make Social Usage Policies More Imperative via SHRM
• Social Media, Risk, and Policies for Associations via socialfish & Croydon Consulting
• Buzzgraph of this #SWChat event via @adamson

Useful #SWChat Links

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