Lifestream. 7 Great Completely Free eBooks on Social Media You Have to Read. Love social networking?
Want to learn more? Don’t you just wish you could go to all the great seminars around the world? Listen to all the great minds in social media. Well, if that’s not possible then you’re about to meet the next best thing. Do you love books? Content Cory Doctorow’s “Content” is possibly one of the most important books in social media right now. Get “Content” for free here. The Cluetrain Manifesto “The Cluetrain Manifesto” by Levine, Locke, Searles and Weinberger is still a guiding light for businesses online. Get “The Cluetrain Manifesto” for free here. The Future of Reputation “The Future of Reputation” by Daniel Solove is a must-read insight in to how we perceive privacy and how this is evolving. Get “The Future of Reputation” for free here. The Wealth of Networks Yochai Benkler’s “The Wealth of Networks” is considered a vital book in social media research. 10 Must-Haves for Your Social Media Policy. Sharlyn Lauby is the president of Internal Talent Management (ITM) which specializes in employee training and human resources consulting.
She authors a blog at hrbartender.com. A few weeks ago, I wrote that your organization should have a social media policy, and one of the things I heard among all the great comments was: "Okay, but what should it say? " There are generally two approaches to social media policy making. Some organizations handle social media in an evolutionary way. Chad Houghton, the director of e-media and business development at the Society for Human Resource Management, told me that he thinks, “it might be beneficial not to create some arbitrary rules without first seeing where the opportunities and risks really are.” Other organizations, meanwhile, feel more comfortable establishing a clear policy from the outset.
Should Your Company Have a Social Media Policy? Sharlyn Lauby is the president of Internal Talent Management (ITM) which specializes in employee training and human resources consulting.
She authors a blog at hrbartender.com. Companies are realizing that people are talking about them whether they like it or not. As a result, they’re deciding whether they should consider having a social media presence, and hence, a policy. A social media policy outlines for employees the corporate guidelines or principles of communicating in the online world.
Social media is quickly moving from an emerging form of communication to the mainstream. 1. As a human resources professional, I’m constantly accused of being all about policies. Unfortunately, you have to contemplate what might happen if someone says or does something stupid (like employees doing gross things to food and posting it on YouTube). 1. 2. In addition, social media can strengthen your ‘brand’ not only as an employer but as a company. The 5 Best Open-Source Social Networking Software. Previously, Abhijeet has highlighted three awesome sites where you can create your own social network easily.
However, if you are one of those who wants more control of the site, including the branding, the domain name, the features, the design, the community rule, or even the database, the best way is to install and run a social networking software on your server. While there are plenty of scripts (both free and paid) that you can use to run your own social network, there are only a few that are stable, good and easy to use. Here we have handpicked 5 of the best open-source social networking software for you to choose from. 1. Elgg Elgg has just won the best open source social networking platform for the year 2008, so there is no doubt about the usability of this software.
Elgg operates on a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySql and Php) environment and it is easy to install and configure. Before you install Elgg, try out its demo site. 2. Check out the demo site 3. How a 40,000+ Employee Company Trains its Employees on Social Media. If you need further evidence that social media is here to stay in the corporate world, look no further than Telstra, the Australian telecom giant.
The 40,000+ person company makes social media training mandatory for its employees and formalized a policy of “3Rs” - responsibility, respect and representation. Taking things a step further, today the company is trying something about as transparent as it gets – publishing their entire social media training guide online, so that anyone can check it out, learn and critique.We got a chance to take a look at the guide, which takes the form of a comic book but also includes narration from a speaker (in a cool Australian accent too). It starts with the very basics – like “what is Facebook?” – but eventually moves into much more complex issues like “what if my [personal] blog post is critical of Telstra?” To-date, the company says that 12,000 of its employees have completed the course.