Got Social Media Policy? - Beth's Blog: How Nonprofit Organizations Can Use Social Media to Power Social Networks for Change The other day, Matt Sharp shared this link to a social media policy generator called the Social Media Policy Tool. It asks you 12 questions mostly having to do with control and then spits out the biolerplate for your policy. It reminded of the Postmodernism Thesis Generator could spit out a thesis for you in minutes. Here's the social media policy I created for Beth's Blog. Creating a social media policy or any other organizational policy requires three steps: Establish the policy: Determine the policy and what you want to accomplish Educate: Important to train or make employees aware of the implications Enforce: Less about the top down control, but the fact that you need to consistently use the policy – shouldn’t sit in a drawer The social media policy tool helps you with part of the of step 1. I think it is also very useful to review other organization's policies. Does your nonprofit have a social media policy? Resources from Beth's Blog: See my other posts on social media policy
A huge list of social media and blogging guidelines « Webyogi's blog There are many social media and blogging guidelines online. While researching I found myself searching back and forth between sites. On this post I have put the most impressive links in one place for reference and hopefully not to re-invent that wheel. I’m a bit obsessed with social media guidelines having recently come back from the inspirational, amazing, early morning soiree that was Localgovcamp. I am still buzzing with excitement about what’s happening in the world of local authority social media. One policy that really sings to me is Zappos Twitter policy ‘Be real and use your best judgement’ - that’s it! The list Employee guidelines Blogging guidelines Once digested and reviewed i’m working on a very simple version in plain English using lovely charts…. About these ads Like this: Like Loading...
Social media staff guidelines There is a lot of discussion about social media policies, especially in government. People want documents to set out how staff can and should use social networks and other websites to engage with citizens and groups, and what the protocol should be when staff comment on blogs or forums in an ‘official’ capacity. The obvious starting point for this stuff is the online participation guidance for civil servants. These are the high level pointers that Tom Watson requested be developed when he was Minister for Digital Engagement. These guidelines should, I think, form the basis of any social media policy. In a recent bit of work I have been doing for a client, I wrote up an online participation policy for a specific campaign. Another good place to start for anyone developing this kind of policy would be Carl Haggerty’s blog, where he has kindly shared the document he is developing for his local authority.
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. Other organizations, meanwhile, feel more comfortable establishing a clear policy from the outset. Whether you're writing your social media policy from the get-go, or letting it develop organically in reaction to situations as they arise, here are 10 things you should definitely consider. 1. All policies need to address what's in it for the reader/user — what should the reader take away after reading the policy? But that’s the spirit of social media — it’s all about leveraging the positive. 2. 3. Include your name and, when appropriate, your company name and your title. 4.