Corporate Social Media Policy: Top 10 Guidelines
How can corporate employees’ participation in Social Media be dealt with and managed in a way that liberates them — without putting the company at risk?
While I most often write about Social Media for Marketing, this question of Social Media use within the Corporation is ultimately a much bigger issue.
I’ve seen (and helped develop) several Social Media Usage Policies. Meanwhile, folks like Dave Fleet have done an outstanding job of covering Social Media Policies at a philosophical level.
But, you’re busy. You want the work done for you, eh? I get it.
One of our new clients (an iconic brand that I can’t wait to tell you about!) recently worked on a new Social Media Policy which we helped to refine and humanize. It represents one of the best examples I’ve seen, and offers the added benefit of having been vetted by top corporate lawyers.
And, you can have it. Here, for you — for free and without copyright restrictions — is an example of the Top 10 Guidelines of Corporate Social Media Policy (PDF).
Copy & paste as you see fit, for your own company or clients: there may be some stuff that doesn’t fly within your own organization, but, this document is worth running up the flagpole with your company’s legal eagles, with the C-suite execs, etc.
As always you are encouraged to use this content with or without attribution to me or SHIFT. Make it your own.
Just let me know if you find it useful?
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thank you for this. I will share it with my tribe.
jim
Wonderful, clear, common sense rules spelled out in a single page. This is why Todd gets the big bucks. Thanks.
Thank you for your list. I find it really helpful!
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I have worked with many companies who think they are using Social Media with their “external” customers only to find out that they also have “internal” customers… employees. These policies offer a good foundation for what can be done and what cannot.
Todd, this template is really good — and even more valuable since it’s already been reviewed by corporate lawyers. Thanks for sharing this with us, and keep up the innovation.
This database contains links to more than 60 social media policies, and you can filter by industry:
http://socialmediagovernance.com/policies.php
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Todd:
This is a great example document, and we’ll add it to our list, including the two biggies of corporate guideline examples, IBM and Intel. (We blogged about them here: http://blog.cdginteractive.com/my_weblog/2009/03/rules-of-engagement-social-media-style.html)
Whether brief or detailed, employees definitely need to know their organization’s rules of the road. They’re going to engage in social media anyway; it’s up to employers to guide and shape that engagement appropriately.
This is terrific. I’ll be providing it as a great sector-agnostic template to non-profit clients. Thank you for this.