Rules…. Guidelines…. It does not matter if you are in the 38% of companies blocking social media (in the United States), are leaving social media access wide open, or are looking to strategically leverage The Social Ecosystem. Guidelines about what is, and is not, acceptable, are critical to the success of your Social Organization.
There are hundreds of great examples of real-world Social Usage Guidelines available across the web. This post is providing you with a template that you can use to create a set of guidelines for your organization, your Social Organization.
Note that any set of organizational guidelines need to be regularly enforced. I would recommend that Social Organizations review these with new employees and give regular, quarterly is best, training sessions for all employees. The use of social media is too much a part of how people live to simply train once and expect people to remember your rules.
Also note, only 20% of companies worldwide have a policy for their employees (according to Manpower, see below). Do not make this mistake.
Without further ado, here is our template.
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