I am increasingly hearing organisations asking for a social media policy to be drawn up. It’s great to have a policy on important issues, but what do you do then? if your staff don’t actually understand your policy then it’s just a waste of time, paper and money.
#Think. If the policy is important enough to be written then surely it must be worth training your staff so that they understand it too?
Online safety
Four Simple Ways to Ruin Your On-line Reputation This Holiday
Communication tools have developed so fast that a large percentage of our adult population simply do not understand the consequences of sharing on social media. A policy certainly helps, but just drawing up a policy for people to sign does not mean that they understand the implications. It will cover the employer, but an employee losing their job, or accidentally publishing something on line that is harmful to the organisation is still costly all round.
Do your employees understand your Social Media Policy? Do you?
As a result of hearing about so many costly mistakes by organisations and employees on social media, I took a look at existing social media policies. I have a background in policy myself so I know all about what happens to those wordy documents. As a new member of staff you are bombarded with paper work and have to have them signed and returned within days. If they get read we are lucky. If they are understood it’s a miracle!
Advice for parents on Facebook and Your Child, from the real experts – our teenagers!
A group of teenagers from Lancaster and Morecambe College share their top 12 tips for parents to keep their children safe on Facebook.
Managing Your Child’s On-line Reputation – If not you then who?
So it’s half term here in Lancashire, and it’s pretty safe to say that a fair few teenagers are entertaining themselves on line. Do you know what they are viewing and sharing? Not understanding is not enough, so this is the start of a series of blogs about on line safety for you and your child.
Lancaster’s Social Media Surgery
Lancaster’s Social Surgery, a free support service for charities and community groups. A space for you to work on your social media with support and ask whatever questions you need to.