Employee access to social media
As the owner of the Stop Blocking site (www.stopblocking.org), I advocate for open employee access to social media. Yet I am a business advocate. The organization, when setting good policies and processes, benefits when employees can tap into their social graphs. This Storify story will include items related to the arguments against blocking as well as the benefits organizations can realize.
How Land O' Lakes' CIO Freed Facebook at WorkToday, any of the company's 9000 employee can use Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and other social sites at work, though only the marketin...- Why B2B Companies Should Use Social MediaSocial media lets employees collaborate across your company. Some companies block access to social networks in attempt to increase their ...
Dow Chemical: Using Social Media to Educate and Train the Next GenerationThis creates a three-pronged approach for how they engage customers, partners, and future employees in the market. Marketing finds opport...
Employees, you may now speak (more) freely on social mediaThe National Labor Relations Board has bad news for employers that want to heavily restrict their employees' speech on social media. Empl...
One in six organisations have fired an employee due to social media postsThe results show that 87% of companies would consider firing an employee if they posted something confidential about the company on a soc...- What should employees be allowed to post on personal networks?“There is no reason to have a bunch of rules for employee posts on their own networks. They work hard for you and deserve the freedom to ...
Mitigating the Legal Risks of Using Social MediaEmployees' and employers' use of social media is unstoppable. Ensure that social media is helping, not harming, your law firm or ...
How To Train YOUR Employees To Manage YOUR Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC] - AllTwitterBy Shea Bennett on March 12, 2012 12:30 PM Brands looking to forge a presence in social media have two basic options: do it themselves, o...
Social Media In The WorkplaceThere's rarely a question of the value of social media when it comes to company branding, but opinions are divided on its place in day-to...
Enterprises opening up to social networkingBy Sharon Gaudin | Computerworld The number of large companies that block employees from accessing social media sites from the workplace ...
5 Components of a Social Media Governance ModelA 2011 survey by Society for Human Resource Management reveals that 43% of businesses block access to social media on company-owned compu...
Andrew Hennigan's Communications Blog: Three Reasons Why Allowing Employees Access to Social Media Benefits an OrganizationMost of the articles I read about employee use of social media focus on the downside risks -- security threats, loss of productivity, lea...
Just The Facts About Workplace Social Media | We Know Nextby Jessica Miller-Merrell on November 15, 2011 0 comments I'm captivated by infographics. They, in my mind are the preferred alternative ...
How can banks be social if they don't trust their staff?But many banks still will not allow their employees to access social media whilst at work. In fact, according to research by Prozkaur, 70...
Social Media Success May Depend on HRGuest post written by Mark W. Schaefer. Mark is a consultant, college educator, and author who blogs at {grow}. There is a growing gap be...
Why block Facebook when it increasingly offers valuable work-related resources? | Business | Blog | Holtz Communications + TechnologyPosted on January 11, 2012 8:51 am | Business | Facebook | IABC I've been spending a lot more time than usual on Facebook lately. Two rec...- How can banks be social if they don't trust their staff?But many banks still will not allow their employees to access social media whilst at work. In fact, according to research by Prozkaur, 70...
More than half of Irish firms block employees from using social mediaSome 51pc of businesses in Ireland now restrict use of social media in the workplace, a new study reveals. Just less than half won't let ...- CEO Bans EmailEighteen months from now Thierry Breton, CEO of Atos—one of the largest information technology companies in the world, plans to have elim...
Survey Finds 37% of Employees Accessing Facebook at WorkHowever, 32 percent organisations still have no qualms about their employees accessing social media platforms at work. Surprising, 2 out ...
Shocker: Most Americans Check Work Email During the Holidays [INFOGRAPHIC]The majority of employed American adults (68%) with work email accounts check their messages during traditional family holidays such as T...
Half Of Young Professionals Value Facebook Access, Smartphone Options Over Salary: Report | Fast CompanyFor a whole new generation of tech-savvy young professionals, having access to social media or the right smartphone in the workplace is a...
