The Importance of Social Networking Policies

People dont talk about their lives to just a few friends anymore, they use social networking sites and broadcast it to the world. Michael Kelsheimer, an employment law attorney with Looper Reed & McGraw, discusses how social networking sites can effect an employers business and what rights, if any, employers have to control what their employees say and do on the internet.

View more

From: LooperReed

Related topics : business use of social networking sites / use of social network sites / social business network

Air Canada: How to inspire employees to use Yammer

Do your employees tend to use reply-all emails and ignore your enterprise social network? Bummer. But how well have you promoted your platform?

Air Canada made Yammer successful not only through an initial push, but through ongoing reminders and leadership involvement, says Sebastian Cosgrove, the airline's social media community manager for employee communications.

This clip is excerpted from a Ragan Training video, "Build an internal social network that fosters employee collaboration."...

View more

From: Ragan Communications

Related topics : internal employee social network / employee social networking sites / social media community manager / social media internal communications

Social Media in the workplace

This short clip from the Skill Boosters video and e-learning training resource - "Managing Social Media in the Workplace' examines the inherent risks of the misuse of Social Media and networking sites by employees. To preview the full resource email skillboosters@inclusivelearning.co.uk

View more

From: Skill Boosters

Related topics : social media network sites / employee social networking sites / manage social media

Social Media in the Workplace – Social NOTworking

AlphaStaff presents the Human Resources Challenge: 22% of employees visit social networking sites 5 or more times per week, yet only 54% of employers have a policy dealing with social media inside and outside the workplace. During this presentation, participants will learn about potential legal issues involved in adopting a policy and how to avoid those issues. Sample provisions will be discussed and recommended actions addressed.

Presented by Jackson Lewis.

View more

From: AlphaStaff

Related topics : social media legal issues presentation / employee social networking sites / social networking policies for employees

Idea Machine | Job Search via Social Media

With a world that is becoming more and more connected by social media each day, it is no surprise that employers are starting to use sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to find potential employees. Social Media Intern Rosario Kennion explains how social networking, if complemented with traditional networking, can help professionals in their job search.

www.abstraktmg.com

View more

From: abstraktmarketingSTL

Related topics : social media job search / internal employee social network / social media help / social media social media

Video Infographic: Social Networking, Employees in US small businesses survey

http://www.gfi.com/blog/where-theres-a-will-theres-a-social-media-way-video/ If email was the killer app of the 1990s, social networking holds that distinction thus far in the new millennium. It began as a venue for the younger generation but now people of all ages use Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn and other social sites for both personal and business-related communications. GFI's recent small business survey shows that 37 percent of workers use Facebook daily, with only 25 percent saying they've...

View more

From: GFI Software

Related topics : business use of social networking sites / social network for small business / social media networking sites business / social media for small business / business using social media

Social Media Show + Tell: Why Use Facebook for Business?

Join the discussion at http://www.businessknowledgeshare.com

Should my small business be on Facebook? As part of American Express's Social Media Show + Tell series, Facebook employee Neha Kulkarni explains how the world's largest social networking site can help you attract and connect with customers.

Join the LinkedIn Group, Business Knowledge Share, to ask Neha questions about how you can best use Facebook to support your business needs.

View more

From: American Express

Related topics : business using social media / social media networking sites business / social media for small business / social network for small business

How to Limit iPhone / iPad Users from Using Other Apps by Guided Access

For full description please visit: http://wp.me/p25Wff-Xu

Guided Access is a new feature on iOS 7 which enables the owner of the device to limit users from accessing Apps other than the ones that they are currently using. Guided Access keeps the device in a single App, and allows you to control which features are available.

Suggested for teachers who wanted to isolate students to use an educational App, for parents who wants to control which App their children uses or simply disable volume...

View more

From: PinoyITSolution

Related topics : employee social networking sites

SAS: Bring conversations inside the firewall with a social enterprise network

Will employees waste time on a Facebook-like internal social enterprise network? No, says SAS communicator Internal Communications Senior Director Karen Lee.

SAS' Hub platform is a powerful tool for sharing knowledge and experience. But if employees are wasting time on it, their managers will notice the slump in their productivity.

This clip is excerpted from a Ragan Training video, "No guts, no glory: Why you have to be brave to have an intranet that works." Learn more about the session...

View more

From: Ragan Communications

Related topics : internal employee social network / new social networking sites like facebook

Facebook post costs CMS employee his job

Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools has fired an after-school staffer because of an offensive comment he posted on the social networking site Facebook.

View more

From: Wcnc Newsroom

Related topics : schools social networking sites / network social sites