Social media policies

Social media policies can be created and distributed across organizations to leverage on its benefits while avoiding its misuse by following certain policies. The issues the policy should address include privacy, confidentiality, communications standards for engagement, personal versus business engagement, harassment, and other areas specific to the organization. The question that arises here is will violations happen? Certainly! But having a policy in place protects employees, and organization, by establishing the standards that everyone is expected to meet.

Brain Storm Ideas

 At the higher departmental level CIOs can ask employees to brain storm ideas on how social media can enhance their work, business processes, and company's brand in general. By giving employees a fair chance to play a role in organization’s development and express their views good things will emerge for sure. Aren’t your employees already are social media experts? Trust them.