During my presentation yesterday on social media in the workplace at RecruitTech I spoke briefly about the “Facebook Five” and felt I would expand on my comments here.
In summary six (it was five) NSW prison officers are being threatened with being fired over comments they made on a Facebook page “Suggestion to help Big Ron [...]
The Facebook Five
September 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Digital Identity, New Media, Privacy, Social Networks · 1,987 views
Tags:employment law·FaceBook·Facebook Five·Industrial Relations Commission·Peter Black·Social Media Policy
RecruitTech Presentation
September 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Management, Recruitment, Social Networks · 2,444 views
Today I gave a short presentation at RecruitTech in Canberra on Social Media in the workplace. The official bio was:
Many big organisations continue to block the use of social networking tools in the workplace, whilst others encourage their use. But how much Facebook surfing and Twittering is too much? This presentation weighs up the pros [...]
Tags:FaceBook·policy·RecruitTECH·social media·Social Media Policy·Twitter·workplace
Social Media In the Workplace
May 11th, 2009 · 5 Comments · HR Management, Recruitment, Social Networks · 3,523 views
Below are my notes for the talk I have given over the last week on social media in the workplace. I admit they do not flow as an essay as they supplemented my slides, hopefully you can derive my messages.
Social Media in the Workplace
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For nearly 20 years geeks have been operating in [...]
Tags:ATC·Cluetrain·Domino·FaceBook·Ivell Marketing & Logistics·KFC·Leslie Nassar·Social Media Policy·Stephen Conroy·telstra·Twitter
Social Media in the Workplace and Policies
April 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment · HR Management, Social Networks · 1,888 views
It is interesting how things align for the last few months I have been talking with FCB Workplace Lawyers about speaking at their breakfast series on social media in the workplace. The growth in discussion on this topic over the same period has been amazing. Last week FCB announced the details of these sessions 8th [...]
Tags:FCB Workplace Lawyers·social media·Social Media Policy
Social Media Policy (Again)
April 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Digital Identity, Social Networks · 1,360 views
Just a quick comment. I have been reading some of the feedback to Telstra’s Social Media Policy on other blogs and news sites. One comment that keeps coming is that Telstra is essentailly applying old school thinking to a new world policy.
Well of course they are.
When you create policies they need to match the culture [...]
