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Mitigating the Risk of Bad Employee Behavior on Social Media
December 27, 2009 – 9:15 pm | Comments

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What do you do with an employee who posts less than professional opinions or images on Facebook about their employer, one of their clients or colleagues? What if it’s done on their private time?
Well the …

Video: Is Twitter a Boon or a Bane for Business?
November 30, 2009 – 1:17 pm | Comments

What would you suggest companies do to quantify how Twitter is benefiting / hurting them? (from my Radar Post – Peter P)
(OK – so a big caveat here — The quality of  my counsel depends …

When Social Technologies Become AntiSocial
November 25, 2009 – 1:13 pm | Comments

Just because “the audience now has a voice” doesn’t mean it should be exercised without interruption.

Personal Brands vs. Corporate Brands
November 2, 2009 – 8:57 pm | Comments

Employers have always expected certain individuals to bring their own personal “brand” to work – A newspaper columnist brings readers, a salesperson brings a rolodex, an executive brings credibility and a network of trusted talent and so on.

Online Etiquette Versus Offline Etiquette
October 23, 2009 – 12:59 pm | Comments

So this is a hard question to distill into two minutes. “Is there a difference between online versus offline etiquette?” The answer is obviously yes. I have met a few …

Past is Present – Nothing Dies on the Web
October 22, 2009 – 12:20 pm | Comments
Past is Present – Nothing Dies on the Web

In a normal social context you might think your brainless comment or slip of the tongue will quickly pass out of memory. On the social web you are often on-the-record, forever so judgment and a new sensitivity to the norms of the Social Web are critical.

Maximizing Privacy while Minimizing Offense on Facebook
October 1, 2009 – 4:47 pm | Comments

How you set up your Facebook account has a lot to do with how you use it and how much privacy you need – Just remember, there is no substitute for exercising discrtion and never posting things that you don’t want to go public. You never know….

Should You Use Facebook to Post Work Requests?
September 22, 2009 – 5:35 pm | Comments

Here is another in my ongoing Forbes series, Social Sense and Sensibility. The idea is to help organizations understand how to properly leverage social tools for business use.
If you have any questions you would …

Productivity Paradox In The Age of Social Networks
September 19, 2009 – 8:57 am | Comments

When I wrote “A Corporate Guide for Social Media“  for my Forbes column this single statement drew the most attention:
Build your policies around job performance, not fuzzy concerns about productivity.
If your employees are using Facebook …

How to Balance Personal and Professional on Twitter
September 16, 2009 – 2:42 pm | Comments

Answering the question: What percentage of tweets should be personal/professional interests?

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I find this question fascinating because with social technologies business IS personal so that line is very blurry. – Think about some …