Comments on: Why Youth [And Adult] Professionals Need Social Networking Policies

By: Greg Mesaros

Greg Mesaros — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:51:18 +0000

Good points here Anastasia. This is a topic that deserves more discussion than it receives. There are so many people using social media for different reasons, establishing general rules of appropriateness can be difficult. For example, a company utilizing social media to build brand awareness as opposed to a 17 year old using social media to stay connected to friends and family, will typically have different perspectives on rules and boundaries which will still vary significantly between the groups.

By: Jeanmarie Loria

Jeanmarie Loria — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:22:30 +0000

It is critical for Boomers to solicit the Gen Y perspective on setting up the social media policies. This allows the Gen Y to share their knowledge and have a vested interest in seeing the policy be successful. With cross-mentorship, Gen Y’s can help share their natural technology and social media skills while Boomers share their guidance, knowledge, and experience. This maximizes how effective Gen Ys and Boomers are in the workplace because they are both using their experience and skill set that has been built up over time.

By: FFcommunicator

FFcommunicator — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:55:12 +0000

When representing your company through social media, you must have rules. Do what you want with your own name but if you’re charged with managing your company’s brand, you have a serious responsibility. Read more on social media: http://www.famefoundry.com/646/the-no-duhs-of-social-media/

By: Anne Collier

Anne Collier — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:42:33 +0000

I think you’re absolutely right, Anastasia. What you’re describing is part of the new-media-literacy training that’s got to be as “baseline” as traditional media literacy has been throughout school, pre-K-12 and beyond, in all appropriate subjects + “teachable moments.” Not just comfort and competency with new media, but also critical thinking about what ppl are posting and uploading as much as reading and downloading. Media literacy is now social and behavioral! Pretty interesting time we live in, eh?