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Time to crack down on tech at work?

15 June 2006 No Comment

Many clients ask about how to ‘control’ employee blogging.  The level of fear is somewhat surprising, but indicative of the lack of understanding a lot of corporates have for this technology.  In C/net’s Perspectives, Eric J Sinrod, a partner at Duane Morris, gives some good pointers about what to include in a blogging policy along with guidance on the use of other social technologies in the workplace.

I know how much time blogging can eat up.  It’s 30 minutes a day minimum, and often much more if you want to do it well. I’d be interested in hearing about how others have helped clients formulate blogging policies.

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  • Robert J. Mercer said:

    Charlene Li has a good writeup on this which should provide some useful background for your clients, as well as some useful links to other blue chip corporate blogging policies. http://forrester.typepad.com/charleneli/2004/11/blogging_policy.html

    Most blogging requires web access, so corporate ‘web usage policies’ could be adapted to cover what is and what is not acceptable.

    I would urge those responsible for policy to gain a greater understanding of the medium before leaping in.

    It’s very easy to create an anonymous blog – better to keep your bloggers on the team rather than alienate them with a heavy handed or too authoritarian approach?

  • Strive Notes » Big opps in Texas said:

    [...] Time to crack down on tech at work?  looks at blogging policies. [...]

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