Articles in the social media policy Category

Evaluating the worth of Social Media
Posted in Blogging, Online, Social Media, social media policy on 30 September 2008

Interesting work by Charles Heflin and colleagues at SEO 20/20; they’ve explored dynamics of how creating web2.0 awareness translates into a positive ROI of time, money and resources devoted to Social Media. Charles highlights (hat tip to Tom Murphy) what he calls ‘statements of fact’ that guide social media engagement and evaluation strategies:
Social media networks [...]

Social and mobile media challenge IT control issues
Posted in Social Media, social media policy on 18 September 2008

Training and consulting to organisations re Web2.0/social media, we’re increasingly finding that IT departments are seen as ‘speed humps‘ to implementation of many Web2.0 tech tools…now a new report details fresh challenges for IT people…mobile devices (digital pens, laptops,mobile terminals, netbooks, smartphones) used by Gen Ys, contractors, remote office staff and outsourced contractors are likely [...]

Test your Digital Literacy Skill level here
Posted in Online, Social Media, social media policy on 11 September 2008

Sydney academic Catharine Lamby was in Melbourne today (11/9/08) talking about ‘young people & media consumption’.

Social media a workplace distraction, says survey
Posted in Online, Social Media, social media policy on 5 August 2008

Deakin Uni educator and co-Social Media advocate Ross Monaghan, points me to a news.com article discussing how social media sites like Facebook are increasing in popularity, yet threatening workplace productivity.
New research shows that four in 10 Australians now visit these sites and that Facebook’s 80million fans spend an average of 28 minutes per visit [...]