Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 19, 2009

The Department of Defense is supposed to be releasing their social media policy in the next month or so. Other agencies are following suit and issuing their own policies and guidelines. link] Ari Herzog …so why praise these released policy documents if such is not the way to go? RT @cheeky_geeky: Government 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

“Why am I putting my butt on my line to bring about some real change in policies and culture, when I get the same raise as the guy who keeps his head down, does his job, and goes home at 5:00?&#. Has their work resulted in changed policies and practices that have opened doors for other initiatives?

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

These needs include having the top cover to take risks without fear of punishment, having their voice heard, and permissive policies that give them the ability to rally others to do the same. Fulfilling these needs falls squarely on the shoulders of the managers. Motivational Needs.

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Social Media Strategery

MARCH 10, 2009

Legal also played a major part in crafting our comment policy. Therefore we coordinated a policy and Terms of Use between the Office of Chief Counsel and other TSA offices. But all in all, we’ve been able to make policy changes ( Black Diamond & Electronics in Bags ) and better train our work force. If so, what was it?

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Blogger Gov 2.0 Policies Survey 81

Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 13, 2008

Social media and government started not with some policy or memo from the senior leadership, but from regular people sitting in a cubicle who saw an opportunity and decided to do something about it. They eventually changed the policy. Most importantly, you’ll make a difference. They found examples of others who were doing it.

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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

What will be the new DoD social media policy ? link] These discussions, policy creation, and legal hurdles jumped have been going on at federal agencies for 18-24 months. The work has been informing cookies policies, procurement, rules on contests, the future open government directive, and more.

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 12, 2008

Combined with the various regulations and policies that have to be consulted and the administration issues mentioned above, there is often just not enough time available in the year to get these things done. The former is centrifugal, a reaching out for inclusion in ever-widening circles of policy spheres. Differences [.]

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Additionally, think about social media in a platform-agnostic way, creating practices, policies and strategies that are easily adaptable as technologies and trends change.

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Social Media Strategery

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

“According to policy X, that’s not allowed&#. . “That’s not your job – let so-and-so deal with that&#. “Sure, we might become more efficient, but that means we may also lose 2-3 billets and/or funding&#.

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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

For example, I volunteer with Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (ypfp.org) and we’re always looking for volunteers to help design and implement our social media strategy. Contact the author [link] Katherine Tobin Thanks for sharing, Steve. link] Katherine Tobin Thanks for sharing, Steve.

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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Then why do organizations continue to hire social media specialists, managers, and coordinators, but then handcuff them with outdated policies, processes, and technology? You wouldn't hire Tony Stark but tell him he's not allowed using your tools, would you?

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 7, 2009

Camp, I want you to stop complaining about the policies or the skeptics or the lack of time that are stopping you from doing social media. One of the things that I’m actively focusing on right now is reaching out to the IT, security, and policy folks within my organization to open up the lines of communication.

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Are they allowed, nay, encouraged , to be honest, real, empowered, funny, and random or are they hampered by restrictive policies, approval processes, and message platforms? Think about how (or even if) they're communicating with your customers.

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Social Media Strategery

MARCH 29, 2012

This is why so many social media initiatives fail – not because of technology or policy, but because of people.

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Social Media Strategery

MAY 2, 2009

When we get down to the nitty and gritty of it and figure out why we are doing what we are and what is working and not working (policies…healing from the inside-out), we can start having meaningful conversations and building relationships. Chris is always a wealth of information… He is correct, 2.0 is about being helpful.

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 22, 2011

Starting and maintaining a vibrant online community behind an organizational firewall is already fraught with challenges – integrating it into the workflow , securing funding, scaling across the organization, developing policies and guidelines, creating rewards structures, identifying active champions – and now I’m here to tell you (..)

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Social Media Strategery

MAY 23, 2011

Would the world end if the lawyers were the ones writing the first drafts of these policies and regulations and then let the communications professionals edit their work, instead of the other way around? Legal Hurdles.

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Social Media Strategery

MARCH 8, 2011

Guess who gets the write the blog post criticizing the new expense reporting policy? You will have to be the one who can start start and manage difficult conversations with the community.

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Social Media Strategery

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

iCommandant.com does have a comment policy that closely resembles that of the Official iCommandant website, with one exception “No Moderation.&# Comment Policy: We welcome your comments on postings at iCommandant.com. Comment Policy: We welcome your comments on postings at iCommandant.com. Coast Guard Domain.

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Social Media Strategery

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

From the opening introduction – “you have to understand, we’re dealing with a very unique situation that’s different from your typical organization,&# to the challenges they face, “we have to work under Major League Baseball’s strict communications policies so we’re really limited in what we can just go and (..)

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 30, 2011

Day 14: On my way to a meeting, I was checking out my co-worker’s Facebook page on my iPhone when I saw his latest status update – “OMG – I can’t believe that someone said that about our new HR policy on our corporate blog!!&# No mobile support… I guess I’ll check it later tonight.

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 9, 2009

There are very real privacy, security, and policy barriers to social media implementation, and we must actively work with our IT counterparts to develop collaborative solutions. I know many IT professionals who are huge social media evangelists, and I know communicators who are terrified of losing control of the conversation.

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 8, 2010

This is why so many social media initiatives fail – not because of technology or policy, but because of people. Not because of technology or policy. “…so many social media initiatives fail – not because of technology or policy, but because of people.&# That statement speaks the truth!

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 27, 2010

to Internet for government data, policy and services&# by Alex Howard at O’Reilly Radar Government Use of Social Media – “In Addition to,” Not “In Lieu of” by Steve [.] I’m one of the leads for our social media/Government 2.0 link] hillary hartley I like your thinking.

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Get to know the mission and unique processes and policies of the people you’re talking to. You’re on point by recommending consultants understand “the mission and unique processes and policies.” You’re on point by recommending consultants understand “the mission and unique processes and policies.”

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 8, 2009

We may have different goals and end objectives, but the concepts both verticals must address (transparency, policy, management, buy-in, metrics, etc.) Since my day-job leans more into the public health and government agency arena–I couldn’t help but see the parallels between government 2.0 and non-profit 2.0 (for

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Social Media Strategery

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

It’s about updating policies because of the conversations you had on the blog, it’s about using a wiki to deliver better intelligence analysis to our country’s decision makers, and it’s about opening up government data to crowdsource IT development , saving money increasing innovation. For me, Government 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

JULY 25, 2010

At the end of this chapter of the book, Randy tells the story of how he still serves as a consultant to Disney and at the end of his meetings, he ends by asking, “If I sent a child into one of your stores with a broken salt and pepper shaker today, would your policies allow your workers to be kind enough to replace it?

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 27, 2010

The Director, New Media and Web Communications has specific responsibility for training and guiding Department Web Managers and for overseeing implementation of web policies and procedures. Open until Feb.

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Gov 2.0 Web 2.0 Forums Wiki 86

Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Discussions on Day Two centered around the right balance of policies, rules, guidelines, and best practices for internal wikis; the risks of open vs. closed networks; and the need for open/transparent communication between IT and the user community. I was really looking forward to the conversations about more advanced E2.0

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 17, 2010

So, if you’re itching to become “the guy&# at your organization when it comes to social media, be prepared: To be expected to know EVERYTHING about social media, not only about Twitter, Facebook, and wikis, but also all of the policies, trends, statistics, and laws too To know who else in your organization is also involved with social media (..)

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Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 18, 2012

These are the people who, without a formal policy, budget, or title have acted as referees, mentors, teachers, cheerleaders, and janitors for the community , all while also performing their “real” job. These people built and managed the community because they were passionate about it, not because they were tasked to do so.

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

When I meet with a senior executive, I try to make sure that there are at least four groups represented – people who “get&# social media, representatives from the communications or public affairs group who can speak to the organization’s communications strategy, people from the IT department who understand the technical architecture, (..)

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 30, 2011

What if the league stopped mandating policies and technical platforms on their teams and instead co-created these policies and collaborated on the best technical platforms? Woudn’t that work better than digging through old emails and shared drive files? Wouldn’t it be better to be seen as a partner instead of an adversary?

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 2, 2010

Find your organization’s social media policy/guidelines and memorize them. If your organization doesn’t have any social media guidelines, find your external communications policy and see if it’s covered in there. In coordination with your organization’s social media guidelines/policies, start commenting on these sites.

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Social Media Strategery

JULY 11, 2010

Through near constant talk of policies, regulations, and costs, The Downer calls attention to every possible reason why an idea can’t and won’t work, yet is unable to see the potential benefits.

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Social Media Strategery

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

What am I missing in my social media policy? How do I involve our Legal department when I’m terrified they’re going to shut me down? What’s the best way to get people to contribute to our organizational wiki? How do I best get senior leadership to actively participate in social media? Should they?

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