E-consultancy - Justin Patten's Bloghttp://www.e-consultancy.com/news-blog/author-62672/justin-patten.xmlE-consultancy: Justin Patten's Blogen-UKCopyright 2008 E-consultancy.comE-consultancy.comhttp://www.e-consultancy.com/images/feed-thumbnail.jpgE-consultancy Internet Marketing Newshttp://www.e-consultancy.com/Online PRCommunitiesSocial MediaSocial NetworkingBlogs and Bloggingsocial mediaorganisational behaviourThe split in companies' attitudes to social mediaJustin Patten <postman@e-consultancy.com> Another week goes by and another study is released which highlights the strength of social media.

Last week, a survey by Ann Majchrzak, Christian Wagner and Dave Yates illustrated  that corporate internal wikis really make a difference within an organisation. It can be accessed here, and a take on it is provided by Hemma of Headshift.

]]>http://www.e-consultancy.com/news-blog/362515/the-split-in-companies-attitudes-to-social-media.htmlhttp://www.e-consultancy.com/news-blog/362515/the-split-in-companies-attitudes-to-social-media.html#commentsMon, 22 Jan 2007 14:28:00 UThttp://www.e-consultancy.com/news-blog/362515/the-split-in-companies-attitudes-to-social-media.htmlOnline PRCommunitiesWeb 2.0Social MediaResearchBlogs and BloggingLegalBlogsResearchLawThe benefits of a relaxed blogging policyJustin Patten <postman@e-consultancy.com> One of the main fears of corporate blogging is the risk to reputation and the damage that employee bloggers can do to their own company.
 
If a firm does choose to allow employees to blog in work time, it is my experience that many legal and HR advisors advocate having a restrictive and detailed blogging policy to protect the firm.
 
A danger with this approach is that if you set up such a blogging policy, it will become so tight that no employee would dare to blog...

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