Comments on: Time to crack down on tech at work? http://strivepr.com/2006/06/15/time-to-crack-down-on-tech-at-work/ experts in digital PR and social media Thu, 07 Apr 2011 05:01:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Strive Notes » Big opps in Texas http://strivepr.com/2006/06/15/time-to-crack-down-on-tech-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-518 Strive Notes » Big opps in Texas Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:07:26 +0000 http://strivepr.com/wordpress/?p=82#comment-518 [...] Time to crack down on tech at work?  looks at blogging policies. [...] [...] Time to crack down on tech at work?  looks at blogging policies. [...]

]]> By: Robert J. Mercer http://strivepr.com/2006/06/15/time-to-crack-down-on-tech-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-216 Robert J. Mercer Thu, 15 Jun 2006 22:02:42 +0000 http://strivepr.com/wordpress/?p=82#comment-216 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? 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?

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