There are many social media and blogging guidelines online. While researching I found myself searching back and forth between sites. On this post I have put the most impressive links in one place for reference and hopefully not to re-invent that wheel.
I’m a bit obsessed with social media guidelines having recently come back from the inspirational, amazing, early morning soiree that was Localgovcamp. I am still buzzing with excitement about what’s happening in the world of local authority social media.
One policy that really sings to me is Zappos Twitter policy ‘Be real and use your best judgement’ - that’s it! Thanks to original posts listed below just for reference….
- Liz at LGEO Research
- Dave at Dave Press
- Carl Haggerty’s notepad
- Laurel Papworth
- 123 social media
- Govloop
- Christyweb
- Mashables 10 must haves for your social media policy
- Stap isi – where to post local government online guidelines
- Step two designs – Moderating internal discussion forums, blogs and other social media
The list
Employee guidelines
- Civil Service guidance on participation online
- New Zealand Government – Guide to Online particpation
- Carl Haggerty’s Social media and online participation guidelines
- Intel’s Social Media Guidelines
- IBM’s Social Computing Guidelines
- Social media explorer – Employee Policies for Social Media Participation
- Scout blogging – Corporate Guidelines for Using Blogs and Forums
- Sun Microsystems Communities: Sun’s Guidelines on Public Discourse
- BBC personal use of Social Networking and other third party website
- CIPR Social Media Guidelines
- Draft guidance for New Zealand State servants using social media
- Gartner Public Web Participation Guidelines
- Greteman Group (Marketing Agency)
- IBM Social Computing Guidelines
- CISCO Internet Postings Policy
- HP Code of Conduct
- Harvard Law School – Terms & Policy
- US Navy – Web 2.0 – Utilizing New Web Tools
- CIPR Chartered Institute of Public Relations Social Media Guidelines
- US Air Force Social Media Policy (includes flow chart)
- Porter Novelli
- Government Policy
- Dow Jones Social Media Interaction Policy
- Harvard Law School Blogs Terms of Use
- Sun Guidelines on Public Discourse
- Cisco’s Internet Postings Policy
- IBM’s Social Computing Guidelines
- Dell’s Online Communication Policy
- United States Airforce “new media and the airforce”
- Telstras 3 r’s of social media engagement
Blogging guidelines
- BBC staff blog guidelines
- USA.gov – Government and Social Media – advice on blogging
- BlogCouncil – Disclosure Policy
- Opera Employee Blogging Policies
- Electronic Frontier Foundation How to Blog Safely about Work
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation blogging rules
- Opera Blogging Policy
- Sun Blogging Guidelines (pdf)
- GM Motors Blogging Policies
- Media companies: For Journalists entering into public debate
- IOC Olympic Athletes Blogging Policy
- Yahoo’s Personal Blog Guidelines for staff
Once digested and reviewed i’m working on a very simple version in plain English using lovely charts….
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