social media policies and ethics
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Presentation given by Dave Fleet at the Advanced Learning Institute conference on Social Media in Government on May 14, 2009TRANSCRIPT
Building a solid foundationSocial media policies, best practices and
ethics for your organization
May 14, 2009
“This leg is for people who like running up hills.”
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Blogging policy
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External Policies
Source: http://www.respectresearchgroup.org
Is the post positive or balanced?
TROLLSIs the person dedicated to
degrading others?
RAGERIs the posting a rant, rage, joke
or satirical?
MISGUIDEDAre there erroneous facts?
UNHAPPY CUSTOMERIs the posting a result of a
negative experience?
MONITOR ONLYAvoid responding to
specific posts; monitor and flag internally
FIX THE FACTSDo you wish to respond
with factual information?
CONCURRENCEA factual and well cited post, which may agree or disagree with you yet is not factually erroneous, a rant or rage,
bashing or negative in nature.
You can concur with the post, let stand or provide a positive
review.Do you want to respond?
LET STANDLet the post stand –
no response
RESPONSE CONSIDERATIONS
RESTORATIONDo you wish to rectify the
situation reasonably?
Transparency Cite sources Timeliness Tone Influence
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Adapted from Air Force Web Posting Response Assessment
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• Wikipedia
• Ghost Blogging
• Astroturfing
• Online Personas
When you editUsername
OR
‘Anonymous’
BUT
Sometimes IP addresses can be
traced back
Source: Virgil Griffith
WikiScanner.virgil.gr
• Neutral Point Of View
• ‘Discussion’ page
• Follow the established process
• Don’t attack others
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delicious.com/davefleet/ALIpolicies
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