Avoid Disaster With These 6 HR Must-Do's for Social Media

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In today's hyper-competitive environment, organizations are striving to put in place social media strategies to help them attract and retain employees of all ages. No longer confined to twenty-somethings, an effective social media program is a "must have" for any organization who wishes to stay connected with its global employee base. However, in their rush to adopt the latest and coolest program, organizations often fail to fully think through the best way to deal with social media's double-edged sword of access and liability. Join Steve Miranda, Managing Director of Cornell University's Center for Advanced HR Studies, as he walks you through six "must do" social media initiatives aimed at mitigating your organization's strategic, reputational and financial risk.

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May 14, 2014

Ivy Exec

Avoid Disaster

With These Six HR

Must-Do’s for Social Media

So, what exactly are we talking about?

Social Media Def 1 – “Interactive platforms via which individuals and communities create and share user-generated content.”

Social Media Def 2 – “Social software which mediates human communication.”

Bottom line:

Social Media is all about the sharing of user-generated content…

Sometimes willingly and sometimes…

So, what exactly are we talking about?

Why is managing Social Media SO challenging?

Speed Scope

Meet the “S-Squared” Twins…

X

Speed

Meet the “S-Squared” Twins… Years to reach market audience of 50M:

Radio – 38 TV – 13 Internet – 4 iPod – 3 Facebook - 2

Why is managing Social Media SO challenging?

Scope

Meet the “S-Squared” Twins… Registered Facebook Users: 1.11B Google Searches Each Month: 115B WhatsApp Text Msgs Per Day: 50B

Why is managing Social Media SO challenging?

Why is managing Social Media SO challenging?

A

F E B

D C

A

Diverse Viewpoints Are Essential

Risk Senior Exec

Records Manager Marketing / PR

HR Director

Legal

Head of IT

Compliance

Summer Interns International Experts

External Users

Gen X / Y Employees

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Diversity is Essential

Who’s Speaking for Your Company?

From NY Post’s “Worst Social Media Blunders 2013”

Who’s Speaking for Your Company?

From Chicago Tribune’s “Top Social Media Fails 2013”

Who’s Speaking for Your Company?

B

Risk + No Policy => Bigger

Risk

Risk + Good Policy

=> Smaller Risk

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Put Simply…

When Hashtags become Bashtags

From digibuzzme.com

When Hashtags become Bashtags

From digibuzzme.com

Who’s Speaking for Your Company?

From NY Post’s “Worst Social Media Blunders 2013”

Channel Fatigue (AKA “Crying Wolf”)

C

Risks Are… Everywhere!

Legal Risk Financial Risk Reputational Risk

Regulatory Risk Strategic Risk Security Risk

The Mayor and the Malcontent

@BritishMonarchy

And It Can Happen Anywhere

A Reputation is a Terrible Thing to Waste

From NY Post’s “Worst Social Media Blunders 2013”

D

Before you deploy, think through…

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1) Will it make SENSE? 2) Is it CLEAR? That is, does it cover: - What? - Who? - Why? 3) Is it CONSISTENT? 4) Will employees find the policy helpful in guiding their FUTURE ACTIONS?

From Chicago Tribune’s “Top Social Media Fails 2013”

Who’s Speaking for Your Company?

From mashable.com

The Power of Well-Considered Humor

From mashable.com

The Power of Well-Considered Humor

How Will You Handle Your Crisis?

From mashable.com

E

Effective Risk Mitigation =

(Quality of Policies) X (Communication)

Put Simply…

Do your employees know: • Who is authorized to say • What to • Whom?

Put Even More Simply…

From Chicago Tribune’s “Top Social Media Fails 2013”

Who’s Minding “The Boss?”

Who’s Minding “The Boss?”

From Chicago Tribune’s “Top Social Media Fails 2013”

Who’s Minding “The Boss?”

F

From Chicago Tribune’s “Top Social Media Fails 2013”

Is Your Approach Consistent?

From Chicago Tribune’s “Top Social Media Fails 2013”

Is Your Execution Solid?

Because Just When You Think You’ve Made it Idiot-Proof…

Because… Even More Change / Chaos is On the Way

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