[Slides] Social Business Governance, Altimeter Group

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Social Business Governance:!A Framework to Execute Social Business Strategy!

Ed Terpening, Senior Consultant!Charlene Li, Principal Analyst!

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WELCOME!

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Today’s hashtag: #socialgovernance!Charlene Li!

Principal Analyst!

Ed Terpening!Senior Consultant!

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Why Social Business Governance?!

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Hidden between great strategic ideas and business results lies the messy mechanics of governance.!

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Read the Open Research report!

Download at altimetergroup.com/research!!Based on!· Interviews with 20

ecosystem contributors!· Survey of 76 social

strategists and executive, conducted !

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Today’s Presentation!

· Why Social Business Governance Matters!· Definition!· A Social Business Governance System: 4 Ps!· Best Practices!· Resources!

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Strategy and Governance are Partners!

Source: Altimeter Group!

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53%!Percentage of organizations say social business strategy forms the basis for governance.!!


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16% !Percentage of organizations that say social business governance is well understood and deployed throughout the organization. !!!Source: Altimeter Group!

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What about you?!

Do you believe governance is in place to manage social, and that it’s well understood and followed?!

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“The word governance comes across like police. Rather, you have to approach it as helping: here’s how to approach social and be successful.!— Paul Michaud, SVP of Social Media at Citi!

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Our Definition!

Social Business Governance (SBG) is an integrated system of people, policies, processes, and practices that defines organizational structure and decision process to ensure effective management of social business at scale.!

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The Four P’s of Social Business Governance!


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People!

ü  Get leadership aligned. !ü  Ensure cross-functional

participation.!ü  Clarify who gets to make which

decisions.!ü  Measure participation and

alignment.!ü  Have an organizational

roadmap that evolves over time.!

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USAA’s cross-functional social committees unite

strategy and governance!

Compliance is embedded in the

social team to respond quickly!

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SBG Involves Paying Attention to Organizational Structure & Evolution!


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Policy!ü  Don’t reinvent the wheel.!ü  Ensure your policy reflects the

culture, mission, and vision of your organization.!

ü  Involve the right stakeholders, including executive sponsors. !

ü  Ensure consistency with related polices.!

ü  Think about measurement.!ü  Maintain and update on a

schedule.!

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Only 7% of Organizations Have !All Key Policies in Place!

Source/Base: Altimeter Group’s Survey of Social Business Strategists, December 2014 (n=76) ); Note: Percentages do not total 100 because “I don’t know” answers are not reported!

“Which of the following policies or guidelines are in place?”!

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Ensure Policy aligns with Company

Culture and Guiding

Principles!

20!Benchmark Policy against Best Practices!

Foundation! Transparency! Confidentiality and Privacy!

Conduct! Composite!

Best Practice!

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Process!

ü  Leverage your baseline.!ü  Define clear roles and be

complete.!ü  Design to measure. !ü  Be flexible.!ü  Make it visual.!ü  Test and maintain.!ü  Use process to enable

innovation.!

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The Decision Matrix: A Tool to Align!

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“I don’t want to always create a new process just for social. Whenever I can feed into current processes, that’s best.!— Joel Nathanson, SVP of Social Media at Bank of the West!

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Practice!

ü  Automate to scale through tools and technology.!

ü  Develop playbooks to ensure best practices are followed.!

ü  Measure practices for effectiveness. !

ü  Use training to develop the skills of a social business.!

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Source/Base: Altimeter Group’s Survey of Social Business Strategists, December 2014 (n=76) ); Note: Percentages do not total 100 because “I don’t know” answers are not reported.!

“Which of the following do you use to support Social Business Governance on an ongoing basis?”!

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“We have to take the proper time to educate. We can’t leave those behind that we’ll need to help you get us there. It will enable greater dividends on adoption longer term.!— Renee Horne, VP of Social Business at USAA!

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The Four P’s of Social Business Governance!


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Developing Governance!

· Understand maturity level!·  Seek a leadership imperative!· Assemble a cross-functional working team!·  Start with decision-making!· Align strategy and governance!

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The Social Business Governance Maturity Map!


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How Altimeter Can Help!

Social Business Governance Roadmap!

Social Business Governance Assessment!

Workshops, Education, and Advisory!

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Pragmatic & Research-Based Reports!Download at altimetergroup.com/research!

Social Business Governance: A Framework to Execute Social Business Strategy (2014)!

Social Media Education for Employees: Reduce Social Media Risk and Activate Employees for Scale (2013)!

Scaling Social Business: How Brands Manage Complex, Distributed Programs (2013)!

Guarding the Gates: The Imperative for Social Media Risk Management (2012)!

A Strategy for Managing Social Media Proliferation (2012)!

Social Business Readiness: How Advanced Companies Prepare Internally (2011)!

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Developing holistic governance is key to moving beyond isolated social media engagement to initiatives that leverage social broadly, across all functions. !

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Developing holistic governance is key to moving beyond isolated social media engagement to initiatives that leverage social broadly, across all functions. !

In other words, a social business.!

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Thank You!

Charlene [email protected]!charleneli.com!@charleneli!!

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Ed [email protected]!@edterpening!!

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