Social media gaining a workplace foothold | Article |
April 30, 2009
Whether you’ve banned it or not, social media is in use in the workplace, but it may not be used for what you think. Employees aren’t necessarily using social media for socializing with friends and family. Rather, they say, they use them for work purposes. So, maybe it’s not such a bad idea to let employees use social media and to integrate these tools — such as instant messaging, blogs, wikis, and text messaging — into your employee communications.
Just-released survey findings by Aon Consulting and Insidedge, “Social Media and Employee Communications,” illustrate how more than 8,000 employees of various public and private employers use social media at home and at work...
Whether you’ve banned it or not, social media is in use in the workplace, but it may not be used for what you think. Employees aren’t necessarily using social media for socializing with friends and family. Rather, they say, they use them for work purposes. So, maybe it’s not such a bad idea to let employees use social media and to integrate these tools — such as instant messaging, blogs, wikis, and text messaging — into your employee communications.
Just-released survey findings by Aon Consulting and Insidedge, “Social Media and Employee Communications,” illustrate how more than 8,000 employees of various public and private employers use social media at home and at work...
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