I recently received a review copy of the Forrester report, The CIO’s Guide to Establishing a Social Media Policy. First, they offered guidelines rather than best practices. Secondly, the policy leads with a positive approach toward social media while acknowledge risk. Another 11% were not sure if a policy existed.  MORE >>

As things return to a more normal pace, there are a few updates I wanted to share: Gartner has a strict policy on personal analyst blogs when it comes to the topic of IT. For more information on GBN, see Gartner Blog Network FAQ and Gartner public web participation guidelines. February-April has been more than just a little busy. MORE >>

Thanks to broadband and mobile technology, the tools and the very nature of work are changing, but are corporate IT policies keeping up? Only 34 percent of the 1,303 end users surveyed who had an acceptable use policy in place felt that they adhered to it all of the time. As I outlined in a recent post of GigaOM Pro (sub. MORE >>

Tech Republic recently posted on 10 things you should cover in your social networking policy. There has been a lot of discussion on this topic, including my prior post, Social Media Policy Guidelines Can Encourage Use Outside Enterprise and Adoption Within. adoption to have guidelines that also cover usage inside the enterprise. MORE >>

I see that the FDA and NFL have both published rules / guidelines on how to use social media recently. The NFL policy is just silly. It's just that the NFL should not be making these policies. blogs fda nfl policies socialmediaReally? Both of these seem foolish and a waste of energy. Of course, we know how this will work. MORE >>