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Making your site acceptable
Russ
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Making your site acceptable
Posted Thu, 16/04/2009 - 14:51
Social networking has a bad name with many companies blocking access to the likes of Facebook. One of my friends refuses to join Facebook as he doesn't want his boss knowing what he gets up to. However, this is someone who also complains that he is always working but has no time for a social life!
I run a social network for nurses which is designed to support nurses and develop their careers, however, most of our members do not feel they can access it from work.
Does anyone have any tips on making a social network respectable enough to be seen as a positive activity to be done in work time?
Thanks!
Russ
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Social networks for work need to be closed
I believe that large companies will only accept participation in social networks which are closed for employees of that company. There would be a large benefit for a closed community that served only peers at the same company. It would foster relationship between the employees and act as a good way for management to figure out how employees are feeling about their company, at least as long as they allow and support open and honest communication.
Facebook, Myspace and therelike are mainly used to communicate with friends and therefore employers will not see a lot of benefit from allowing its employees to use them at work. Of course, if you work in the marketing department, you should be spending time on these networks as they will help any kind of company to communicate with their customers.
Your Nurse Social Network, however, should be excempt from any employers ban as it delivers very valuable, work related information for nurses and since it is a nurse only community it does in a certain way resemble a close company network.