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Setting the Boundaries: Developing Social Media
Policies for Your Organization
CanadaHelps.org What is CanadaHelps?
A public charitable foundation that provides accessible and affordable online technology to both donors and charities.
For Charities
A cost-effective means of raising funds online.
For Donors
A one-stop-shop for giving.
CanadaHelps is a charity helping charities.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 3
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
About PwC
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PwC provides industry focused assurance, advisory and tax services for public, private and government clients in four areas:
• Corporate Accountability
• Risk management
• Structuring and mergers and acquisitions
• Performance and process improvement
Part of a global network of firms – 154,000 people in 153 countries
PwC service areas include our multi-disciplinary Not for Profit and Sustainable Business Solutions Practices
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PwC Canada Foundation
PwC established a charitable Foundation in 2004.
Its mission is to help
build and empower community leadership
by helping employees sharing their time, expertise and resources.
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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PwC community impacts
The total number of volunteer hours donated by PwC employees during work hours over the past seven years.
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90,000
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How PwC looks at the work of our sector
Thought Leadership Publication:
Capacity Building: Investing in not-for-profit effectiveness
Read more about the initiative:
www.pwc.com/ca/capacitybuilding
Twitter: @CSRjames
James Temple
Director, Corporate Responsibility, PwC
Who Are You?
What are we so afraid of?
“Engaging in social media requires a shift in the way companies view themselves and their relationships with [stakeholders].”
• Social Fish & Croydon Consulting Social Media, Risk and Policies for Associations
Everyone has a megaphone
GETTING STARTED
Don’t start with a desire to CONTROL
• Your starting point should be to maximize the potential of social media for your organization.
Start with a desire to use the tools effectively
Do you need a social media policy?
Zappos: Be real and use your best judgment.
Benefits of a social media policy • Setting expectations
• Educating staff and volunteers
• Protecting your brand
• Avoiding legal liability
• Clarifying the reasons you use social media
Before you begin:
Review existing policies
Before you begin: Develop your social media plan
Before you begin: Clarify roles & responsibilities
Before you begin: Identify the risks for your organization
What are the biggest risks for your organization?
WHAT A SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY IS NOT
A social media policy is not a guarantee against mistakes
A static document that never gets reviewed
A staff management tool
WHAT A GOOD SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY IS
An opportunity to educate and create dialogue with staff.
A balance between RULES and GUIDELINES for success.
A chance to review your social media strategy.
YOUR POLICY
Elements of a Successful Social Media Policy
• Clarity
– Avoid legalese
– Use bullet points
• Light, Casual Tone
– Avoid punitive language
– Focus on the DOs, not the DON’Ts
• Practical
– Keep it short and easy to implement
– Should be intuitive to follow (i.e. people shouldn’t have to find the policy before posting, or they won’t use it)
Anatomy of a Social Media Policy
1. What the policy covers
2. How your organization uses social media
3. Link social media to your values and culture
4. Elements of the policy
5. Consequences & discipline
6. Who to contact with questions and concerns
Preamble
• Explain:
– Who the policy applies to
– What types of sites and/or social media tools are covered
– When and how updates will be communicated
These are the official guidelines for social media use on behalf of Social Fish. If you’re a Social Fish employee, intern or contractor creating or contributing to any kind of social media… these guidelines are for you.
- Social Fish social media guidelines
How your organization uses social media • Marketing and publicity
• Fundraising, donor engagement and retention
• Connecting with others around your cause
• Building relationship and online community
• Collaboration and collective action
• Sharing expertise on our issues
• Movement building and social change
As a company, we encourage communication among our employees, customers, partners and others – and [social media tools] can be great ways to stimulate conversation and discussion.
- Oracle Social Media Participation Policy
Link social media to your values and culture
The vision of the Coca-Cola Company to achieve sustainable growth online and offline is guided by certain shared values that we live by as an organization and as individuals:
Leadership, Collaboration, Integrity, Accountability, Passion, Diversity, Quality
- The Coca-Cola Company Online Social Media Principles
• Alternately, develop a set of social media “guiding principles”
If you participate in social media, please follow these guiding principles: - Stick to your area of expertise - Post meaningful, respectful comments - Always pause before posting - Respect proprietary information and content - When disagreeing with others’ opinions, keep it appropriate and polite - Know and follow the Intel Code of Conduct and the Intel Privacy Policy
- Intel Social Media Guidelines
THE HEART OF YOUR POLICY
• Indicate that people are responsible for what they post
RESPONSIBILITY
You are responsible for your actions. Anything you post that can potentially tarnish the company’s image will ultimately be your responsibility. We do encourage you to participate in the online social media space, but urge you to do so properly, exercising sound judgment and common sense.
- Coca-Cola’s Online Social Media Principles
The “Anonymous”
Supporter
• Be clear about who you really are
TRANSPARENCY
Don’t be a mole. Never pretend to be someone else and post about DePaul. Tracking tools enable supposedly anonymous posts to be tracked back to their authors. There have been several high-profile and embarrassing cases of company executives anonymously posting about their own organizations.
- DePaul University Social Media Guidelines
• Let your unique personality shine through
PERSONALITY
Identification on Social Media Tools
• How should your employees, volunteers, consultants identify themselves on social media tools?
• CanadaHelps
• Kirstin Beardsley – with a mention about where I work
• Kirstin@CanadaHelps
Transparency of Origin.
Dell requires that employees and other company representatives disclose their employment with Dell (e.g. Richard@Dell) in all communications with customers, the media or other Dell stakeholders when speaking on behalf of Dell.
- Dell’s Online Policies
QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER: • How do we show personality? • How should employees represent
their affiliation with our organization?
The Not-So-Savvy Marketer
COPYRIGHT • Your policy should
direct people to respect copyrights, trademarks and other proprietary marks
Respect copyrights. You must recognize and respect others’ intellectual property rights, including copyrights. While certain limited use of third-party materials (ex. quotes that you will comment on) may not always require approval from the copyright owner, it is still advisable to get the owner’s permission whenever you use third-party material. Never use more than a short excerpt from someone else’s work, and make sure to credit and, if possible, link to the original source.
- Oracle Social Media Participation Policy
It’s a conversation
• Coach social media users to listen as much or more than they promote
You Us
Them
QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER: • Who needs to understand
copyrights? • How do we balance promotion
and conversation?
The Eager Newbie
PROPRIETARY INFORMATION • Your policy should explicitly state that no private,
confidential or proprietary information can be shared
PERSONAL INFORMATION • Include a reference to your privacy policy and a
reminder that it applies to social media
Protection of Confidential and Proprietary Information. Dell employees and other company representatives must maintain the confidentiality of information considered Dell company confidential, including company data, customer data, partner and/or supplier data, personal employee data, and any information not generally available to the public.
- Dell’s Online Policies
Don’t Tell Secrets. It’s perfectly acceptable to talk about your work and have a dialogue with the community, but it’s not okay to publish confidential information. Confidential information includes things such as unpublished details about software, details of current projects, future product ship dates, financial information, research and trade secrets.
- Sample Nonprofit social media policy @ www.nonprofitmarketingguide.com
QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER: • What confidential and proprietary
information do we need to make sure people aren’t posting?
• How do we handle privacy online?
The Passionate Defender
RESPECT • Clearly state expectations around respect:
– Don’t get into fights
– Disagree in a calm, logical manner
– Correct factual errors in a polite way
– Don’t respond to angry, disrespectful people
– Don’t escalate a disagreement
Avoid personal attacks, online fights, and hostile personalities.
Build a reputation of trust among your peers, clients, media and the public.
- Edelman Online Behavior Policies and Procedures
Examples
EXERCISE GOOD JUDGEMENT • Accuracy of information
• Don’t offer advice
• Think about connections
Be Respectful.
Anything you post in your role as a Vanderbilt employee reflects on the institution. Be professional and respectful at all times on social media sites. Do not engage in arguments or extensive debates with naysayers on your site.
- Vanderbilt University Social Media Handbook
QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER: • Which people at your organization
need to hear about your policy?
The Social Media Addict
• Include a statement about the need to ensure that all of your employee’s work is getting done
PRODUCTIVITY
Don’t forget your day job. You should make sure that your online activities do not interfere with your job and commitments to customers.
- IBM Social Computing Guidelines
Adding value
• Write about what you know
• Don’t spam
• Post when you have something meaningful to share
MEASURE RESULTS
Track the effectiveness of your social media presence
The Activist
PERSONAL USE OF SOCIAL
MEDIA
• Remind employees that their personal posts could impact your organization’s reputation
A common practice among individuals who write about the industry in which they work is to include a disclaimer on their site, usually on their “About Me” page… We suggest you include a sentence similar to: “The views expressed on this [blog, Web site] are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of DePaul University.
- DePaul University Personal Site Guidelines
HANDLING MISTAKES
Create specific guidelines about how you want people to handle their mistakes:
• Respond quickly, apologize, be real
CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
TERMS OF USE • Create a separate
policy or Terms of Use document for social media sites that you run and/or moderate
• Terms of Use:
– Statement of purpose for the community
– Community rules around respect
– Moderation and deletion of comments
– Privacy statement
– How you will use the posts (i.e. marketing
material, fundraising etc…)
– Prohibited posts
•What stands out for you?
•What are the most important sections for your organization’s policy?
TIPS & REMINDERS
Involve social media users
• Invite the people in your organization who use social media to comment on and contribute to your policy
Teach the policy
• Don’t expect the document alone to work
Leave room for personality
• Social networks are about personal connections – don’t undermine that
Don’t reinvent the wheel
• Review other policies and borrow liberally
• Good policies to look at: IBM, Oracle, Dell, Intel and Coca-Cola
Review the Policy Regularly
• Things change quickly online!
Let Go! • You can’t always be
in control
Questions
THANK YOU!
@CanadaHelps
www.mycharityconnects.org
A very special thanks to our Sponsor! The PricewaterhouseCoopers Canada Foundation (PwC)
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