What the Pros Advised: Should your company have a social media policy for employees?

By Gerard Braud –

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On Monday we asked for expert advice from corporate communications and public relations professionals. We posed the discussion question “Should companies have a social media policy for employees?” on our social media. Have you seen or heard of effective social media policies for employees? What were some of the positive or negative outcomes?

Your colleagues answered and provided their tips regarding if companies could benefit from having a social media policy, and some effective ways to design and execute a social media policy for various types of companies and organizations.

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