The first step many organizations take to manage Web 2.0 is to try to block them. This is unrealistic for a number of reasons.
Moving into mainstream
Employees need to know that the purpose of the survey is not to punish, but to mitigate potential liabilities to the organization. At the same time the organization needs to recognize that some experimentation and emergence is not only not bad, it can be a very effective way to determine which new services merit consideration.
One final point. No single policy can cover every possible circumstance. There are simply too many tools, processes, and situations that could pop up. Different organizations will treat things differently in different contexts. So perhaps the most important thing to teach employees about social media is to be smart. The Internet doesn’t forget. Best Buy’s policy is an excellent example, and one that can be boiled down to its tagline, “Be smart. Be respectful. Be human.”
At this point I’d be pleased to entertain your questions.