Social
Media Usage for Human Services
By Keith
Murfee-DeConcini
Utilizing
social media is becoming increasingly more common these days, both in personal
and business ventures. So getting the message out regarding human services on
the company clock is an issue. Vastly different from looking at porn or bidding
on E-Bay, maintaining a regular social media presence is as important as ever.
Having robust business security which includes a web filter in this day and age
of online connectivity is a critical management safeguard tool but is there
such a thing as being too cautious?
I was
recently a volunteer at a nonprofit service provider in New York City, managing
their website blog and involved in their social media outreach meetings. For a
company so focused on connecting to clients through social networking, the
website filter they used was quite a hassle and in my opinion, did more harm
than good. Employees had to really do computer acrobatics quite often to manage
any meaningful update to the social networking platform. Social networking may
have started for more personal use; however, it has and continues to evolve
into a focused tool for businesses for employment and outreach purposes.
Examples such as LinkedIn and Yammer are a starting point, which illustrates
that business social networking is on the rise and web filtering must take
note.
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