Welcome To Social Media 101
 

Employee Training Course 

Most employees do not realize that workplace guidelines and regulations that apply in the real world are also present in the virtual world, regardless of whether they are using social media at work, at home, or from a smartphone.   

The workplace consequences to your employee’s misuse of personal social networking are endless, and these risks can have a serious impact to your brand, community reputation, profit, and future growth. Without the proper guidelines and social media training, these risks will only continue to become more threatening with the possibility of civil liability, as well as violations of various laws such as FACTA, FERPA, and HIPAA.

"Social Media Is a ‘Digital Minefield’ For Employers" – MSNBC

"34 percent of companies surveyed reported that a loss of sensitive information due to employee use of social networking and that it had affected business” – Proofpoint

“Survey Shows Employers Need to Boost Social Media Training” – SHRM 11/10/11

“…33 percent said that their organizations have disciplined employees for social networking issues in the past 12 months."  SHRM 1/1/12

THE FACT IS...

The number of organizations having to fire employees for their misuse of
social media is growing every day.

Have You Considered?
 

  • Are my employees violating privacy laws in social networking conversations?
  • How do the online activities of my staff reflect on our organization in the community?
  • Could employees sharing workplace frustrations in social media embarrass our organization?
  • Are internal workplace dynamics being discussed in employee's personal social networking?
  • What are the implications of our employee’s ‘friending’ patients, clients, students on social networking sites?
  • What issues will arise if my employee’s don’t fully understand the risks of identity theft, workplace privacy, and disclosures?


Social 'NOT' Working is Only a Small Part of the Problem

Blocking social networking sites on workplace devices, for those that do not have a business purpose to access it, does next to nothing to deal with the 24/7 implications of how employees can misuse social networking. Workplace productivity is only one of many concerns and a small one compared to issues of organizational embarrassment, and violation of privacy laws that many organizations are dealing with. Workplace issues can be created whether your employees are on a cell phone or at a home computer.

Do your employees consider the workplace implications of a weekend
post on their Facebook page?

How do you create the necessary awareness for employees to understand the workplace pitfalls of their personal social networking?

The Solution is Employee Training

The issues created by the misuse of social networking and your employee’s sharing personal and workplace information are unique to various industries.  It is especially important to provide awareness of these issues specifically to employees in the Healthcare and Education fields. Our online training programs and downloadable resources have been created specifically for healthcare and education markets and based on our years of training and understanding of the social networking pitfalls specific to these fields.