Comments on: My one prediction for 2010: Access denied http://blog.angelaconnor.com/2009/12/24/my-one-prediction-for-2010-access-denied/ Angela Connor on Growing Successful Online Communities Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:04:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sharon http://blog.angelaconnor.com/2009/12/24/my-one-prediction-for-2010-access-denied/#comment-2862 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:47:22 +0000 http://blog.angelaconnor.com/?p=1717#comment-2862 Exactly, butt! The real issue is how do companies control computer usage in general. It’s easy to ban specific sites. But SHOULD companies keep a keystroke log of all worker’s computers so that they can see the total time spend doing non-work related activity (NWRA)?

NWRA is the issue, not facebook.

]]> By: butt http://blog.angelaconnor.com/2009/12/24/my-one-prediction-for-2010-access-denied/#comment-2861 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:44:31 +0000 http://blog.angelaconnor.com/?p=1717#comment-2861 Pure silliness. If they are blocked from one site, they’ll just go to another site. If I can’t social network, I’ll play solitaire or read CNN or find something else to do on the computer. If you work with computers, you know how to entertain yourself on them too.

]]> By: Marsh Sutherland http://blog.angelaconnor.com/2009/12/24/my-one-prediction-for-2010-access-denied/#comment-2823 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:51:29 +0000 http://blog.angelaconnor.com/?p=1717#comment-2823 Angela, we’ll definitely collaborate. Thank you for signing up for the SocialGrow.com Alpha release as we see definite value in our software’s ability to quickly and easily help online communities grow its membership.

We were hoping for an expert in this area to join and help us grow the product to all it can be AND YOU DID!

Ken @socialgrow just tweeted a link to this article “When Your Company Culture Isn’t Ready for Social Media” on HBS. http://j.mp/5HkdJB It apears to be very interesting and on-point for community managers as a case study.

Modern culture morals would be against a company telling employees to turn off their cell phones in the office. Relatives need to be able to reach employees in case of an emergency and we all know how bad receptionists are at handling phone calls. Such a “phone off” policy could foreseeably result in civil liability if an injury or other damage were to happen to an employee’s family member that could have been prevented had someone been able to call the employee on their cell phone.

Employers could limit the number of minutes a day spent on a mobile phone, but not turn them off. What a reasonable limit is I don’t know. There is the minimum time allowed by law for employee breaks and then of course you’ve got the people who take smoking breaks. Perhaps there will be a texting or mobile phone use break put into policy, with exception for immediate personal calls. Companies don’t necessarily have to enforce the policies to the letter, but at least can have the employee’s signature on the policy to enforce in extreme breaches if they fire him/her and need a defense.

Happy New Year!

Marsh Sutherland
President | Co-Founder
SocialGrow
http://socialgrow.com
@socialgrow | @marshsutherland

]]> By: Angela Connor http://blog.angelaconnor.com/2009/12/24/my-one-prediction-for-2010-access-denied/#comment-2814 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:09:07 +0000 http://blog.angelaconnor.com/?p=1717#comment-2814 Hey Marsh! I like the way you’ve broken it down by division and who should have access based on their role within the company. I bet that would create some issues but it would probably work out for the best in many companies. Funny that you should ask about smart phones because that it exactly where people will migrate. They can’t ban it, at least not in a way that I can determine other than making people turn them off which would be impossible to manager. I would love to think this through more with you as we move into 2010. Let’s be in the lookout for case studies and share notes. Maybe even collaborate?? Thanks for taking the time to comment.

]]> By: Marsh Sutherland http://blog.angelaconnor.com/2009/12/24/my-one-prediction-for-2010-access-denied/#comment-2813 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:51:32 +0000 http://blog.angelaconnor.com/?p=1717#comment-2813 Great prediction. I’m surprised nothing has been done already. This will be a large problem for people who sit in front of a computer all day. Heck, when I first got on Facebook, I spent a good 6 hours a day catching up with all my old high school friends. Soon enough I turned off my Facebook email notifications and got back to work.

There should be segragation of access based upon role in a company. People in Sales and Marketing should be allowed access as social media marketing and outreach provides tremendous increased revenue potential with literally zero cost to the company. Unless administrative staff are spreading the message of how great their company is and creating brand awareness and goodwill, they shouldn’t have access.

These policies will be easy to implement similiar to banning porn on company computers and over company routers and servers.

Angela, how would a company ban social media on their employees’ smart phones? As people migrate from PCs to Mobile platforms, this poses an interesting productivity problem again. This productivity problem on mobile is here today as well.

- Marsh Sutherland
President | Co-Founder
http://SocialGrow.com
@socialgrow | @marshsutherland

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