Social Media Policies Are A Best Practice For Emergency Services

Posted by Dave Konig at 28 April, 2010, 9:00 am

The question “Do I Need A Social Media Policy?” is one that more and more Emergency Service Agencies are asking. Roberta Jackson answers it in the May 2010 edition of Best Practices For Emergency Services.

The simple answer is yes… in fact I advise that you must have one!
-Roberta Jackson, Best Practices For Emergency Services May 2010 Vol. 13 No. 5

The article includes the views here at PIOSocialMediaTraining.com, as expressed by Dave Konig, in that there are two key elements to every Social Media Policy:

The purpose of the policy to address the role of the agency in Social Media
Providing both permissions and prohibitions from an agency point of view to their providers

We have written a number of blog posts on this very subject, noted the 5 Vital Components of a Social Media Policy, briefly cover it in our free e-mail bootcamp, and have published a Social Media Policy Guide to help you along your path. One of the reasons we devote so much time and energy to the topic of Social Media Policies is because they are THAT important.

So, have we convinced you to start setting a Social Media Policy for your agency yet? If not, then why not?

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About the author

Dave Konig wrote 204 articles on this blog.

Dave has been involved in Social Media since 2005 through the current major services and some defunct ones as well. During this time he has been able to hone the craft by testing out the theories of others, creating his own philosophies, and gathering a better understanding of the mediums involved through networking and most importantly actual practice.