Renaissance Reflections

The Social Workplace: The Future is Now

In this SMinOrgs S.M.A.R.T. Blog guest post, Jerry Carducci offers his thoughts on the future of the social workplace. Building on the ideas in the latest S.M.A.R.T. News Digest – Social Media and the Workplace - What’s In Store for 2012? – he anticipates the impact of new digital technologies on organizational culture, employer branding, consumer listening, and organizational policies.

Click here to read the post.

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Don’t Just STOP SOPA: Fix It!

The issues related to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) are not as simple or black-and-white as many individuals and organizations are portraying them. There is consensus that online piracy is a problem that must be addressed, as well as general agreement that some kind of law is necessary. There are substantive – and important – differences, however, with respect to what the law should include and how it should be enforced. Rather than engendering unproductive hysteria through grand standing, dramatic (but hollow) gestures and rhetoric, leaders in both the private and public sectors would better serve their stakeholders (and themselves) by working together to develop a viable solution.

This post in the GCDEL Digital Era Thinkers Blog shares my initial formal thoughts on all the SOPA hullabaloo that's been brewing and erupted yesterday. Since so many people are posting anti-SOPA sentiments, I wanted to offer a different point of view. I will write a follow-up Digital Era Food for Thought post as well.

Click here to read the complete post.

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RSS Thought Leadership via SMinOrgs and GCDEL

Most of Renaissance Strategic Solutions' thought leadership comes through the two digital communities founded by Renaissance's Principal, Courtney Hunt:

• The Social Media in Organizations (SMinOrgs) Community
• The Global Center for Digital Era Leadership (GCDEL)

This thought leadership is provided indirectly through Courtney's curation of news articles, blog posts, videos, and other resources that are shared primarily through the LinkedIn groups and Twitter accounts for each:

• SMinOrgs LinkedIn group
• SMinOrgs on Twitter (@SMinOrgs)
• GCDEL LinkedIn group
• GCDEL on Twitter (@GCDELstream)

Direct thought leadership is provided through the following blogs:

• SMinOrgs S.M.A.R.T. Blog
• Digital Era Thinkers Blog

The SMinOrgs email blasts listed below provide links to some of the thought pieces and guides Courtney has written and will give you a sense of the breadth and depth of her thinking and analysis: 

• Spotlight on LinkedIn

• Introducing GCDEL...SMinOrgs' Sister Community

• Recruiting in the Digital Era 

You can access even more pieces by visiting the respective blogs and/or the SMinOrgs email archive.

To stay current on Courtney's Digital Era thought leadership, please join SMinOrgs and/or GCDEL (visit their respective websites for details on where and how), or connect with her directly on LinkedIn.

Social Media and Human Capital Management: Resources for HR and Other Leaders

SMinOrgs Founder Courtney Shelton Hunt has created a number of resources that address some of the connections between social media and the management of human capital in organizations. Listed below are links to the pieces available as of March 2011, organized by primary topic.

 

Human Resources Applications

• Social Media Primer (Part 2): The Juggernaut is Bigger than You Think
• Social Media Primer (Parts 1 & 2 updated): Revisiting the Fire & the Juggernaut

Human Capital Management Considerations

• Social Media Primer (Part 6): Human Capital Management Challenges
• Managing Human Capital in the 2.0 Era
• Social Media and Integrated Talent Management: Opportunities & Challenges

Recruiting Considerations

• Social Screening: Candidates – and Employers – Beware
• Social Screening: The Expanded Discussion
• Digital Era Employment Practices Under Fire – Again!

Legal/Policy Challenges

• Social Media Policies: Necessary but not Sufficient
• The NLRB “Facebook Settlement:” Let’s Focus on the Facts (follow up to earlier post: The NLRB's Recent Action: Separating Fact from Fiction - and Unfounded Fear)

New content gets added to the Community regularly, and human capital management is a primary area of focus. You can stay current by joining us on one of our platforms (see links in the right-hand column of our website) and/or subscribing to the SMinOrgs S.M.A.R.T. Blog.

Leaders who want to increase their understanding of social media and its implications and determine the best way to provide direction for their organizations should also check out the SMinOrgs Social Media Primer.

Embedded below is a flyer that lists the pieces available as of March 2011. Downloading the flyer from SlideShare will activate all the hyperlinks.

As the Principal of Renaissance Strategic Solutions (RSS), Courtney Hunt can help your organization meet its social media challenges. Visit the RSS services page to learn more and contact her for a free consultation.

If there is a specific social media topic you'd like to see addressed in greater depth via SMinOrgs, and/or you'd like to suggest additional HCM-focused resources, please email topicrequest@sminorgs.net.

 

SMinOrgs Social Media HCM flyer 03 15-11

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Digital Era Employment Practices Under Fire – Again!

What do you get when you cross the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS or DOC), an employee applying for recertification, an (alleged) policy asking for login information for social media sites (e.g., Facebook), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and YouTube?

Apparently, a media frenzy, heightened emotions , misunderstandings and misrepresentations, irrational, profanity-laced discourse, and a clear hue and cry from a populace that basically says “no way, no how – not now, not ever!”

And if you're a savvy employer, you (re)evaluate your own policies and practices related to individual use of social media and revise them accordingly…

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There's been a mini media firestorm about this issue this week. In addition to commenting on other articles/posts, I thought I should write my own reflection.

The NLRB “Facebook Settlement:” Let’s Focus on the Facts

On February 7, 2011 the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a news release announcing it had reached a settlement with American Medical Response of Connecticut, Inc. (AMR) regarding the complaint filed by the Hartford (Connecticut) regional office in October 2010 alleging (in part) that AMR had illegally fired Dawnmarie Souza for comments she made about her supervisor on her Facebook page. The press release also indicated that AMR and Souza had reached an separate settlement regarding her termination, the terms of which were confidential.

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This is an important issue that's received a lot of attention in the press and in cyberspace - but unfortunately much of the dialogue is misguided. This blog post (and its predecessor) represents my attempt to keep the conversation rational. I welcome your comments and questions.

Social Media Policies: LinkedIn Poll

I'm working on a blog post re: social media policies, the basic gist of which is that they are necessary but not entirely sufficient to address the risks associated with the use of 2.0 and other digital technologies by individuals and organizations. The blog post is the lead-in to a white paper I plan to write that provides more in-depth coverage of the issues (anyone want to co-author it with me?). 

As part of the introduction, I will include results from studies that have surveyed folks about the status of social media policy development and implementation in their organizations. I checked LinkedIn and didn't find any related polls that had substantial responses, so I thought I'd create create my own!

You can provide your response in the embedded poll below or click here to access the poll on LinkedIn if you can't see it or are having trouble responding via the blog.

The poll will be open until early March. I appreciate your taking a minute to vote and add your comments/questions (which greatly enrich the quantitative data). And of course I also appreciate your sharing the poll with other people in your network.

Thanks so much! I look forward to seeing and reporting the results.

 

Blog Post and White Paper on Social Screening

In a recent Social Media in Organizations (SMinOrgs) S.M.A.R.T. Blog post, I address the growing practice of social screening. I provide a brief overview of social screening processes and share my advice and recommendations for both individuals and organizations. You can click here to read the blog post, or access the corresponding white paper on the SMinOrgs SlideShareChannel through the embedded link below.

Social Screening: Candidates – and Employers – Beware

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