Regulation and Enterprise Social Media

Everyone's heard the saying, "opposites attract," but do they last forever? As a culture, we love rooting for hopeless relationships—whether in books, movies, or reality. The naïve pig and prolific spider in, “Charlotte’s Web.” The wealthy, obnoxious woman and struggling carpenter in the movie, “Overboard.” Oil and vinegar or dry wine and steak. We close the book and leave the movie imagining happily ever after. We enjoy contrasting tastes that complement one another. In other real-life scenarios, it’s much more complicated.

Take the connection between regulation and compliance and enterprise social media. They seemingly repel one another. But by embracing differences and making compromises, this relationship can work harmoniously. And we don’t have to dream about it.

That’s why we invited Joanna Belbey, Social Media and Compliance Specialist for Actiance, Inc., Tom Chernaik, CEO of Command Post, and DeShelia Spann, who directs employee advocacy initiatives as the Digital Marketing Manager at Eaton, to steer us in our exclusive, live webinar: Charting the Course for Enterprise Social Media in a Regulated Industry. Join us to explore enterprise social media strategy for regulated businesses on
 Tuesday, June 24, at 12 p.m. EST / 9 a.m. PST.

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The Power of Ignoring Mainstream News

Posted on Tuesday, May 20th, 2014

Written by Joel Gascoigne

“The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.” – Thomas Jefferson

Around two years ago I stopped watching and reading mainstream news. I don’t read a single newspaper, offline or online, and I don’t watch any TV at all. I  mentioned this on Twitter and Facebook, and it created a lot of discussion, so I wanted to expand on my thoughts and experiences.

When I first started ignoring news, I felt that I was simply making an excuse, that if I had more time I should read the news. Today, however, it is a very deliberate choice and I feel consistently happier every single day due to ignoring the mainstream news. It just so happens that the last two years have also been the most enjoyable and productive of my entire life and have contained some of my greatest achievements. Here are a few reasons I think we should stop consuming mainstream news:

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Could Facebook be the future of news?

I remember a few years ago when I heard that 45% of Americans were getting news on Facebook. I thought it sheer insanity. Facebook was for idle chit chat and gossip, wasn’t it?

No more. Facebook’s newsfeed is getting smarter and smarter writesAnthony Wing Kosner (@akosner), a tech contributor to Forbes.

This end-of-Facebook talk is way premature. Despite reports that young people are spurning the social network, other indicators point to rising engagement levels among its 1.3 billion users. As of the end of March, 63% of those users login on any given day and 50% are on six days a week. Facebook stock turned a corner early in 2013 and has barely looked back.

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Ready to Be a LinkedIn Influencer Yet?

Don't lie: if you're a social media marketer, at some point in the last couple of months you went to Google and typed in, "apply to be a LinkedIn influencer" - or something of the sort. You know you have.

A platform that's been graced so far only with people with the pedigree of Sir Richard Branson, Ariana Huffington and Conan O'Brien, we mortals have been subjected to the torture of merely watching the massive reach, viewership and engagement that the LinkedIn influencer platform has been able to generate.

But that's just been blown open.

http://socialmediatoday.com/avtar-ram-singh/2194241/ready-be-linkedin-influencer-yet