Comments on: Laying Down the Twitter Law http://www.thegeekgiant.com/2010/02/03/laying-down-the-twitter-law/ Thoughts on Public Relations, Social Media and Corporate Communications Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:31:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rob Hahn http://www.thegeekgiant.com/2010/02/03/laying-down-the-twitter-law/comment-page-1/#comment-276 Rob Hahn Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:45:09 +0000 http://www.thegeekgiant.com/?p=339#comment-276 Very interesting question... I suppose the answer depends on your relationship with your employer or client. If you're an hourly employee, or a low-level person who really can't be said to "represent" the company, then yeah... private time is private time. If you're the CEO, however, I think you can see how that might be different. Bottomline, I suppose, is that employment is voluntary on both sides. It strikes me as fundamentally fair for the employee/consultant to refuse to tweet or blog for the employer/client; it strikes me as equally fair for the employer or client to part ways with that employee/consultant. As long as both sides have that freedom, I see no problem either way. -rsh Very interesting question…

I suppose the answer depends on your relationship with your employer or client. If you’re an hourly employee, or a low-level person who really can’t be said to “represent” the company, then yeah… private time is private time.

If you’re the CEO, however, I think you can see how that might be different.

Bottomline, I suppose, is that employment is voluntary on both sides. It strikes me as fundamentally fair for the employee/consultant to refuse to tweet or blog for the employer/client; it strikes me as equally fair for the employer or client to part ways with that employee/consultant.

As long as both sides have that freedom, I see no problem either way.

-rsh

]]> By: Kristy Bolsinger http://www.thegeekgiant.com/2010/02/03/laying-down-the-twitter-law/comment-page-1/#comment-274 Kristy Bolsinger Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:36:15 +0000 http://www.thegeekgiant.com/?p=339#comment-274 This is actually a bit more tricky than I would like to think. It greatly depends on the position. In some company's and in some roles, people are hired with a great deal of weight placed on the personal network they bring as leverage. The expectation is that the employee will utilize this personal network for the betterment of projects/company/clients/etc. That being said, I am inclined to believe that this is rare. As of now. Being forced to utilize my personal network for the betterment of the brand IMHO is inappropriate. It is akin to asking me to go door to door to all of my friends and family. If I choose to do so, that is up to me. I take great care in maintaining trust around my "personal brand" and when I feel it is appropriate to tweet something for my employer that I feel my network can find value in I will do so. At my discretion. But force me? Uhm no. This is actually a bit more tricky than I would like to think. It greatly depends on the position. In some company’s and in some roles, people are hired with a great deal of weight placed on the personal network they bring as leverage. The expectation is that the employee will utilize this personal network for the betterment of projects/company/clients/etc. That being said, I am inclined to believe that this is rare. As of now. Being forced to utilize my personal network for the betterment of the brand IMHO is inappropriate. It is akin to asking me to go door to door to all of my friends and family. If I choose to do so, that is up to me. I take great care in maintaining trust around my “personal brand” and when I feel it is appropriate to tweet something for my employer that I feel my network can find value in I will do so. At my discretion. But force me? Uhm no.

]]> By: Prince http://www.thegeekgiant.com/2010/02/03/laying-down-the-twitter-law/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Prince Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:44:23 +0000 http://www.thegeekgiant.com/?p=339#comment-272 Very soon all companies will have to fundamentally change org culture, and make processes participatory, and more inclusive in nature. IBM is deploying enterprise social media, among others like Cisco, Zappos). Interesting times ahead. Thanks for your insights :) Cheers, Prince Very soon all companies will have to fundamentally change org culture, and make processes participatory, and more inclusive in nature.

IBM is deploying enterprise social media, among others like Cisco, Zappos). Interesting times ahead. Thanks for your insights :)

Cheers,
Prince

]]> By: uberVU - social comments http://www.thegeekgiant.com/2010/02/03/laying-down-the-twitter-law/comment-page-1/#comment-271 uberVU - social comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:24:18 +0000 http://www.thegeekgiant.com/?p=339#comment-271 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by geekgiant: New post about mandated tweets: Laying Down the Twitter Law: http://j.mp/bvNB6h... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: foleymo http://www.thegeekgiant.com/2010/02/03/laying-down-the-twitter-law/comment-page-1/#comment-270 foleymo Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:11:18 +0000 http://www.thegeekgiant.com/?p=339#comment-270 My Twitter profile bio clearly states "I don't tweet for clients." If I was given a pre-written tweet, I would treat it as a retweet situation. If I truly found it interesting I might tweet it to my followers and state where it originally came from. (I do a lot of retweets!) Nothing ticks me off more than someone assuming that my relationship to them comes before the proper maintenance of my personal brand. What that action says to me is "it's not personal." But it IS personal to me. My personal brand is my personality in a digital wrapper. It's not a pawn they can use for their purposes. My Twitter profile bio clearly states “I don’t tweet for clients.”

If I was given a pre-written tweet, I would treat it as a retweet situation. If I truly found it interesting I might tweet it to my followers and state where it originally came from. (I do a lot of retweets!)

Nothing ticks me off more than someone assuming that my relationship to them comes before the proper maintenance of my personal brand. What that action says to me is “it’s not personal.” But it IS personal to me.

My personal brand is my personality in a digital wrapper. It’s not a pawn they can use for their purposes.

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