Justin Patten

I am a solicitor and qualified mediator.

My webblog can be found at www.human-law.org

The split in companies' attitudes to social media

Another week goes by and another study is released which highlights the strength of social media.

Last week, a survey by Ann Majchrzak, Christian Wagner and Dave Yates illustrated that corporate internal wikis really make a difference within an organisation. It can be accessed here, and a take on it is provided by Hemma of Headshift.

The benefits of a relaxed blogging policy

One of the main fears of corporate blogging is the risk to reputation and the damage that employee bloggers can do to their own company.

If a firm does choose to allow employees to blog in work time, it is my experience that many legal and HR advisors advocate having a restrictive and detailed blogging policy to protect the firm.

A danger with this approach is that if you set up such a blogging policy, it will become so tight that no employee would dare to blog...