How to Write a Social Media Policy

National Press Club Journalism Institute and Webbmedia Group have announced a training partnership for members of Washington's journalism community. Beginning January, Webbmedia Group will offer weekly training sessions to National Press Club members and to the public on a variety of digital/ social media topics. "How to Write a Social Media Policy" will be the first session in the series.

Your staff should be encouraged to experiment with and to use social media, as these networks have proved an indispensable part of our modern information landscape. But it is vitally important that your organization understands the risks associated with posting to networks and your official viewpoints on posting and reacting on social networks. In this session, we will discuss the basic structure of a social media policy, and we will talk through best practices with a lawyer who specializes in new media. In the second half of this session, we will work in small groups to create social media policies for your organization. Each attendee will receive a template and workbook to take back to their organizations. If you’ve been trying to write your own social media policy but have been procrastinating, you’ll walk out of this short class with a usable template in hand.

Instructor: Chris Shaw, Esq. http://webbmediagroup.com/chris-shaw

To reserve: http://webbmediagroup.com/training-how-to-write-a-social-media-policy