It’s always useful to look at what your competition is doing. The same is true in drafting your code of conduct (or code of...
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Social Networking and Web 2.0
New Social Media Policies Database
I assembled a collection of social media policies: Social Media Policies Database.
So far I have 117 a bunch in the database. That’s a very small number, but I think most companies want to keep their policies private. If I am missing any, please leave a comment letting me or send me an email: compliancebuilding@gmail.com.
I...
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Are You Trying to be a Trust Agent?
Yes? Then you have probably already read at least part of Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust, the new book from Chris Brogan and Julien Smith.
Most likely, you are wondering what a “Trust Agent” is supposed to be.
“Trust agents have established themselves as being non-sales-oriented, non-high pressure...
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Whales and Compliance
I was surprised to be thinking about compliance while I was reading about whales. Sure, I eat, drink and sleep compliance. But there are some lessons that compliance professionals can learn from the study of whales.
This came up while I was reading Watching Giants: The Secret Lives of Whales by Elin Kelsey.
My original interest...
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Social Networking is Serious Business
If you live in the Greater Boston area and have $45 lying around, I am speaking on social networking on January 15, 2010 hosted by the New England Chapter of AIIM.
Social Networking is Serious Business
Newton Marriott Hotel
January 15, 2010
8:30 a.m. – 11 a.m.
$40 AIIM NE members/$45 non-members
I will be joining John Pepper, the CEO...
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Positioning yourself for Tomorrow’s Social Media Today: Practical Approaches for Legal Professionals
Join Compliance Building’s Doug Cornelius for a 60-minute Webinar at 11:00 am Eastern time on Wednesday, December 9. It’s free, sponsored by Martindale-Hubbell Connected.
The webinar will give you examples of social media web-based tools helping legal professionals become more efficient and productive. Will we soon say goodbye to email?
Panel
The webinar panel includes:
Lee Bryant: Director...
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Voting is Open for the ABA’s Blawg 100
The American Bar Association is running its third annual Blawg 100 contest. They winnowed a list of nominees down to 100 and divided them into 10 categories: News, Legal Theory, IMHO, Geo, Practice Specific, Business, Careers, Tech, Justice, and Lighter Fare.
I decided to throw my support behind those blogs that I read and enjoy...
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CLawBie Nominations
The Canadian Law Blog Awards, a.k.a. the Clawbies, are a project started back in 2006 with the goal of highlighting great blogs published by the Canadian legal industry. Steve Matthews and his team at Stem Legal have been working to advance Canadian legal blogging. They just opened up the nominations for your favourite Canadian law...
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Positioning yourself for tomorrow’s social media today: Practical approaches for legal professionals
Join me for a 60-minute Webinar at 11:00 am Eastern time on Wednesday, December 9. It’s free, sponsored by Martindale-Hubbell Connected.
The webinar will give you ‘real world’ examples of social media tools helping legal professionals become more efficient and productive. The panelists will also discuss the future of social media use – will we...
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Social Media: Policy Formation & Risk Management
Today, I am in San Francisco at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference at the Moscone Center, speaking on a panel about social media policies.
I gave a presentation on Cloud Computing at the 2009 version of the Conference in Boston: Evening in the Cloud and Compliance and a presentation on blogging at the 2008 version of...
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