Workplace Social Media Template Policy and Procedure

This policy applies to all employees, Board members and volunteers of an organisation.

For the purposes of this policy, ‘social media’ means websites and internet-based applications used for social networking/interaction, sharing of information/content and creation of communities through online networks of people. Examples of social media to which this policy relates includes the following (‘social media channels’):

• Social networking sites e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter
• Video and photo sharing sites e.g. YouTube, Flickr
• Weblogs including corporate blogs and personal blogs
• Forums and discussion boards
• Online encyclopedias such as Wikipedia
• Any other websites that allow individual users or companies to use simple publishing tools