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  • FDA Social Media Policy: REVIEW

    The FDA Social Media Policy [PDF] is unlikely to achieve it’s stated purpose of encouraging “…the use of school media technologies to enhance communications.” If you use Social Media for Healthcare then you know that developing social media policies at big organizations is tough business. Anyone who’s done it will tell you. Still, given that many social media policies…

  • DHS to Screen Social Media Activity of Visa Applicants

    The Department of Homeland Security is working on a plan to expand scrutiny of social-media posts as part of its visa application process before certain people are allowed to enter the country according to a report from Dow Jones Newswires. The move is part of a new focus on the use of social-networking sites following…

  • Social Media in Latin America and the Caribbean Private Sector

    If you’re curious if and how the Latin America and the Caribbean private sector uses social media, this post is for you. My firm just completed a comprehensive study for the IDB Group on private sector discussions on social media among local companies, financial markets, multilatinas and peer multilaterals in Latin America and the Caribbean.…

  • How To: Activate Your Subscription

    If you purchased single or multi-user access to our library of social media training courses, this post will teach you how to activate your subscription. But before you get started, you’ll need a current browser (we support Firefox, Chrome and IE) and a fast enough broadband connection to watch YouTube videos without excessive buffering latency.…

  • Social Media for Financial Services [PODCAST]

    Morgan Stanley’s recent decision to loosen the reign for their financial advisers on Twitter is the latest in a long list financial services social media case studies. [audio:http://ontherecordpodcast.com/pr/otro/electronic/Social_Media_for_Financial_Services.mp3] Last December, FINRA fined Barclays $3.75M for system is record keeping and email retention failure. And last June, the regulator warned investors against trading on “pump-and-dump” emails.…

  • FDA Social Media Guidance & Mobile Medical Apps [PODCAST]

    What steps has the FDA taken to provide the pharma industry with guidance and regulations around how drug companies can effectively and responsibly use social media for marketing, customer engagement and scientific research? [audio: http://ontherecordpodcast.com/pr/otro/electronic/FDA_Social_Media_Guidance.mp3] We talk to John Mack (@pharmaguy), Editor & Publisher of the Pharma Marketing Network about the issues and challenges of…

  • HOW TO: Access Comply Socially Courses

    You or your employer has purchased social media training from Comply Socially. You’ve received a link to access your training and you’re ready to start learning. Here’s a step-by-step guide to getting started: 1. Update your Browser – If you’re not running the latest version of whatever web browser app you use, now would be…

  • Social Media Policies Don’t Prevent Employee Misuse, Study Shows

    Over the last 17 months, the number of businesses that reported taking disciplinary action against employees for social media misuse doubled from 35% in Nov. 2011 to 70% by April 2014, according to new study by a prominent, global labor and employment law firm. During the same period, the number of businesses with official social…

  • Social Media Policies Shouldn’t Rely on “Common Sense”

    Social media policies that ask employees to “use common sense” when posting on social networks are inadequate. As someone who’s written dozens of social media policies for all types of organizations, I think policies that use language like “don’t be an idiot” or “use good judgment” are obnoxious, because they assume everyone perceives publicly archived…