I can see the benefits for us as a housing association....encourage tenants to join the group, push out news and updates thru it....I just can't see how I can stop the idiots abusing it
2009/11/13 Don Guyer <[email protected]> > Grrrrrrrrrrrrr….. > > > > Someone here opened up the Soc Net can of worms for us and it has brought > nothing but higher bandwidth usage and virii along with it. > > > > We’ve asked for data that would support the idea that these forms of > communication are helping our org, but no one has provided such. That being > said, we cannot get upper mgt to let us block it. > > > > Don Guyer > > Systems Engineer - Information Services > > Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group > > 431 W. Lancaster Avenue > > Devon, PA 19333 > > Direct: (610) 993-3299 > > Fax: (610) 650-5306 > > [email protected] > > > > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, November 13, 2009 4:40 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Trying to harness social networking > > > > I'm finding myself pushed towards a more strategic role in our business and > as such I'm trying to make a bit of an impact...one of the ideas I've come > up with is that for our customers, email is becoming an outmoded form of > communication - people are more likely to communicate via social networking, > Facebook and the like. > > The technical problem I'm hitting is how can we encourage the business to > communicate with our customers via social networking without opening it up > to abuse? I can't see any way to differentiate between legitimate and > illegitimate uses of social networking sites. Does anyone else have the same > problem they've had to overcome? I'd like to move forward and embrace the > power that social networking sites offer us for communication and engaging > with our customers...but at the same time I don't want to take a step back > and allow our employees the chance to while away the day chatting with their > friends and reduce our overall productivity. Please feel free to encourage > me to elaborate because this idea is pretty much in the developmental > stage....thanks for any input anyone can give.... > > TIA, > > > JRR > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such > a question." > > http://raythestray.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > > > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." http://raythestray.blogspot.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
