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On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 13:50, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/> ~
