I’ve read lots of policies intended for people who probably never read them.  Why don’t they read them?  Because of the dreaded legalese disease.  I’ve never seen a policy written in a conversational tone – a tone that speaks like a human.  Until today.

Thank you Linda Skrock – the Senior Engineering Program Manager/Owner of Sun Microsystems who writes about corporate social media policies.  She takes a very common sense approach.  For example, she says: “Is it really worth sacrificing hundreds of thousands of fruitful conversations because we’re afraid of a possible nasty conversation?”

Good question.  How many companies have missed out on the benefits of social media because they think it’s too risky.  When the reality is that all the benefits of social media far outweigh the few times where an employee will abuse the privilege.  So look to Sun as an example of how to do things and take a look at their social media policy.