Comments on: Social Media is Scary – How to Address Junior Employees

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By: Social Media is Scary - How to Address Senior Executives | Social Media Strategery

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:40:47 +0000

[...] what can you do to address the myriad reasons for social media being scary? This is the second (the first one addressed the junior employee) of four blog posts tackling each of the demographics that I brought up in the original posts one [...]

By: Adam Roades

Adam Roades — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:50:39 +0000

Thanks for the cohesive arguments to use for junior employees. As a social software trainer, I'm often faced with younger (or just newer, if they've changed careers) employees who balk at the transparency of blogs and wikis. But then the words of Thomas Fingar, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis and Chairman of the National Intelligence Council, seem outstandingly relevant. In a public forum, Mr. Fingar stated,

Intellipedia. It's been written up. It's the Wikipedia on a classified network, with one very important difference: it's not anonymous. We want people to establish a reputation. If you're really good, we want people to know you're good. If you're making contributions, we want that known. If you're an idiot, we want that known too. (Source)

This is very scary to some folks who think, "What if people find out I don't know what I'm talking about?" Guess what? They will eventually. To everyone who has accurately represented themselves, they can see this as an opportunity to demonstrate their competence. Perhaps even more importantly, writing articles and comments in a public space like an enterprise blogosphere connects you with others across your organization. At Booz Allen, developing your professional network is highly stressed for consultants at all levels. There is no easier way to accomplish this (especially with a geographically dispersed organization) than through social media.

By: Adam Roades

Adam Roades — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:50:00 +0000

Intellipedia. It's been written up. It's the Wikipedia on a classified network, with one very important difference: it's not anonymous. We want people to establish a reputation. If you're really good, we want people to know you're good. If you're making contributions, we want that known. If you're an idiot, we want that known too. (Source)

By: Ben West

Ben West — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:57:14 +0000

I enjoyed the post! I know that in our workplace there are many young people (ahem, me), who absolutely want to get more involved with evolving tools such as twitter, but simply have a hard time wrapping our minds around how to get started. Your tips were a huge help and motivator! Thanks.

By: Ben West

Ben West — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:57:00 +0000

By: Alex, aka SocialButterfly

Alex, aka SocialButterfly — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:23:38 +0000

Well said! I still watch that speech of Gary’s every now and then as a kick in the pants to keep moving, keep doing and keep working. It’s very inspiring and good to share with others too.

By: Alex, aka SocialButterfly

Alex, aka SocialButterfly — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:23:00 +0000

Well said! I still watch that speech of Gary’s every now and then as a kick in the pants to keep moving, keep doing and keep working. It’s very inspiring and good to share with others too.

By: JE

JE — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:33:05 +0000

Great post! This one has appealed to me more than the previous few as I feel it relates more directly to my own current ‘social media strategery.’ My interest (more like love affair) in SM and Web 2.0 started last year while taking classes towards my Masters of Library and Information Science degree. I was one of, if not the only person in the program who has little or no interest in libraries. I don’t even have a library card for my local public library. I’m just not interested. I am interested in information; what format it’s in, how you can find it, how you can use it and you can make it work for you. It’s all about access; if you can’t get to the information you need, what good is it? Social Media has proved itself to be an incredibly powerful tool of distributing information.

Each morning my first order of business is to read and comment on many of the blogs in my blogroll. I’ve attended several conferences, workshops and seminars relating to Web 2.0 and how to make SM work for my current field (archives, preservation, open access). I talk about SM to whoever is around to listen. For as much as I preach SM apps and the benefits of Web 2.0, I haven’t been taking my own advice.

After attending a Web 2.0 panel discussion in Denver this past weekend where the session was shared live on Ustream and had people ‘tweeting in’, I made a late New Year’s resolution. I’m going to blog. I’m going to tweet. I’m going to become more involved. Work, travel, class and homework take up a lot of my time, but in the end these are only excuses.