Best Practices and Policy Direction
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t Pra
ctic
es a
nd P
olic
y D
irec
tion
Key
Pol
icy
Sect
ions
Purp
ose
A
pplic
abili
ty a
nd S
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roun
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s
Polic
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atem
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R
oles
and
Res
pons
ibili
ties
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get?
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men
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omm
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tern
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ompa
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and
age
ncie
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earc
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stitu
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traliz
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ach
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anag
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br
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ener
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man
aged
by
Com
mun
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func
tion
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cial
med
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sed
stra
tegi
cally
with
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omm
unic
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and
not i
n is
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SS F
eeds
are
com
mon
pla
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lign
bran
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of c
urre
nt s
ocia
l med
ia s
ites
with
co
rpor
ate
Face
book
, Tw
itter
and
You
Tube
site
s
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nsur
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mm
on b
rand
app
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am lo
go)
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use
d ef
fect
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d in
tegr
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w
ith o
ther
com
mun
icat
ions
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plin
e on
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rova
l, co
nten
t, br
andi
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onte
nt
man
agem
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mod
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or p
roto
cols
, priv
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and
reco
rds
rete
ntio
n an
d au
ditin
g.
D
epar
tmen
t hea
ds h
ave
resp
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bilit
y to
ens
ure
com
plia
nce
and
staf
f aw
aren
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of p
olic
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Fa
cebo
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ites
for C
orpo
rate
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int
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itter
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pora
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llow
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two
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ks a
go
B
udge
t firs
t rea
l pus
h of
soc
ial m
edia
N
eed
time
to d
evel
op a
follo
win
g to
our
site
s
Mar
kham
Cor
pora
te Y
ouTu
be C
hann
el
M
arkh
am e
ncou
rage
s th
e us
e of
Soc
ial M
edia
S
ocia
l med
ia p
art o
f dis
cipl
ined
/inte
grat
ed
com
mun
icat
ions
stra
tegy
P
olic
y es
tabl
ishe
s ba
sic
prin
cipl
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uide
lines
and
proc
edur
es fo
r sta
ff
Act
ivel
y en
gage
resi
dent
s, s
take
hold
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and
busi
ness
par
tner
s;
Bui
ld s
trong
er re
latio
nshi
ps w
ith k
ey
audi
ence
s;
Enh
ance
acc
ess
to o
ur s
ervi
ces;
Bui
ld M
arkh
am’s
bra
nd.
Im
prov
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tizen
eng
agem
ent a
nd p
ublic
co
mm
unic
atio
n th
roug
h in
tera
ctiv
e co
nver
satio
n.
P
rovi
de a
nd re
ceiv
e in
form
atio
n on
Mar
kham
’s
publ
ic s
ervi
ces,
faci
litie
s an
d pr
ogra
ms.
E
nhan
ce M
arkh
am’s
bra
nd re
puta
tion
as a
pub
lic
serv
ice
corp
orat
ion
com
mitt
ed to
exc
elle
nce.
S
ocia
l med
ia p
art o
f ove
rall
Stra
tegi
c C
omm
unic
atio
ns P
lan
that
is s
peci
fic a
nd
targ
eted
.
C
omm
ittee
of a
ppro
pria
te c
ross
sec
tion
of s
taff
appo
inte
d by
th
e C
AO
and
Cha
ired
by C
orpo
rate
Com
mun
icat
ions
Dire
ctor
.
R
espo
nsib
le fo
r est
ablis
hing
pro
toco
ls, p
roce
dure
s an
d gu
idel
ines
:
i) Id
entif
ying
pre
ferr
ed S
ocia
l Med
ia to
ols
ii)
Rec
omm
endi
ng p
roto
cols
for b
rand
ing
Soci
al M
edia
site
s
iii)
Est
ablis
hing
gui
delin
es fo
r use
of i
ndiv
idua
l Soc
ial M
edia
tool
s
Ex
amin
e an
d re
view
cur
rent
soc
ial m
edia
site
s
W
ritte
n co
nsen
t of t
he D
epar
tmen
t Hea
d an
d C
omm
issi
oner
In
dent
ify th
e So
cial
Med
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ol(s
) to
be u
sed
-cho
sen
from
th
ose
prev
ious
ly a
ppro
ved
by th
e So
cial
Med
ia C
omm
ittee
.
D
evel
op S
trat
egic
Com
mun
icat
ion
Plan
in c
onsu
ltatio
n w
ith
Com
mun
icat
ions
Id
entif
y us
ers
to a
dmin
iste
r Soc
ial M
edia
site
s an
d to
rece
ive
trai
ning
En
sure
Soc
ial M
edia
site
(s) p
rope
rly b
rand
ed
En
sure
Soc
ial M
edia
site
s ar
e fo
rmat
ted
to m
inim
ize
the
risk
to th
e C
orpo
ratio
n
C
ompl
ianc
e w
ith M
arkh
am’s
exi
stin
g po
licie
s an
d le
gisl
atio
n.
Tr
ansp
aren
cy in
use
incl
udin
g in
dent
ifyin
g U
sers
by
posi
tion
with
in
the
mun
icip
ality
, and
by
nam
e w
hen
appr
opria
te.
U
se d
oes
not d
iscl
ose
conf
iden
tial i
nfor
mat
ion,
or r
elea
se p
erso
nal
info
rmat
ion
with
out p
rior c
onse
nt.
In
form
atio
n is
acc
urat
e an
d co
nsis
tent
with
cor
pora
te in
form
atio
n,
mes
sage
s an
d po
licie
s.
Po
stin
gs c
onsi
sten
t in
prof
essi
onal
ism
as
othe
r cor
pora
te e
xter
nal
corr
espo
nden
ce.
O
nly
prop
erly
des
igna
ted
staf
f ar
e to
use
soc
ial m
edia
for
cor
pora
te
com
men
t. (
refe
r to
Mar
kham
’s M
edia
Rel
atio
ns P
olic
y fo
r med
ia p
roto
cols
.)
R
ecor
ds M
anag
emen
t and
Ret
entio
n
A
uditi
ng a
nd M
onito
ring
R
evie
w o
f Soc
ial M
edia
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tabl
ishe
d Pr
ior
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licy
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ilitie
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