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Social Strategy

Welcome to the updated Social Strategy '50 Hurdles' wiki.

Please do edit any pages where you can add insights and advice.

Find out more about the 'Social Strategy' project here.

Index

This is an open wiki and if you have experience or ideas around adoption of social media in public and voluntary sector organisations we need your input.

Social Strategy is a project started by Tim Davies of Practical Participation.

The Problem

20. There is a one-size fits all IT policy;

In more detail

Please add more details about this hurdle to effective social media adoption and use here

Why this matters

Why is this a problem? Please provide details and links to resources which help make the case for the importance of overcoming this hurdle

Overcoming the hurdles

How can we overcome this hurdle? Ideas, links, resources & shared learning about your experiences of this particular hurdle are encouraged and welcome.

I think one of the main problems here is a lack of education. And some of the education that DOES take place doesn't go beyond ECDL for your average public sector worker. Perhaps if they knew what could be achieved, they would start pester power with the IT dept.

Addendum - I wonder if anyone knows of a good online intro, or youtube lecture that could be used as a way of introducing people to social media. More than just a how to…more of a why-to.

Workarounds

Overcoming this barrier may take a while. Are there any ways staff can work-around this barrier effectively until more permenant solutions are in place?

Links

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