With the increasing use of social media in our society, I find myself more and more counseling business clients on issues arising from the use of social media by their employees.  We still, of course, have the standard range of employment law issues, such as wrongful discharge, employee leaves, disability discrimination, and workplace harassment.  However, social media issues have become increasingly more prominent in the workplace.

The New Media Institute’s 2011 New Media Awards Competition has concluded its judging process and has announced 27 winners in this year’s website awards competition.  “This year’s competition was thrilling with websites ranging from local to global.  Winners are not judged solely on design, but how well they are using this technology to serve and communicate to their audiences,” said Barbara Eber-Schmid, Executive Vice President of the New Media Institute, which holds the annual New Media Awards. “Congratulations to all of the winners who so rightly deserve to be recognized for their display of excellence in new media communications.”  
View the Winners of the 2011 New Media Awards:  http://www.newmediaawards.org/websiteawards/2011/website_awards_winners.html  

Needless to say, Anthony Weiner’s sophomoric escapades using Twitter as his way to commit political suicide is sad, to say the least. There are many morals to this story, but as our focus is on new media, let’s focus on that element of this cautionary tale. 

In this webinar, participants will learn how social media fits into the sales cycle, from establishing your company’s online footprint through business development, marketing and referrals.  Specific tools covered:

• LinkedIn – Tips for making your top executives easily found.
• Blogs – How B2B and B2C companies are using blogs to generate business.
• Facebook – Which types of companies are using it effectively?
• Twitter – What’s all the tweeting about?

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Wikileaks has had and continues to have a profound impact on global politics, US and International diplomacy, international law, security, the rights of a sovereign state vs. freedom of speech, and on, and on. Yet, we at NMI believe that the underlying significance of Wikileaks is this: the power of new media and the internet is indescribably awesome, instantaneous and frightening. Wikileaks exemplifies the good and bad that new media embodies. The cautionary tale here is that we are human, and that we’ve developed one hell of an awesome communications “tool kit”. And that’s our take.

The New Media Institute’s 2010 New Media Awards Competition has concluded its judging process and has announced 24 winners in this year’s website awards competition.  “It is our pleasure to recognize excellence in online communications. Awards recipients ranged from local to global with a diverse assortment of purpose, all exhibiting exuberant creativity in their use of new media as a form of communication,” said Barbara Eber-Schmid, Executive Vice President of the New Media Institute, who holds the annual New Media Awards. “Each year, we see a substantial increase in the number and quality of entries – providing a gratifying challenge for the judges.”

A flood of articles/videos from such sources as the Financial Post, the Smart Trend News, Associated Press/Google and TIME (to name a few) write about the ban, which begins in October, from several perspectives. The ramifications can be mind boggling and range from economic/business concerns to security, censorship and precedence.

Webinar:  WEB 2.0 AND EMPLOYMENT LAW

Description:  In this Webinar, you will learn about what employers and employees need to know regarding this dangerous intersection of technology and employment law.

Date:  July 14, 2010

Time:  1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

Cost:  $0

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