# Help with writing your Social Media guidelines – from over 70 different organisations

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/09/22/help-writing-your-social-media-guidelines-over-70-different-organisations/
- Published: 2009-09-22T06:35:56+01:00
- Author: Bryan Miller

The incredibly fast adoption of Social Media over the last couple of years has left
many, if not most, organisations in something of a spin – as, in very short order,
something that was at first dismissed as the preserve of the young and the geeks
has become an unavoidable key component of mainstream communications.

 

With this recognition has come the desire to develop social media guidelines that
help ensure everyone across an organisation works together to get the most from 
this new technology. However, this is not as easy a task as it might sound. Where
do you start when trying to write guidelines for something that is, at its heart,
often about engagement through spontaneous, unstructured conversations?

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Well, one very handy place to start is Chris Boudreaux’s Social Media Governance
website, where he has very helpfully collated links to social media guidelines from
over 70 different organisations…

 

[Click here to read on…](http://givinginadigitalworld.org/2009/09/22/help-with-writing-your-social-media-guidelines-from-over-70-different-organisations/)

 

 * **[Online right of reply for brands to raise funds for charity](https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/06/29/online-right-reply-brands-raise-funds-charity/)**(
   29 June 2010)
 * **[Getting Bloggers to help tell your fundraising and campaigning stories](https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/07/06/getting-bloggers-help-tell-your-fundraising-and-campaigning-stories/)**(
   6 July 2010)
 * **[#BeGoodBeSocial](https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/10/28/begoodbesocial/)** (
   28 October 2010)