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The Policies, guidelines and boundaries for interacting online thread is one of the longest running here on Youth Work Online - yet at a quick glance through I realised that no-one has actually ever provided a clear copy of a Youth Work Online policy, or a guidance document for youth participation workers operating online.
I'm guessing that by now quite a few have been written - and it would be great to share those for others to learn from.
So - as a starter for ten, attached is my first attempt at a brief, but fairly comprehensive, write up of guidance on Safe & Effective Engagement With SNS For Youth Professionals, written as part of a training offer for youth services I'm in the middle of developing.
Have you got Social Media or Social Networking policies written sitting on your hard drive? Or in draft? Or perhaps a one-pager of guidance? Or even just a few preliminary notes?
If so - hit reply and share them in the forum here (look for the Attach Files option and you should be able to upload word documents and PDFs). When it comes to policies and guidance, efforts shared are efforts saved.... (and thus we can unlock lots of effort surplus that we can all turn to the real task of providing great support and engagement opportunities for young people...)
I'm guessing that by now quite a few have been written - and it would be great to share those for others to learn from.
So - as a starter for ten, attached is my first attempt at a brief, but fairly comprehensive, write up of guidance on Safe & Effective Engagement With SNS For Youth Professionals, written as part of a training offer for youth services I'm in the middle of developing.
Have you got Social Media or Social Networking policies written sitting on your hard drive? Or in draft? Or perhaps a one-pager of guidance? Or even just a few preliminary notes?
If so - hit reply and share them in the forum here (look for the Attach Files option and you should be able to upload word documents and PDFs). When it comes to policies and guidance, efforts shared are efforts saved.... (and thus we can unlock lots of effort surplus that we can all turn to the real task of providing great support and engagement opportunities for young people...)
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Permalink Reply by Chris Cook on -
Hi Tim
Your document has a copyright at the bottom about contacting you before distributing or reproducing. I guess you're ok if I share this information with my colleagues?
Chris
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Permalink Reply by Tim Davies on
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Hey Chris
Yes - I'll try and modify that statement shortly.
The document can be shared with colleagues by e-mail / in hard copy etc. - just at this stage with version 0.1 I'd prefer for copies not to be posted on other sites etc. but for people to link back to the copy here - so that when version 0.2 comes along shortly I can update this post, and put version 0.2 under a more permissive licence...
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Permalink Reply by Hilary Mason on -
Hi Tim
We're just at the stage of pulling our policies and guidance together. Chris is part of the working group on this. We are working on various strands at the moment, bringing together purpose, policies, review of equipment etc altogther into our strategy. It's just as it is an extra for all of us progress is slow. As soon as we have anything then we will post.
Thanks
Hilary
ps appreciate the sharing of yours, it's really helpful
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