Don’t be a Weiner – Social Media Risk
Social Media Risk – Don’t be a Weiner
At our website www.oneminutefromnormal.com we ask visitors the question: What if an unscheduled event suddenly seizes control of your business? Are you ready?
Congressman Anthony Weiner has demonstrated how improper use of social media can have disastrous consequences. To protect your firm from the actions of an errant staff member begin with a list of guidelines. Following is a list of social media guidelines authored by Bob Dietzel and published in the Insurance Journal. To read the full list, please visit <Insurance Journal>
- Know your audience
- Be respectful
- Be conversational
- Add value
- Spread the good word
- Honesty is the best policy
- Stay in the zone
- No demagoguery
- When in doubt, don’t
- Observe copyright laws
- Respect confidentiality
- Avoid hot buttons
- What happens at social events stays there
- Be non-confrontational
Your company could find itself one minute from normal following improper social media usage, and so should have adequate liability insurance coverage. A KMRD account representative will be happy to analyze your risk and outline your coverage.
KMRD Partners provides risk management consulting and property & casualty insurance to protect against potentially catastrophic losses that wait on the other side of one minute from normal. We are dedicated to anticipating risk, and helping firms to recover from unplanned events.
Contact us at contactus@kmrdpartners.com before one minute from normal strikes your company, and we will identify potentially disastrous social media coverage gaps.
