3M's Updated Social Media Policy and Employee Advocacy Platform
On Tuesday, Aug. 23 we will announce to all 3M employees:
· 3M’s updated Social Media Policy and four new social media Standards (Governance, Disclosure, Advocacy and Advertising) to help 3M managers and employees succeed when acting in the social media world.
Additionally, for U.S. Marketing-Sales employees only we will launch an employee advocacy platform called Elevate. Elevate is owned by LinkedIn.
· The Elevate platform has been constructed where 10 3M employees act as curators who will fill the platform with approved content to make it easy for employees to post work related content to their social media channels.
· Elevate will be launched in a phased approach, with U.S. marketing/sales being the first targeted phase of an extended worldwide rollout to include the approximately 49,000 3M employees currently active on LinkedIn. More curators will be added internationally for relevant localized content as we step through the deployment rollout.
· Employees will receive an invite, review some online training and will be able to share pre-approved, curated content within minutes.
By encouraging our employees to safely share content about 3M to their social media channels, we will extend and deepen 3M’s global reach and enhance our brand through the use of their organic reach and authentic voice.
Please read the updated Social Media Policy and Standards. Also, if you are in the U.S., understanding both the policy and Elevate platform are important should an employee have questions. Attached below are several key documents:
· A link to the revised Social Media Policy and the new Standards
· A list of FAQs and a short PPT presentation that can be used in employee meetings
· An infographic summarizing key points of the social media standard
Please contact Amy Lamparske with any questions.
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