Social Media Guide Lines

Here is a list of social media guidelines from a variety of early thought leaders in social media for business. The list is in no particular order – just as we came across those.:

Cisco’s newly updated social media guidelines, policies and FAQ – June 2010

IBM	Social Computing Guidelines
Coca-Cola	Online Social Media Principles
Intel	Social Media Guidelines
State of Delaware	Social Media Policy
U.S. Coast Guard	Social Media – The Way Ahead
Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center	Comments Policy
Cisco	Internet Postings Policy
SAP	Social Media Participation Guidelines 2009
BBC	Editorial Guidelines, personal use of Social Networking
BBC	Use of Social Networking and other third party websites
BT	Forum Guidelines
Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR)	Social Media Guidelines

Just as we came across more guidelines here is an additional list in alphabetic order:

About.com	Template: Blogging and Social Media Policy
American Red Cross	Social Media Handbook for Local Red Cross Units
Australian Public Service Commission	Interim Protocols for Online Media Participation
Baker & Daniels	Social Media Policy
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles	Share Your Story – Use and Access
City of Seattle	Blogging Policy
Cleveland Clinic	Social Media Policy
Dell	Online Policy
DePaul University	Social Media Guidelines
Electronic Frontier Foundation	How to Blog Safely (About Work or Anything Else)
ESPN	Social Media Guidelines For ESPN Employees
Fairfax County, VA	Facebook Comments Policy
FedEx	Blog Policy
Fellowship Church	Personal Website and Weblog Policies
Fudder	Netiquette
Gartner	Public Web Participation Guidelines
General Services Administration (GSA)	Social Media Policy
Gibraltar Associates	Associates Social Media Policy
GM	Blogger Policy
Harvard Law School	Terms of Use
Headset Brothers	Social Media Policy
Hill and Knowlton	Social Media Principles
HP	Code of Conduct
IBM	Case Study: The Impact of Corporate Culture on Social Media
InQbation	Government Policy Guidelines
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)	Social Media Staff Guidelines
International Olympic Committee (IOC)	Blogging Guidelines for Persons Accredited at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing 2008
Iowa Hospital Association	Comment Policy
Judith Lindeau	Template: Social Media Policy for Associations (Real Estate)
Kaiser Permanente	Social Media Policy
Kodak	Social Media Tips
LiveWorld	Social Media Content Guidelines
Mason, Inc.	Social Media Guidelines
Mayo Clinic	For Mayo Clinic Employees
Media Law Resource Center	Compilation of Legal Actions Against Bloggers
Microsoft	Tweeting Guidelines and Blogging Guidelines
Missouri Department of Transportation	Post A Comment – Use Policy
National Public Radio (NPR)	NPR News Social Media Guidelines
New Zealand State Services Commission	Principles for Interaction with Social Media
Oce	Social Computing Guidelines
Opera	Employee Blogging Policy
Porter Novelli	Our Social Media Policy
Powerhouse Museum	Communication Using Public Facing Museum Blogs – Policy
PR-Squared	Corporate Social Media Policy: Top 10 Guidelines
Razorfish	Employee Social Influence Marketing Guidelines
Roanoke County, VA	Social Media Policy
Sentara	Social Media Policy
Smithsonian Institution	Web and New Media Strategy
SpareBank 1	Rules for Blogging
Sun Microsystems	Alumni Blog Aggregation Additional Terms
Sutter Health	Policy for Social Networking and Other Web-Based Communications
Sutter Health	Guidelines for Participation in Online Communities
Telstra	3 Rs of Social Media Engagement
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center	Blog Policies and Guidelines
Thomas Nelson	Blogging Guidelines
U.K. Government	Template Twitter Strategy for Government Departments
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Jacksonville District	Social Media User Guidelines
U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)	Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising
U.S. General Services Administration’s (GSA) Office of Citizen Services (OCS)	Blog Policies
Unic	Social Media Guidelines
Wal-Mart	Twitter External Discussion Guidelines
Walker Art Center	Blog Guidelines
Washington Post (via PaidContent.org)	Newsroom Guidelines for Use of Facebook, Twitter and Other Online Social Networks
Webtrends	Social Media Guidelines
Wells Fargo	Community Guidelines
Yahoo!	Personal Blogging Policy