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Community And Tactical Transparency in Corporate Communications
John C. HavensDirector, Partnership Marketing & Integration
BlogTalkRadio.com
* Author, Tactical Transparency: how leaders can leverage social media to maximize value and build their brand
* Director, Partnership Marketing & Integration at BlogTalkRadio.com
* First Guide to Podcasting at About.com
* Ran largest ‘unconference’ in New York City (PodCamp NYC) with over 1,000 speakers and attendees
* Professional NYC Actor for 15 years
How did we get here?
“Blogging didn’t invent the disgruntled customer.”
-- John “CZ” Czwartacki
Blogging and Social Media also did not invent the disgruntled employee.
It is in an organization’sbest interest
to be transparentto a degree beyond
that which isrequired by law –
externally and internally.
Transparency is not Full Disclosure
What is tactical transparency?
The act of authentically representing your corporate vision to the public in conjunction with the implementation of standards that protect your organization.
• Trust requires boundaries. You need context for culture. • You can foster authenticity but you can’t force it. • Being open doesn’t mean begin ignorant.
“A person like me is the most
trusted corporatespokesperson”
The 2009 Edelman Trust Barometer survey sampled 4,475 opinion leaders in two age groups (25-34 and 35-64) in 20 countries.
Microsoft’s Academy Mobile
• Information workers have been posting confidential videos to YouTube because they've had few alternatives. Fortunately, in the past few months, three vendors — Google, Microsoft, and Veodia —have introduced services or products for securely hosting videos with enterprise access controls. These services give information and knowledge management professionals a way to harness the power of corporate and employee-generated video to teach, inspire, and capture knowledge.
“If Microsoft — a company that is somewhat controlling and secretive —can embrace the risks and uncertainties associated with letting people blog without filtering, then maybe everybody can.”
-- Chris Anderson
“Build Community, share successes and stories from the front lines.” https://www.stationm.com/entrance/
“Station M gives you a voice.”
“My feelings are that [Even] if you don’t provide a blog, or something like it for your company,
people are going to talk about you and your products so why not provide them an
environment where people can talk in front of you and not behind you. I’d rather you yelled at me directly than behind my back; this way I can
at least explain where I’m coming from.”
-- Cindi Bigelow
“When you recognize that with transparency comes airing some of your dirty laundry and with that dirty laundry comes people’s perception that you’re being open and honest, then you have to
be comfortable in saying things in public that may be misinterpreted or misunderstood or used by
your enemies. And that’s a scary process but that’s how you get to authenticity.”
-- Chris Anderson
Transparency Roadmap• Assess the Current State
– What Tools Do You Have in Place– What’s the Culture (Open/Real or Dismissive/Hierarchical)– Assess the Tools you Need (Pilot/Try them first)
• Find Your Voice (Communally)• Create an Action Plan (Transparency demands execution on your
promises)• Implement your Plan in Stages with Clearly Stated Goals and Metrics
of Success. • Ask for and POST Communal feedback. • Repeat. • Echo External Transparency from Lessons Learned Internally.
Questions?
John C. Havens
Phone: 917-597-3323Email: [email protected]: www.blogtalkradio.com
Blog: www.tacticaltransparency.comShow: www.blogtalkradio.com/transparencySkype: johnchavensTwitter: www.twitter.com/johnchavens