10 Ways To Foster Effective Social Employees

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	The BrainYard weekly newsletter — the latest news and information on social business technologies. Don't miss The BrainYard's news and updates — please add thebrainyard@techwebdigitalcontent.com to your contact list or address book. 10 Ways To Foster Effective Social Employees By Debra Donston-Miller One of reasons often cited for not implementing social business tools is a fear of productivity loss. As social products and practices become more tightly integrated into all manner of enterprise applications -- and as presence on Facebook, Twitter and the like has become as important to companies' marketing, advertising and sales as their websites -- these fears are generally diminishing. But, as with any technology, social business tools can be used effectively, or they can be the productivity sinks IT and business managers feared they would be. Here are some best practices for making your employees more effective and productive on social business tools. 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