Remember the handbook

Recently read a sample of corporate blogging rules posted by Thomas Nelson Publishers CEO Michael Hyatt on his Working Smart weblog (updated version here).  I think this is a good reference, given that companies are now encouraging employee blogging (as a P.R. move or to boost online presence),
but don’t exactly have clear-cut policies on employee blogging. 
But I’d still hold on to the “common sense” principle I blogged about earlier. 
After all, blogging policies are just extensions of existing company
policies until actually explicitly included in the existing rules and
regulations.

I think the second version
is pretty cool, being stripped of the formality and legalese (I think
people respond more positively to issuances that are more
conversational).  A few major points:

• Write as yourself.
• Own your content.
• Write relevant. Write often.
• Be nice.
• Keep secrets.
• Respect copyrights.
• Obey the law.
• Remember the Handbook.

Oh yes, remember the handbook!