Comments on: Who owns an employee blog? http://www.giatalks.com/2008/07/who-owns-an-employee-blog/ Connected Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:28:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andrey http://www.giatalks.com/2008/07/who-owns-an-employee-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-1143 Andrey Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:23:22 +0000 http://gialyons.wordpress.com/?p=120#comment-1143 Interesting post! Interesting post!

]]> By: Employee blogs are owned by “employees”! http://www.giatalks.com/2008/07/who-owns-an-employee-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Employee blogs are owned by “employees”! Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:55:49 +0000 http://gialyons.wordpress.com/?p=120#comment-507 [...] totally concurred with the idea that “The employee*s* who remain.” own the blog. Here’s Gia’s original post and here’s my early take on the topic. Thanks to Adam and Gia for their quick [...] [...] totally concurred with the idea that “The employee*s* who remain.” own the blog. Here’s Gia’s original post and here’s my early take on the topic. Thanks to Adam and Gia for their quick [...]

]]> By: Rainier Varilla http://www.giatalks.com/2008/07/who-owns-an-employee-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-506 Rainier Varilla Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:14:47 +0000 http://gialyons.wordpress.com/?p=120#comment-506 Interesting question with the question, but it spawned another question when I came across a slightly different scenario w/ another customer. I've blogged about it on my site and looking for feedback. The question I posted was "Who owns a company blog created on a public blogging site?" http://tokenblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/who-owns-a-company-blog-created-on-a-public-blogging-site/ Interesting question with the question, but it spawned another question when I came across a slightly different scenario w/ another customer. I’ve blogged about it on my site and looking for feedback. The question I posted was “Who owns a company blog created on a public blogging site?”

http://tokenblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/who-owns-a-company-blog-created-on-a-public-blogging-site/

]]> By: Connected - ROI of Social Media at Cisco http://www.giatalks.com/2008/07/who-owns-an-employee-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-504 Connected - ROI of Social Media at Cisco Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:01:10 +0000 http://gialyons.wordpress.com/?p=120#comment-504 [...] once they go external, feel free to do whatever you want with their internal blog. :) SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "ROI of Social Media at Cisco", url: [...] [...] once they go external, feel free to do whatever you want with their internal blog. :) SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “ROI of Social Media at Cisco”, url: [...]

]]> By: Employee blogs are owned by “employees”! « Marketing Nirvana http://www.giatalks.com/2008/07/who-owns-an-employee-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-496 Employee blogs are owned by “employees”! « Marketing Nirvana Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:13:30 +0000 http://gialyons.wordpress.com/?p=120#comment-496 [...] totally concurred with the idea that “The employee*s* who remain.” own the blog. Here’s Gia’s original post and here’s my early take on the topic. Thanks to Adam and Gia for their quick [...] [...] totally concurred with the idea that “The employee*s* who remain.” own the blog. Here’s Gia’s original post and here’s my early take on the topic. Thanks to Adam and Gia for their quick [...]

]]> By: Employee Blog Ownership - Company or Employee? « Marketing Nirvana http://www.giatalks.com/2008/07/who-owns-an-employee-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-492 Employee Blog Ownership - Company or Employee? « Marketing Nirvana Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:40:44 +0000 http://gialyons.wordpress.com/?p=120#comment-492 [...] re-reading Gia’s post, it seems like she was talking about her internal blog but Adam points out that “her internal [...] [...] re-reading Gia’s post, it seems like she was talking about her internal blog but Adam points out that “her internal [...]

]]> By: Gia Lyons http://www.giatalks.com/2008/07/who-owns-an-employee-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-487 Gia Lyons Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:06:47 +0000 http://gialyons.wordpress.com/?p=120#comment-487 @Chris, baby, I'm colorful, if nothing else. :) I loved your post about half-owned brands, btw! I feel half-owned. Also, for the record, nobody actually DID take over my old IBM internal blog, and nobody will. Just the fact that the idea existed is what got me all worked up. @Chris, baby, I’m colorful, if nothing else. :) I loved your post about half-owned brands, btw! I feel half-owned.

Also, for the record, nobody actually DID take over my old IBM internal blog, and nobody will. Just the fact that the idea existed is what got me all worked up.

]]> By: Adam http://www.giatalks.com/2008/07/who-owns-an-employee-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-484 Adam Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:18:04 +0000 http://gialyons.wordpress.com/?p=120#comment-484 @mikael. That's helpful, thanks. It's actually kind of funny, because the internal blogs at IBM stay live even after someone leaves (though, obviously inactive). as @James Snell mentioned above, no one can really take over someone's blog. So why would someone want to take it over? I can only think they must have thought all her great content she contributed over the years was going to get deleted automatically otherwise? Sounds like a misunderstanding of how these things work. As Ed Brill mentioned in the first post at the top here, it sounds like it was a case of an individual with possibly good intentions, though quite misguided. Particularly since the content Gia contributed within IBM's firewall will remain there and could always be referenced/linked to. But the point here I see is this. If the blog is on a company-owned property (either within the firewall or outside, but on, for example, ibm.com) it seems the blog and content would stay with the company. But if an employee has a blog outside the firewall that they've personally created (no financial contribution of the company to create), it's theirs. Maybe it is more complicated than that, but I don't think it should be. @mikael. That’s helpful, thanks.

It’s actually kind of funny, because the internal blogs at IBM stay live even after someone leaves (though, obviously inactive). as @James Snell mentioned above, no one can really take over someone’s blog. So why would someone want to take it over? I can only think they must have thought all her great content she contributed over the years was going to get deleted automatically otherwise? Sounds like a misunderstanding of how these things work.

As Ed Brill mentioned in the first post at the top here, it sounds like it was a case of an individual with possibly good intentions, though quite misguided. Particularly since the content Gia contributed within IBM’s firewall will remain there and could always be referenced/linked to.

But the point here I see is this. If the blog is on a company-owned property (either within the firewall or outside, but on, for example, ibm.com) it seems the blog and content would stay with the company.

But if an employee has a blog outside the firewall that they’ve personally created (no financial contribution of the company to create), it’s theirs. Maybe it is more complicated than that, but I don’t think it should be.

]]> By: Mikael Haglund http://www.giatalks.com/2008/07/who-owns-an-employee-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-483 Mikael Haglund Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:46:10 +0000 http://gialyons.wordpress.com/?p=120#comment-483 @Adam I believe Gia is only talking about her IBM internal blog. And I hope and believe that anyone who expressed that they wanted to take over her IBM internal blog did so with the intention of preserving all the good stuff on it, and NOT to try and fill her shoes, or re-use her cool blog name or strong personal brand/reputation. @Adam I believe Gia is only talking about her IBM internal blog. And I hope and believe that anyone who expressed that they wanted to take over her IBM internal blog did so with the intention of preserving all the good stuff on it, and NOT to try and fill her shoes, or re-use her cool blog name or strong personal brand/reputation.

]]> By: Adam http://www.giatalks.com/2008/07/who-owns-an-employee-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-482 Adam Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:20:54 +0000 http://gialyons.wordpress.com/?p=120#comment-482 Gia, I'm just catching this. Can you shoot me a note with details? Something's very askew here. The content from your blog already lives on BlogCentral, and stays there. Your external blog is YOURS and can/should/will stay that way unless YOU deem otherwise. This is an important distinction. If you could reach out to me I can make sure things like this don't happen again. Plus... I wouldn't want anything to color your post IBM experience! Cheers. Gia, I’m just catching this. Can you shoot me a note with details? Something’s very askew here. The content from your blog already lives on BlogCentral, and stays there. Your external blog is YOURS and can/should/will stay that way unless YOU deem otherwise. This is an important distinction.

If you could reach out to me I can make sure things like this don’t happen again.

Plus… I wouldn’t want anything to color your post IBM experience!

Cheers.

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