{"id":37588,"date":"2011-04-28T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T08:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/blog\/?p=37588"},"modified":"2021-01-07T18:52:06","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T17:52:06","slug":"social-media-corporate-context","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/social-media-corporate-context\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media in a Corporate Context"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.communicatemagazine.co.uk\/corporateeye\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/smcc-2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"smcc-2011\" width=\"550\" height=\"130\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37592 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/smcc-2011.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/smcc-2011-150x35.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/smcc-2011-300x70.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 550px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 550\/130;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s that time again&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>Long-standing readers will remember that I&#8217;m a fan of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.communicatemagazine.co.uk\/corporateeye\">Social Media in a Corporate Context<\/a> conferences organised by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.communicatemagazine.co.uk\/\">Communicate<\/a> &#8211; and have been to several of the UK-based ones. The next one is coming up on June 2, in London, at The Grange St Paul&#8217;s Hotel (between St Paul&#8217;s Cathedral and the Millennium Bridge)<\/p>\n<p>The programme seems to get stronger every time. Though the programme this year offers case studies in multiple stakeholder areas &#8211; investor relations and corporate social responsibility, for instance &#8211; and a panel discussion of crisis management, it also focuses on considering some of the &#8216;meta&#8217; aspects of social media in a corporate context:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>regulation by the ASA &#8211; and a case study on influencing other regulators<\/li>\n<li>relationship between social media and the business strategy<\/li>\n<li>using social media on extended platforms and technologies<\/li>\n<li>and the future of social media.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Last year, highlights for me were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/transmedia-storytelling\/\">discussion of SEO, story-telling, and the relationship between journalists and corporate comms<\/a> at the October conference<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/social-media-newsroom-xfactor\/\">discussion of social media newsrooms<\/a> during the April conference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This year? I&#8217;m looking forward to finding out. Speakers come from a wide range of companies, including TalkTalk, Tata, BBC, Microsoft, Pepsi, Unilever, Visa&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Book now: there&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.communicatemagazine.co.uk\/corporateeye\">discount available<\/a> for friends of Corporate Eye. That&#8217;s you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time again&#8230; Long-standing readers will remember that I&#8217;m a fan of the Social Media in a Corporate Context conferences organised by Communicate &#8211; and have been to several of the UK-based ones. 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