Comments on: Virtually dressing for success

By: 91% of companies used social media in 2009

91% of companies used social media in 2009 — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:03:00 +0000

[...] their employees’ social network profiles. We’ve already had the study that advocated appropriate dress code in avatars, so it’s interesting to consider how one’s personal social networking [...]

By: Lauren Fisher

Lauren Fisher — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:54:56 +0000

Hi, I think a lot of the problems you highlight simply stem from a misunderstanding of social media. I’m hoping Gartner’s predictions won’t come true, but the fact that this is what they’re actually advising companies to do is slightly worrying.

By: r

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:01:34 +0000

OMG, Gartner are a highly respected industry provider of research but seriously a ‘dress code’ for your avatar do me a favour If this does prove true it seems to provide a perception of ‘cringe’. Some large companies seem to be very narky about their public brand property + employee perception and will require strict control at all times over anything that is available to captain bloggs. Rather than view social media as a active opportunity they will possibly view it as a large ‘X ‘for danger, care of some inadequate and uneducated analysis. Nice article.

By: Robin Blandford

Robin Blandford — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:34:16 +0000

I request a dress ‘theme’ from my guys, e.g. http://www.facebook.com/dmaccobb