Comments on: Personal vs. Professional: Social Networking Sites http://www.sosoft.com/blog/2009/06/22/personal-vs-professional-social-networking-sites/ Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:51:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kathy http://www.sosoft.com/blog/2009/06/22/personal-vs-professional-social-networking-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-681 Kathy Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:36:08 +0000 http://www.sosoft.com/blog/?p=371#comment-681 Thanks for your comment, Bruce. While it can be fun and productive to have a presence in the social media world, I think you are right to try to create boundaries. Big challenge, though. Good luck! Thanks for your comment, Bruce. While it can be fun and productive to have a presence in the social media world, I think you are right to try to create boundaries. Big challenge, though. Good luck!

]]> By: Bruce Hyman http://www.sosoft.com/blog/2009/06/22/personal-vs-professional-social-networking-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-679 Bruce Hyman Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:56:40 +0000 http://www.sosoft.com/blog/?p=371#comment-679 Kathy....great blog! I've just entered into the world of Facebook and was actually quite dismayed that one of my clients requested to "friend" me. I have decided to refuse "friend" requests from patients as I consider it a boundary violation. While I do NOT live any sort of what you refer to as "wild and crazy" personal life, my professional therapist persona is frankly different from my personal one and I consider it important to keep it that way. To deal with this issue, I plan to establish a professional Facebook page that is distinct from my personal one. Kathy….great blog! I’ve just entered into the world of Facebook and was actually quite dismayed that one of my clients requested to “friend” me. I have decided to refuse “friend” requests from patients as I consider it a boundary violation. While I do NOT live any sort of what you refer to as “wild and crazy” personal life, my professional therapist persona is frankly different from my personal one and I consider it important to keep it that way. To deal with this issue, I plan to establish a professional Facebook page that is distinct from my personal one.

]]> By: Kathy http://www.sosoft.com/blog/2009/06/22/personal-vs-professional-social-networking-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-578 Kathy Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:45:42 +0000 http://www.sosoft.com/blog/?p=371#comment-578 Thanks for the comment, Vince. I agree that a generation of people totally dependent upon their electronic devices is emerging without the skills to interact well face-to-face. They also seem to have little sense of the possible benefits of being unavailable electronically. Finally, privacy concerns are significant. I think you are right to work on policies for your staff. Hopefully you are including them in that work so they will buy into what is decided. Thanks for sharing your perspective. Thanks for the comment, Vince. I agree that a generation of people totally dependent upon their electronic devices is emerging without the skills to interact well face-to-face. They also seem to have little sense of the possible benefits of being unavailable electronically. Finally, privacy concerns are significant.

I think you are right to work on policies for your staff. Hopefully you are including them in that work so they will buy into what is decided. Thanks for sharing your perspective.

]]> By: Vince Bellwoar http://www.sosoft.com/blog/2009/06/22/personal-vs-professional-social-networking-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-577 Vince Bellwoar Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:32:57 +0000 http://www.sosoft.com/blog/?p=371#comment-577 kath, thanks for that blog. We are exploring setting formal policies and procedures for the use of all of the above (and email) by office staff (clerical and clinical). I do think that for risk management purposes, one should be very careful about communicating via these emerging methods. Separating the personal from professional is very important--but that is just the way I was taught here in the Northeast. I know there are different styles across the States. I think all this electronic communication poses interesting challenges to our and the next generation. Ironically, the more "hooked in" a young person gets to all the technology (facebook, texting, twitter etc), the less developed are their live, personal interaction skills. That's good news to us psychologists who make a living by (mostly) teaching people how to interact/communicate. Bad news to a generation who may be missing out on knowing how to go out to dinner and have a 3 hour conversation without checking one's blackberry every 20 min! kath,
thanks for that blog. We are exploring setting formal policies and procedures for the use of all of the above (and email) by office staff (clerical and clinical). I do think that for risk management purposes, one should be very careful about communicating via these emerging methods. Separating the personal from professional is very important–but that is just the way I was taught here in the Northeast. I know there are different styles across the States.
I think all this electronic communication poses interesting challenges to our and the next generation. Ironically, the more “hooked in” a young person gets to all the technology (facebook, texting, twitter etc), the less developed are their live, personal interaction skills. That’s good news to us psychologists who make a living by (mostly) teaching people how to interact/communicate. Bad news to a generation who may be missing out on knowing how to go out to dinner and have a 3 hour conversation without checking one’s blackberry every 20 min!

]]> By: Kathy http://www.sosoft.com/blog/2009/06/22/personal-vs-professional-social-networking-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-532 Kathy Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:13:39 +0000 http://www.sosoft.com/blog/?p=371#comment-532 Welcome, Ede. It is nice to hear from you. Social networking...blogging, Twitter, FaceBook, LinkedIn...all of these are useful to explore. Best to know your goal before you start! Thanks for your comment, Kathy Welcome, Ede. It is nice to hear from you. Social networking…blogging, Twitter, FaceBook, LinkedIn…all of these are useful to explore. Best to know your goal before you start!

Thanks for your comment,
Kathy

]]> By: Ede http://www.sosoft.com/blog/2009/06/22/personal-vs-professional-social-networking-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-531 Ede Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:27:42 +0000 http://www.sosoft.com/blog/?p=371#comment-531 This is my first time checking yor blog. I love all the articles and this one in particular since I have not used any of the social networking sites and was wondering about the conflict between personal and professional information. The "new terminology" and the pros and cons are vere informative. Now I don't feel so ignorant. Thank You. Ede Rios This is my first time checking yor blog. I love all the articles and this one in particular since I have not used any of the social networking sites and was wondering about the conflict between personal and professional information. The “new terminology” and the pros and cons are vere informative. Now I don’t feel so ignorant. Thank You. Ede Rios

]]> By: Kathy http://www.sosoft.com/blog/2009/06/22/personal-vs-professional-social-networking-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-528 Kathy Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:04:29 +0000 http://www.sosoft.com/blog/?p=371#comment-528 Thanks for your comment, Gayle. For some people, this decision depends upon the particular business they are in. It has been very nice to be able to be friends with customers and with vendors and with service providers....and even with competitors. I was much more careful of relationship boundaries when I was a psychotherapist. Not so much need to do that now! Thanks for your comment, Gayle. For some people, this decision depends upon the particular business they are in. It has been very nice to be able to be friends with customers and with vendors and with service providers….and even with competitors. I was much more careful of relationship boundaries when I was a psychotherapist. Not so much need to do that now!

]]> By: Gayle http://www.sosoft.com/blog/2009/06/22/personal-vs-professional-social-networking-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-527 Gayle Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:23:48 +0000 http://www.sosoft.com/blog/?p=371#comment-527 With the social networking sites, for me, it is all one. I am one person professionally and personally. I go out in the real world and socialize and network as well. My clients do become my friends over time, it's inevitable. I feel I am a loving, caring person and do as much as I can to help my clients in both ways with their web site needs or their yard work or moving. I am glad I can be myself at all times. I am happy with who I am. Thanks Kathy. I love reading your SOS - at Large blogs! They have all been very informative and helpful. With the social networking sites, for me, it is all one. I am one person professionally and personally. I go out in the real world and socialize and network as well. My clients do become my friends over time, it’s inevitable. I feel I am a loving, caring person and do as much as I can to help my clients in both ways with their web site needs or their yard work or moving. I am glad I can be myself at all times. I am happy with who I am. Thanks Kathy. I love reading your SOS – at Large blogs! They have all been very informative and helpful.

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