57 Social Media Policy Examples and Resources

10.07.26

Over time I’ve found myself doing more and more foundational work for organizations looking to dip their toes into social media. One of the key elements of this work, in my opinion, is creating a social media policy that fits well with the organization’s goals, culture and risk tolerance.

But where to start?

As it happens, lots of organizations publish their social media guidelines online, ready for you to review and use yourself. Here are 57 61 great social media policy templates and resources to use when building your own. (thanks for the suggestions in the comments!)

Social Media Policies and Guidelines

Source	Resource
American Express Open Forum	3 Great Social Media Policies to Steal From (Kodak, Intel, IBM)
American Institute of Architects	Policy on Staff Use of Social Media
American Red Cross	Online Communications Guidelines
Australian Public Service Commission	Interim protocols for online media participation
BBC	Use of social networking, microblogs and other third party websites
BBC	Editorial Guidelines
British Telecom	Social Media Guidelines
Best Buy	Social Media Policy
Chartered Institute of Public Relations	Code of Conduct
Cisco	Internet Postings Policy
Coca Cola	Online Social Media Principles
Dell	Global Social Media Policy
Daimler AG	Social Media Guidelines
FedEx	Blog Policy
Feedster	Corporate Blogging Policy
Fellowship Church	Blogging Policy
Flickr	Community Guidelines
General Motors	Blogger Policy
Georgia Tech	Guidelines for Student Blogging
Harvard Law School	Corporate Blogging Policies and Guidelines
Hill & Knowlton	Pledge for Bloggers
HP	Blogging Code of Conduct
IBM	Social Computing Guidelines
Intel	Social Media Guidelines
International Olympic Committee	IOC Blogging Guidelines
Jaffe PR	Social Media Policy Procedures and Social Network Policy Procedures
Kaiser Permanente	Social Media Policy
Kodak	Social Media Tips
Krones AG	Tips for using social media (English and German
LiveWorld	Creating social media guidelines for your employees
Mayo Clinic	Participation Guidelines
Mayo Clinic	Comment Policy
Mayo Clinic	For Mayo Clinic Employees
Mosman Municipal Council	Twitter Guidelines
Opera	Employee Blogging Policies
Oracle	Social Media Participation Policy
Plaxo	Communication (Blogging) Policy
Porter Novelli	Blogging & Social Media Policy
Razorfish	Employee Social Influence Marketing Guidelines
Reuters	Social Media Guidelines
Robert Scoble	The Corporate Weblog Manifesto
U.S. Air Force	Blog Assessment
U.S. Air Force	New Media and the Air Force
U.S. Coast Guard	Social Media – The Way Ahead
U.K. Civil Service	Principles for Participation Online
Yahoo!	Employee Blog Guidelines

Other Social Media Policy Resources

Source	Resource
Dave Fleet	Corporate Social Media Policies eBook
About.com	Blogging and Social Media Policy Sample
Business Week	A Twitter Code of Conduct
Doug Cornelius	Blogging/Social Internet Policy (for law firms)
Electronic Frontier Foundation	How to Blog Safely (About Work or Anything Else)
Elizabeth Hannan	Corporate Social Media Policy Guidelines
Mashable	Should Your Company Have a Social Media Policy?
New PR Wiki	Blogging Policies List
Nonprofit Technology Network	Tips for Writing Your First Social Media Policy
Shift Communications	Social Media Guidelines Template
rtraction	Policy Tool for Social Media
Social Computing Journal	Enterprise Social Media Usage Policies and Guidelines
Social Media Governance	Policy Database
SocialFish	Social Media, Risk, and Policies for Associations
SocialFish	Drafting Social Media Guidelines