Managing Online Identities

Policies,

Guidelines

&

SignpoStS…

Our Session Map

• Identity – traditional

• Identity – connected

•Cautionary Tales• Identity – Institutional

• Models of Online Ministry

• Policy & Practice

•How you are seen by your colleagues

•How you are seen by your peers

•How you are seen by the general public

Traditional identity

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• By your conduct

• By the things you say

• By the things others say about you

• By what you write

• By the way you write it

• Through… face to face, papers, peer review, presentations…

How is that

gauged?

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You –

Connected

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Professional andpersonal have

fused together thanks to…

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What you say…

How you say it…

Who has found it hard to separate your

personal & professional lives?

Who thinks that it’s necessary to

separate your personal & professional

lives?

Informal poll!!

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•Your friends; who they are / what they do

•AND specifically what your friends do & say online

•Your personal life / interests

Identity now extends to…

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A window

into your

private life

(But it isn’t

always a bad

thing!)

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• Prospective employers

• Parishioners

• Peers

• Colleagues

• Individuals considering attending your church

Consider who might look you up

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• We all use them

• We just choose what we’re comfortable

exposing… and how we wish to present

ourselves

Questions?

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You – the Institution

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Isn’t just you…

3

MOMs

Transparent

Characterized by a

complete melding of

personal and

professional identity

Typified by the phrase

“what you see is what

you get!”

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Translucent

Could be describes

as “personably

professional”

Managed identity, but

open

Not “warts & all”

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Opaque

• Role-based

• Strictly

professional

identity

• No blurring of

lines

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Transparent Translucent Opaque

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Signposts Guidelines Policies

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menswear.html

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Big Issues

• Working with Youth

• Photo permissions

• “Friending” & “un-Friending”

• Deciding in advance

• Communicating clear intent

• Thoughtful action

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Questions Question #1:

Which role or model do

you think would feel

most natural or

comfortable to you?

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Questions

Questions #2:

What do you think the

key step is in either

managing online

identity or in creating a

social media policy?

Your Questions Go Here

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