DISQUS

Dave Fauth · 11 months ago

Some of this will only be possible if these tools are available to the Intelligence Professional. I could only see the YouTube video at home. Same with Facebook. So far Twitter and blogs are available at work so that does help.

ctovision · 11 months ago

Thanks much Dave. I agree that all the tools and power of the Internet need to be available to the Intelligence Professional. That is a very achievable goal if it is something agency leaders decide to do. It would just take a decision and some planning and then all could be done safely, I'm sure.
Cheers,
Bob

lewisshepherd · 11 months ago

Man, again with the "click on Lewis's head" !!!
You know that gets painful, don't you? I'm all doped up on Excedrin...

ctovision · 11 months ago

Ha! Good thing I didn't tell readers to double-click!

Joel Rothschild · 8 months ago

Bob,

By now, you are probably regretting that you ever responded to my e-mail about the challenges of getting National Security Professionals to make better use of social networking tools.

I wear many hats, and one of them is military. Recently, I have had to the time to start pushing social media tools as a way of interacting with the Navy's Information Professional community. But almost immediately, some quandaries have come up. First and foremost: protocol.

How do you set the ground rules for "friending" subordinates or superiors? If a senior officer "friends" a junior officer (JO), the JO might feel compelled to accept the offer. Likewise, there might be a perception that JOs trying to friend a senior officer are "sucking up."

I have tried to set the ground rules by stating that there are no expectations either way and that this was all voluntary. But I'm not sure everyone believes it at face value.

What are your thoughts? How do we get honest and face-value out of these tools?

//Joel

ctovision · 8 months ago

Joel I sure am glad to have made your online acquaintance and appreciate the thoughts on all these issues.

These are some interesting quandaries regarding protocol. I'm not sure I have the answer, but have observed similar things and I know these are topics we have to think through. Maybe the standard should be that 100% of a command is expected to "friend" each other. Or maybe there is some updated version of "Calls," a practice captured on page 102 of the Naval Officer's Guide. This was the practice of junior officers and their spouses paying formal at-home calls on the CO and other officers of the command. After the "Call", the JO leaves a calling card (not business card). Those "Calls" were expected to be returned within two weeks. Maybe the online version is the junior is expected to "friend" all others in the command and all others will friend back within two hours.

That type of approach might generate more value for commands since it will create more of a critical mass.

Cheers,
Bob

M. Avery · 1 month ago

One thing to be careful with anytime one is discussing social media is for personal safety related to your position - how much personal info you put out there and how much of a threat that generates for yourself and your family.

Always think first before putting any personal info out there - we're definitely in an era of information sharing, but don't go overboard!

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