Have you tweeted today? Perhaps you've 'poked' a friend? Made someone a buddy on Bebo? I'm talking social networking, the fast-growing use of the internet to make friends, share photos and pass comment on just about anything. And if you don't know your Facebook from your Myspace then maybe you should get surfing and ensure staff aren't twittering about your setting behind your back.
Last week a newspaper article I read said that soldiers have been banned from using social networking sites after military officials ruled they are at risk of breaching security protocol.
Although the story certainly made me smile, it's an important issue I'd raised a few days earlier when leading a training seminar for nursery managers. I told how, when conducting some research online, I'd used a search engine to look up information on a daycare centre. However, instead of finding its company website, the search results brought up a personal profile for a nursery nurse, who had posted negative comments about her workplace on the site. I think you'll agree this isn't what you would want prospective parent customers to stumble upon.
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