Top Five for Small Business: Top Five Legal Things to Know about Social Media for Your Small Business

This Top Five monthly series focuses on issues small businesses face daily.  Each month features a topic such as human resources, marketing, accounting, IT and others. The featured speaker from each event in the series will introduce five key takeaways that will help your small business be successful. 

This month will focus on the top five legal things to know about social media and your small business.

Social media is a part of our everyday life, even at work. Balancing your employer needs and employee rights can be tough. This interactive session will provide tips on how to draft and enforce workplace social media policies. You’ll also hear real-life case examples to help you understand when you can and should act and when it may be a risk to do so.  

Maggie Hanson is an employment attorney at the Davis Brown Law Firm with a focus on litigation and employment practices liability insurance defense. She advises and defends employers, managers, and HR professionals in court, mediation, arbitration, and administrative forums. Maggie primarily defends employers in disputes related to labor, discrimination/harassment, wrongful termination, breach of contract/non-compete agreements, unemployment claims, and other employment-related issues.

The PACE Alliance has arranged these events to be simulcast live each month at the Graham Annex at Central College from 12-1 pm.  There is no fee to attend the group simulcast.  If you would like a box lunch from Central Catering they are available for $10 (box lunch RSVP's need to be made to the Alliance office by 9 am the day prior to the event by registering above or calling our office 628-2626). 

You may also watch at your desk by registering for the simulcast here (there is a $10 fee).   The Top 5 for Small Business is presented by the Greater Des Moines Partnership.