This document discusses the importance of social media for employers. It introduces Greg Lowe and Todd Shill, who are lawyers that specialize in employment law and social media in the workplace. It then provides an example of a teacher who was placed on administrative leave after half-naked pictures and posts about drug use were found on her public Twitter account. The document concludes by providing contact information for Greg Lowe and Todd Shill to field any questions about social media and employment law.

4. TWEET, FOLLOW, OR GET OUT OF THE
WAY: WHAT EVERY EMPLOYER
NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT
SOCIAL MEDIA
Greg Lowe, McKonly & Asbury
Todd Shill, Rhoads & Sinon

5. INTRODUCTIONS
Greg Lowe
• McKonly & Asbury
• Partner
• Chief Operating Officer
Todd Shill, Esq.
• Rhoads & Sinon
• Partner / Executive Committee Member
• Employment law and litigation over 22 years
• Specializes in social media in the workplace

7. R.I.P. WEB 1.0…. (YOU HAD A GOOD RUN)

8. SAY “HELLO” TO WEB 2.0! (BECAUSE YOUR EMPLOYEES HAVE)

9. VS

15. CONFESSION BEAR

18. FACEBOOK FAUX PAS (THIS IS OUR FAVORITE PART, TOO)

22. @Crunk_bear = Carly McKinney, a 23-year-old high
school teacher from Aurora, Colo. On administrative
leave pending an investigation after a local news
station exposed half-naked pictures and pot-smoking
boasts posted on her Twitter account.
Sample tweets from @crunk_bear:
“Watching a drug bust go down in the parking lot. It’s
funny cuz I have weed in my car in the staff parking
lot”
“Just got called Ms. McCutie. Points for being clever,
however you are still jailbait.”
“I live a double life. Teacher by day, stoner / raver /
rager by night.”

32. Greg Lowe
Partner/Chief Operating Officer
GLowe@macpas.com
QUESTIONS?
Todd Shill
Partner/Executive Committee Member
TShill@rhoads-sinon.com

35. Greg Lowe
Partner/Chief Operating Officer
GLowe@macpas.com
QUESTIONS?
Todd Shill
Partner/Executive Committee Member
TShill@rhoads-sinon.com