Thanks to Illinois WorkNet of Northern Cook County & Crain’s Chicago Business, I’ll be presenting on social media & legal & HR issues as part of Crain’s Chicago Small Business Week.  This will be at IL WorkNet’s Arlington Heights office on Wednesday, October 5, 2011, from 8:30 AM – 11:30 Am, 723 W. Algonquin Rd., AH, IL 60005 (this is the Illinois Department of Employment Security office).  Additional thanks to WorkNet’s Mohammed Faheem & Deb Lawrence (co-presenter) for setting this up.  This is a free seminar. Registration is here:

Here’s the itinerary:

Social media tools for your business:

    • The Basics -How businesses use social media today (presented by Deb Lawrence of WorkNet);
    • How to use LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook (presented by Deb Lawrence)
    • Social Media Policies – does your business need one? (legal & HR issues–presented by me); &
    • Recruiting employees with social media (legal & HR issues–presented by me).
I gave a similar presentation for WorkNet in June.  My handout materials for that presentation are here (PDF).  I’ll be updating these materials in light of new National Labor Relations Board advice on this topic.