The explosion of online social networking continues to have a profound impact on the modern workplace, and employers must keep pace. Savvy employers are taking steps to ensure that their workers understand the limits of acceptable conduct in the era of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and the countless sites featuring social networking, or where online posting is permitted. This briefing will discuss the essential components of a well-crafted social media policy and the importance of employee training to reduce the risk of privacy breaches, disclosures of confidential information, inappropriate behavior by supervisors, discrimination and harassment, and other embarrassing, damaging, or otherwise unwelcome behavior by workers via the "new media" that surrounds us constantly.