We recently had the distinct pleasure of conducting a three-day social media conference for members of the Arthur W. Page Society’s Future Leaders program. The program is a two-year professional development exercise in which approximately 20 “next generation chief communications officers” study various dimensions of our business.

Over the three-day session exploring the uses of social media by corporations, a number of key learnings emerged - from the need for focus and the importance of starting small to the power of listening and the benefits to executives of a social media mentor.

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We also took the opportunity to ask the participants for their thoughts on the biggest obstacles companies face to adopting and leveraging social media and how to overcome those obstacles. In the coming weeks, we’ll be sharing those video insights with you here, so be sure to bookmark this page and check back often.

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