By Hilal Chouman, social media strategist for Cisco Networking Academy

Since late 2009, Cisco Networking Academy (NetAcad), one of Cisco’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs has been present on various social media networks. The earliest presence was seen on the rising social network of that time: Facebook.

The SEC has ruled that postings on social media such as Facebook and Twitter are as officially valid as newswires and company websites for releasing material information. That judgment was the result of an investigation into Netflix after a Facebook post by CEO Reed Hastings was followed by a rise in the company’s stock price. The SEC has cleared Netflix of any violation of Regulation Fair Disclosure, Reg FD, which requires that non-public, material information be distributed broadly, and not selectively disclosed.

SAP continues its work with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on an environmental campaign that raises awareness and helps preserve a big parcel of land in the Caucasus. WWF rates this area as one of the world’s most treasured biodiversity hotspots in need of protection. For this campaign, SAP secured 56,000 square meters of land, divvied up into 1 square meter pieces, to give away to anyone who wishes to help preserve land and wildlife. In fact, you can choose what you want to preserve. It could be bears, plant life, leopards, antelope, even scrubbing CO2.

The GE Foundation Developing Futures in Education program, which supports high-impact initiatives that improve access to -- and the equity and quality of -- public education, launched a Facebook page in November.

Click here to visit the GE Foundation Developing Futures in Education Facebook Page