It's a sad business reality that, in mid-2014, social media is still a bit of a taboo subject in the corporate boardroom. Writing in the Guardian, Sharon Flaherty assesses a business landscape where half of global boardrooms ignore social media with ignorance and lack of understanding the rules of thumb: Ignorance of the genuine value social media can bring to a business Lack of understanding about how to measure that value Flaherty cites recent research by Useful Social Media that … [Read more...] about Why the C-suite don’t ‘get’ social media marketing – and how to change that