{"id":7259,"date":"2024-03-04T03:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T11:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/?p=7259"},"modified":"2024-02-26T15:27:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T23:27:50","slug":"yoursmartphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2024\/03\/yoursmartphone\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you using your own smartphone or other devices in your work or volunteering activities? Is your employer aware?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/virtualvolunteering.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"327\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/virtualvolunteering.jpg\" alt=\"images meant to look like cave drawings, one of a woman using a smartphone and one at a desktop computer.\" class=\"wp-image-3169\" style=\"width:199px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/virtualvolunteering.jpg 327w, https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/virtualvolunteering-262x300.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Do you use your own, personal smartphone in your work activities for your employer? Does your company reimburse you for this? Does your company have a policy in writing about this use? Are you facing any challenges in using your own tech resources for your work, tech that you pay for and maintain yourself and use for your personal life as well? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I started <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.techsoup.org\/t\/using-your-own-smart-phone-for-your-work-or-volunteering-with-a-nonprofit\/18023\">a thread on the TechSoup forum a while back about this<\/a> and a lot of folks have some strong feelings about this issue. There are also some companies that reimburse staff for use of their own personal devices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What about your company? And for nonprofit organizations &#8211; do you realize what the cost is for your staff and volunteers when you require them to use their smartphones and other personal devices in their work for you? Had you even thought about it before? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can weight in on the comments below, but please <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.techsoup.org\/t\/using-your-own-smart-phone-for-your-work-or-volunteering-with-a-nonprofit\/18023\">also weigh in on the original TechSoup forum<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/donate_icon_small.jpg\" alt=\"a hand is receiving money\" class=\"wp-image-4685\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>If you have benefited from this blog or other parts of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/\">my web site<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/jcravens42\">my YouTube videos<\/a>&nbsp;and would like to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/me\/payme.shtml\">support<\/a>&nbsp;the time that went into&nbsp;researching information, developing material, preparing articles, updating pages, etc. (I receive no funding for this work),&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/me\/payme.shtml\"><strong>here is how you can help<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you use your own, personal smartphone in your work activities for your employer? Does your company reimburse you for this? Does your company have a policy in writing about this use? 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