As I reflect back on the material that we have covered this semester, I definitely have a better appreciation on how social networking and blogs can be used for business purposes. Before this semester I considered blogs and social networking just for social purposes and casual reading. While I think that currently social networking and blogs are best used in applications that are not directly tied to business, such as socializing, political discussions, and social good/volunteerism, I do see the potential for greater uses in business.
I think as time goes on, we will see business figure out how to make better use of social networking. I see tremendous potential with sites liked LinkedIn to build business relationships with people that have a similar interest in business. While I am not bullish on the use of Second Life for business, there will definitely be business applications where virtualization will be used in the future.
I cannot foresee all of the new ways that social networking will be used in the future, but I would like to hear about the ways that you can think of.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Monday, December 3, 2007
Social Networking for Social Good
There are various ways to use social networking for social good, depending on what an individual's passion is. For example, if one is interested in helping the cause against AIDS, they can use social networking to work with other people who share the same passion, but that they might not ever meet because they live in different cities or states.
One great way to use social networking in your own neighborhood is to help elderly or other people in your neighborhood who might need help, as discussed on fatdoor. This is a great way to get linked up with people who may need help in your neighborhood, because many elderly and people who need help spend almost all of their time in their home and you do not get to meet them and find out their need for help.
The concern I have is that dishonest people could use this to get connected to people that they are supposedly helping but are really trying to take advantage of, just like some people looking to take advantage of teenagers use myspace to find out about them and connect with them. So jsut like other social networking applications this one has a disadvantages as well.
One great way to use social networking in your own neighborhood is to help elderly or other people in your neighborhood who might need help, as discussed on fatdoor. This is a great way to get linked up with people who may need help in your neighborhood, because many elderly and people who need help spend almost all of their time in their home and you do not get to meet them and find out their need for help.
The concern I have is that dishonest people could use this to get connected to people that they are supposedly helping but are really trying to take advantage of, just like some people looking to take advantage of teenagers use myspace to find out about them and connect with them. So jsut like other social networking applications this one has a disadvantages as well.
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