I went to the MIT Enterprise Forum of the Northwest on Wed. The topic was Digital Social Networks – Two Degrees of Separation. The panel was made up of:
-Konstantin Guericke, LinkedIn, Co-Founder https://www.linkedin.com/p/kguericke
-Elizabeth Lane Lawley, PhD, Rochester Institute of Technology Professor http://www.it.rit.edu/~ell/weblogs/index.php
-Bill Bryant, Mobile Operandi, CEO http://www.mophone.com/mo_info/aboutus.htm
Moderator:
Mike Flynn, Puget Sound Business Journal, Publisher
The panel discussed some good topics, one that stuck with me is the use of etiquette on these social networking communities. For example with LinkedIn, I believe that if you are unsure or have reservations on publishing personal information on the web that you should be cautious. If you have close personal contacts and don’t want to have them residing somewhere other than your own PC then don’t publish them. Professional info, for those of us that are in consulting, sales, and service providers it is in our best interest to have our professional info posted.
Linkedin and Family Mafia:
I’ve been using linkedin for 2 years now and I have slowly started to trust it and also use it when I’m in need of a lead at a company or just keeping track of business acquaintences that you see once in a while, but not really in the close realm of family and friends.
I love linkedin, its a little like the mafia (not that there really is one, or that I ever seen one, but if one existed it would have protocols like linkedin):
-You can have family vouch for you and let you in to their group of friends.
-You can have family introduce you for business deals.
-You can leave good remarks about family and give them “Street Cred”
-You can deny people into the family circle because “I donta knowa youa soa wella”
–Peace out
