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Positive
Remove fear and then collaborate
People have personalities
Quiet people can comment later
Central Repository
Real time info
2
Negative
Encourages faceless irresponsible action
Negative
Time Wasting
Not Inclusive
Exclusive
Only Facebook
No e-mail
Positive
Encourages interaction because of freedom
Flattens the hierarchy in the world and projects
Observation
Social Marketing
How do we rediscover real social networking
Has some types of project/business management destroy social
networks (which are actually valuable)?
How can we incorporate networks to produce value in projects? What
are the rules of engagement?
You can understand how to interact with your project team
It is not time wasting in that I always wasted my time. It's just a new
choice for me.
Rich communication is possible
People growing up with it do build a picture of the people they
interact with
People can drive the tools to suit themselves and their teams
Generation Y share their information
Trust is an issue
Reciprocity
Give freely
Then you receive
They provide non-porous boundaries
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3
Positive
Great for global multi time zone project
You need social interaction
or die!
Assisting remote / teleworking
Observations
Projects will also insecure in the past
Language has to change to suit the audience
Groups
Can be invite only
They become self moderating
4
Observation
Set up unsocial networks e.g WIKIs
Difficult to distinguish who you are talking to.
Communication Survey:
19% of people work in silos
35% had difficulty communicating with their team
Project web sites are appearing
Is this dissemination of information or communication?
Do Generation Y have the skills to communicate with these tools?
Positive
Great for
Making contact
Getting advice
Iterative conversations ensures clarity
Negative
Potential to divide
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