In considering the effects of social network sites, it is clear that there are many challenges to work through – the increasing commercialization of this space, the need to construct strong privacy protections for users, and safety issues – but I believe the benefits we receive as a society provided by these tools far outweigh the risks. William Reader , professor of psychology at Sheffield Hallam University and social networking site researcher : From a psychological point of view, it is difficult to answer the question with any degree of certainty; the technology is simply too new and

It is the story of a community of birdwatchers in Central Park in New York City and how they observed, loved and obsessed over a family of Red-Tailed Hawks that raised a family on an apartment ledge just of Central Park. Identifying a new practice and refining it.) Access to expertise – learning from experienced practitioners (Crossposted from my Full Circle blog ) My friend Sue Wolff generously lent me two books recently.

Below is a response from Matt Cooperrider , organizer of the Open Government NYC meetup group to a previous article about open cities . “While Mayor Bloomberg’s recent initiatives are innovative and forward-looking, perhaps his most valuable role for the openness movement in New York CIty has been as a foil. Often, the work of New York City activists takes hold in other cities before it feeds back home. This is a mayor so strong that he steamrolled the City Council into approving a term limits extension so that he could run for a third term, and then made the 2009 mayoral race a formality by massively outspending his opponents.

They may be leisure travellers who might only stay at your hotel once per year or even business travellers who use your airline each time they fly to New York. From a business trip to New York to a family road tip down Route  66 in the US. The Frequent Flyers are the ones who know the destinations best, and they are also those most likely to find themselves going to a new city and needing advice like this. For the next in our series of Online Community Examples we are looking at examples of online communities in the travel industry Online communities in the

8221; I had more than one coach on my way to becoming a chess champion and teachers to help me learn cello and Talmud. Learn a new feature, practice it, and go on to the next. Realize that there’s a steep social media learning curve . Building a social media presence is much more a marathon than a sprint. There’s plenty of content to develop, place and promote, and there are lots of relationships to build.

8221; in The New York Times published the day after my write up on John Cacioppo’s talk at the RSA on how loneliness is contagious. 15,000 Framingham residents and their descendants have been followed since 1948 to learn about cardiovascular disease – but two years ago, Christakis and Fowler used the very same data set to analyze if people can influence each other’s behaviour just by socializing. Stumbled on on this very interesting article titled “ Is Happiness catching? ” The article is based on Christakis and Fowler’s research

8221; in The New York Times published the day after my write up on John Cacioppo’s talk at the RSA on how loneliness is contagious. 15,000 Framingham residents and their descendants have been followed since 1948 to learn about cardiovascular disease - but two years ago, Christakis and Fowler used the very same data set to analyze if people can influence each other’s behaviour just by socializing. Tags: How people affect and influence each other via networks is a very popular topic these days. Stumbled on on this very interesting article titled “ Is

What is the impact on male students in New York of a new advertising campaign on the subway, for example? And if you add into this the ability to analyse the networks that people sit in on Facebook, and the impact an event has on them and on their friends, this could be a huge resource of information for brands and organisations to learn from. Tags: Buzz tracking Matt Rhodes Social Media Social networks advertising customer communities customer Image by BenSpark via Flickr Facebook is a great source of information on how people are feeling.

Thanks to Brad Aaron of Streetsblog from whom I clipped the pic Remember my saying that if a train could be "my person," it would be the A (New Yorkers understand). Hers is a bit of an homage to trains everywhere - even the TGV shows up.) (**And on further inspection, I've learned that Billy Strayhorn actually wrote "Take the A Train.") Tags: New Yor A friend recently reminded me that Duke Ellington was way ahead of me** on this one.

I will practice and reward caring, sharing, and daring – caring for others, sharing what I know, and daring to try new ideas. Knowledge Management…NOT! KM Link of the Week From Ray MacNeil in actKM Toolkit for Knowledge and Learning A previous blog post featured the PDF version of Tools for Knowledge and Learning: A Guide for Development and Humanitarian Organizations. Weekly Knowledge Management Blog by Stan Garfield KM Question, Thought Leader, Blog, Link, and Book of the Week [ Blogroll - KM Home Page - Send a Question - Implementing a successful KM programme ] KM Question of the Week Q: What advice do you have for leaders?