social network with and without computers
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This presentation will provide an overview to Social Networks from a holistic perspective, focusing in the evolution of social communications tools. Challenges, limitations and solutions in today’s business context will be covered, as well as a few takeaways on how leaders, professionals and managers can benefits from early adopting social networking tools. http://www.rafamara.comTRANSCRIPT
Social network with and
without computers
Rafael Marañón AbreuCo-founder , MIT Social Media Club
Product Manager, Cisco Enterprise Networking Software (NOSTG)
Cisco CITS Leadership Forum
Dec 13, 2012
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Content
Overview of Social Media
– Definition, evolution and challenges
MIT Social Media Club
– Need for collaboration in the academia
Takeaways
– Benefits and how to start using it
What is a social network?
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Fmsasg.com
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Wikipedia
What is a social network?
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What is a social network?
• A set of nodes and ties between these nodes.
Wasserman & Faust, 1994
Node
Relationship
What is a social network?
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What is a social network?
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Digital influence is the ability to create an effect, change opinions and
behaviors, and drive measurable outcomes online.
What is a social network?
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What is a social network?
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What is a social network?
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Evolution
EMOTIONS LANGUAGE WOM WRITING
PRINTING NEWSPAPER MAIL / TELEGRAPH PHONE
RADIO TELEVISIONTYPEWRITER/
FAXPC / E-MAIL
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Challenges
Global Work Force Resources
Travel Cost / Commute
Decision Making
Productivity
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• Communication gap: Need for a common ground where MIT
students from different background may exchanges their
ideas and create cross disciplinary projects.
– Engineering-Business Schools
– Faculty-Students-Staff
– Academia-Industry
– Entrepreneurs-VC
Challenges
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Why?
• To explore and understand social media
• To study its development and dynamics
• To create a collaborative platform and environment within the MIT community
Course ESD.942
Social Media: Trust, Information Seeking & Systems
Innovation in the Digital AgeJoseph Coughlin, Director of the MIT AgeLab, Rafael Marañón-Abreu and Azamar Abdymomunov
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• Landscape and dynamics.
• Basic skills and tools.
• Information and knowledge
management.
• Applications in Health &
Wellbeing, Finance, Safety
and Organization
Development.
• Impact on public trust, individual
decision-making and systems
innovation
Approach:
• Influence
• Information seeking and Validation
• Check and Balance
• Power of Share Knowledge
• Change and Transformation
• Learning
• Dialog
Organization Development
• Collective Intelligence: Groups of individuals
doing things collectively that seem intelligent
Thomas W. Malone
Director MIT Center for Collective Intelligence.
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2012 Cisco Connected World Technology Report
In summary:
– Computing social networks tools are part of
social communication evolution
Benefits:
– Trust, Influence and Transparency
Why professionals, leaders and managers
should adopt it?
– It is the most effective social communication
channel today
Takeaway
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How to start?
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Thank you!
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