finding your fit in the relationship economy
Have you seen the opportunities on the Internet brought at least partly by the explosion of social media and social networking? Connections to people you have lost touch with and those you never knew can bring you opportunities not possible the old way.
Learning is not compulsory, neither is survival.
- W. Edwards Deming
Business advisor & author (1900 - 1993)
The convergence of technology that accelerates the power of relationships and facilitates explosive communications one to one to millions is upon us. There are, naturally, many complexities inherent in this convergence, and organizations across the globe are eager to define and leverage their strategies.
The Relationship Economy includes the people and things we are connected with in our personal networks who or that distribute or consume our capital and influence our individual production outputs. The emergence period will have an especially profound effect on businesses and individuals. The factors that will influence this economy will cause massive and significant changes to the way we work, play, and live.
Many experts, scholars, and other professionals are transparently sharing their thoughts – as the transform them, in a variety of media. These thought leaders are identifying and explaining the individual factors that will impact The Relationship Economy.
Link To Your Education provides a selection of training and engagement packages to assist individuals in their quest to understand The Relationship Economy. These training sessions are available in a face-to-face or online venue, and include many opportunities to discuss, analyze, and apply what is learned in a controlled environment. For more on our programs, download this Executive Summary.
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Overview of Online Business Networking (register now - available April 21, 2008)
Launching into The Relationship Economy (scheduled to be released May 15, 2008)
Advanced Engagement Strategies (scheduled to be released July 15, 2008)
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Overview of Online Business Networking (register now - available April 21, 2008)
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Launching into The Relationship Economy (scheduled to be released May 30, 2008)
Download a free e-book or purchase the paperback.
Advanced Engagement Strategies (scheduled to be released July 15, 2008)
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by Carter Smith - Saturday, 15 March 2008, 05:13 PM
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Agencies advance use of online social networking tools
by Carter Smith - Thursday, 7 February 2008, 06:04 PM
Government agencies are moving well beyond the experimentation stage in adapting online social networking tools to advance internal collaboration and in reaching out to citizens. Efforts by the Centers for Disease Control, the Environmental Protection Agency, NASA and the intelligence community were among a number of working examples attracting public and private sector interest in Web 2.0 technologies at what is being billed as the largest Web 2.0 conference on the East Coast in Reston, Va., today. Janice Nall, director of eMarketing at the Centers for Disease Control, highlighted the various ways CDC is reaching out to the public using social networking and communications methods techniques. Many of the tactics, she said, are viewed internally as pilot projects, but are clearly making an impact. Among them:
- eCards giving consumers ways to send greeting cards that share health related messages with family members.
- Podcasts CDC has downloaded more than half a million Podcasts this year featuring health related information.
- Virtual worlds CDC opened a virtual flu clinic on Whyville.net, a site that explains a wide range of topics for children. Nall said 135,000 individuals visited the clinic which led to 20,000 vaccinations in a six-week period. CDC is also expanding its presence in Second Life, beyond a gallery of posters, toward hosting virtual health workshops.
- Social networks The agency is establishing a new presence on MySpace beginning next week, Nall said, but is also concentrating on posting resources and application widgets on three other sites, eons.com (targeted at those over age 50), DailyStrength.org and sermo.com (a physician-centric site).
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