By Doug on December 4, 2009
Lately I have been experimenting with Four Square, a location-based social networking platform. For me, adding the geographic component of social networking adds another serendipity factor to the web 2.0 movement.
Serendipity of location.
“What’s Happening” + “Where are you”
It allows you to explore tools to create meeting chances. We have already seen Twitter add [...]
Posted in Publish To KM Space | Tagged Four Square, Location, social networks
By Doug on January 28, 2009
Omar Ha-Redeye writes on slaw.ca about two new social networks for lawyers: Lawyrs Looking for Alternative Social Networks and Social Network on Jurafide for American Clients.
Jurafide.com is a networking and marketing site that facilitates communication between U.S. clients and non-U.S. lawyers.
Lawyrs.net looks like a social networking platform for lawyers with some group discussions and legal [...]
Posted in KM Space blog posts | Tagged social internet, social networks
By Doug on December 16, 2008
Kevin O’Keefe, of Real Lawyers Have Blogs, put together his thoughts on what are the best social internet places for a lawyer or law firm to spend their resources: Lawyers and Social Media – It the Big Three. Kevin picks Blogs, Twitter and LinkedIn.
As usual, I agree with Kevin.
Every professional should have a profile on [...]
Posted in KM Space blog posts | Tagged social internet, social networks
By Doug on December 12, 2008
Intel has published their Social Media Guidelines.
I like their approach of giving users guidelines for they should and should not do. The context is to place the responsibility on the individual. It is that person who is creating the content. They are responsible for the content and the consequences. I think it is a great [...]
Posted in KM Space blog posts | Tagged social networks
By Doug on December 8, 2008
Back in June of 2007, I came across a story about Facebook at Law Firms. A Magic Circle firm had banned Facebook, then abruptly lifted the ban. The decision was made because Facebook has “business benefits as well as social uses.”
In the 18 months since then, web 2.0 and the social internet have grown immensely. [...]
Posted in KM Space blog posts | Tagged facebook, social networks
By Doug on December 3, 2008
The American Bar Association launched LegallyMinded, a social networking site targeted at lawyers, paralegals, law librarians, law students and anyone else in the legal market. Being a student of social networks for lawyers, I thought I would sign up.
I encountered my first problem when they asked me to have a username rather than my real [...]
Posted in KM Space blog posts | Tagged LegallyMinded, social networks
By Doug on September 29, 2008
Carolyn Elefant recently released an e-book entitled Social Networking for Lawyers – The What, Why and How (.pdf)
Courtesy of the Avvo Blog: Treat For Avvo Blog Readers
Posted in KM Space blog posts | Tagged social networks
By Doug on September 20, 2008
I stumbled across this CIO.com article by Michael Fitzgerald : Why Social Computing Aids Knowledge Management. (I missed it originally because it was not listed under the Knowledge Management articles on CIO.com.)
In fact, social computing represents a third wave for KM: the set of tools and processes companies use to create, track and [...]
Posted in KM Space blog posts | Tagged enterprise 2.0, social networks
By Doug on August 26, 2008
The recruiting manager has created a firm FaceBook site. The marketing director is encouraging all the lawyers to join LinkedIn. The firm’s general counsel is freaking out over the possible ethic violations and malpractice possibilities. The older lawyers simply aren’t sure what to do. The younger lawyers are wondering what [...]
Posted in ILTA 08, KM Space blog posts | Tagged social networks
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