Martin, all I am pleased to hear that IBM is embracing social networks including Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Companies that want to connect with their customers and attract bright young college grads need to get onboard. College grads today assume everyone is on Facebook. When asked they will tell you that it is better than email because it supports multiple channels of communication with multi-media including not only text but also pictures, video, sound, etc.
I joined Facebook in 2009 at the request of my daughters. It is a great way to get and stay in touch with family, friends, neighbors, work associates, customers, etc. All you need to give Facebook is an email to verify plus a password. You can change settings to turn off as much of the email notifications as you want. I get a lot more email scam posts per week than I do Facebook scam posts. You can choose how much you want to share and with whom you share it. I usally update my own status only once a week or so, I share events I think other friends and associates might be interested like a new www.z390.org release or Rotary or family event. I scan wall postings from friends once a day and make a few comments if appropriate, and that is part of the magic of Facebook where you get to know friends better. At least 600 million people think so. You can find me here: http://www.facebook.com/don.higgins This week I returned from Rotary International convention in New Orleans where one of the highlights was a speech by Bill Gates on the eradication of polio. Bill has made that the number one priority of his foundation and has contributed over $350 million dollars to it. Rotary has contribled over a billion dollars and we are now down to a few hundred remaining cases on only 4 countries in the world. Rotary and its 1.2 million business leaders have adopted social networks and a useful tool for building friendships and promoting service above self. You can find more on Bill Gates talk here: www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/110524_IC11_plenthree.aspx And you can find over 120,000 fans of Rotary International here on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/rotary Don Higgins d...@higgins.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
