Effective Steps to Optimizing your Facebook Network
The social media trend has been climbing upwards since the launch of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Facebook ranks as the second most visited web site in the United States behind Google. Twitter has grown exponentially in 2008 and 2009 and when the global economy was in turmoil and LinkedIn has expanded its business network as more companies flock to it.
How does one manage all these networks? Information and requests come flooding at you in real time and not only is it just you absorbing material from the internet, social media requires you to also respond to the information being shot out every five minutes.
Why Peter Drucker’s Work Continues to Prosper and Shape Business Today
Peter Drucker’s management and business strategies have spawned a countless number of books and management techniques throughout the decades. From GE’s Jack Welch to Jim Collins, author of the bestselling book on business performance Good to Great, Drucker’s legacy continues to live on in ways unimaginable.
Without the contribution of Peter Drucker to society, the United States may not have been the superpower it is today. Here are the primary reasons Drucker’s work is still relevant today and in the future.
The Knowledge Society - The Educated Person
Every day, ideas float through our heads and go in many different directions. Some stay, some go, some get put to paper, other ideas are discussed and some are shut down. Products are built, services are created, people are motivated and countries begin to develop their economy in a new way, not just based on farming and manufacturing, but by turning people’s ideas into reality.
Peter Drucker was describing these changes in his books in the 1930’s when Research and Development departments were just blossoming in organizations. This new age which we live in today is the Knowledge Society.
Providing Value in Social Networking
LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook…all social networking tools designed to connect people across the globe together. As with all tools offline or online, there are ways to use them or abuse them. A car can be extremely useful if you know how to drive one, but not knowing how to drive a car and taking a spin can lead to disaster.
The same goes for networking with strangers online, you can network with hundreds, thousands or tens of thousands; however, if you do not provide value to those networked, all you’ll have is connections, not potential contacts.