We have talked at length about the value of combining your offline and online networking. I have always been a believer in the absolute value of social networking sites being the pinnacle of true networking.
I was reading a post at the Winnepeg Sun called The Re-Wired Generation. Although this article was written about the Internet driven Generation Y it had an excerpt from University of Toronto sociology professor, Berry Wellman:
“Far from replacing face to face time and breeding a generation of reclusives, Facebook and Twitter are actually enhancing interpersonal relationships offline…
The Internet is complementing, continuing and maintains relationships,” he said. “It’s letting weaker relationships stay in contact.”
There was a time in the business world where you would meet individuals at networking events and forget them the next day. This “networking for forgetting” has been all but erased if the two people are connected on a social media platform (LinkedIn).
Instead of dismissing social media and using the old forms of communication. Try developing your weaker business or personal relationships using an online model. You may be pleasantly surprised.
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Hey Kyle, short and sweet, with emphasis on sweet! You are obviously a confident and capable writer to deliver such an important idea is so few words. Thanks for the + energy.
Agree completely. Twitter has been more influential to my personal/professional network then anything I have ever used. It definitely skews towards being more helpful/useful then not (I adore the service).
Hi, nice post. However, a similar article I read has a different opinion. It says that the technology addiction has, in fact, affected our interpersonal relationships.
Go through it once and let me know about your opinion.
Here is the link to the article –
http://www.webguild.org/2009/05/social-media-ties...
I very much agree with your sentiment here. When I meet people face to face, I often ask them for their twitter name, it's a way of stretching a link further, and possibly making it more valuable to both of us.
Thanks!