It is some years now since ‘expert networks’ have become a significant force, linking subject matter experts in science, technology, and business to clients, largely in funds management and finance, usually at very healthy hourly rates. The reality is that LinkedIn has been used as a proxy expert network by many for some time now. MORE >>

The great news is that social and informal learning don’t require new systems because learning can take place on the same “platform” as the existing social network, if a company already has one. That’s short for a phrase that kept coming up in conversation when he was writing Enterprise 2.0. Learning Networks. INFRASTRUCTURE. MORE >>

Individuals build social networks around their Profiles, and companies, brands, media etc. build Pages (in Facebook) in which there are slightly different parameters on how you communicate with their network. In most cases using Facebook for company social networks doesn’t work well, not least for confidentiality issues. MORE >>

Third , young people under 18 are certainly not drifting to Twitter, but to social networks such as Facebook. Social media Social networks Social trends Web 2.0It’s a misleading headline, so let’s unpack it. First , blogs are not waning. All the major blogging platforms are growing. No longer. MORE >>

was surprised to find that there is a fair chance that New Zealand has the highest rate of social network usage in the world. The chart above shows a summary of data from Nielsen on the time spent per month on social networks in a variety of countries around the world. appeared first on Trends in the Living Networks. MORE >>