Comments on Law firms and social networking : One hot topic | Real Lawyers Have Blogs

laurie@halosecretarialservices.com (Laurie/HaloSecretarial) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 07:25:43 -0800

You're right - it's not surprising to see social networking catching on with lawyers. It's not that different from in-person networking except that it's easier in many ways. You don't have to drive to a meeting, if you are shy you don't have to face people, you have time to craft responses and thoughts. And if you are really busy you can always get help managing your networking needs!

nfox@bizdevsuccess.com (Nancy Fox) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:00:09 -0800

I agree the buzz on this topic is high, as is the interest level. The question is: will user level among lawyers and other professionals increase? My clients and professional colleagues are continually telling me how challenged they are by how to utilizethese networks.

I've listed to and attended a number of the webinars and teleclasses for lawyers. After hearing them, I can understand why usership is not as high as the talk about social networks. The terminology needs to be translated into lay terms for new users.

Even the younger professionals find leveraging business sites such as Linked In a mystery. Facebook not the same issue - they socialize on that site.

As marketers and consultants, we need to bring it down to some elementary tools for the tools to be truly pragmatic and effective.

A colleague and I will be co-leading a session in the Fall for professionals where we will focus on just a few tangible deliverables for attendees. In this case, we believe less will be more.

Nancy Fox

www.sociabling.blogspot.com

prise.143@gmail.com (rosy) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:24:30 -0800

A social network is a social structure made of nodes (which are generally individuals or organizations) that are tied by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as values, visions, ideas, financial exchange, friendship, kinship, dislike, conflict or trade. The resulting graph-based structures are often very complex.

Social network analysis views social relationships in terms of nodes and ties. Nodes are the individual actors within the networks, and ties are the relationships between the actors. There can be many kinds of ties between the nodes. Research in a number of academic fields has shown that social networks operate on many levels, from families up to the level of nations, and play a critical role in determining the way problems are solved, organizations are run, and the degree to which individuals succeed in achieving their goals.

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rosy

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