THE SOCIAL MEDIA PROJECT MANAGER

Communication is key to Project Management

Social Media is communication

What is it for?

Group communication

Building a team

Repeated light touch contacts

Blogs

What is it for?

One to Many communication One provider Many consumers

Project documentation on blogs

Sharing information

Gathering comments

What is it for?

Central store of information

Pull in information from many sources

Information becomes: Searchable Commentable Organised - (roughly)

Liking content Pushes it to others Useful content rises

Wikis

What is it for?

Multiple author inputs Many to many

Document collaboration

Tracking of changes

Social networking

What is it for?

Business conversations

Use the right sites

Business oriented Project Management oriented

Blogging community

What is it for?

Be part of a community

Learning from others

Support from colleagues

Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break - Earl Wilson But while you're waiting...

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