Jason Wade, Sales Manager at iFramework, has posted a simple poll to LinkedIn that asks:
I'll be more interested in any discussion about this at the poll itself or in the Legal Project Management group on LinkedIn than the results itself.Social Networking & Project Management - is it possible? How often do you check social networking sites using a smart phone?
I find the whole LinkedIn polling feature to be a bit half-baked at this time. If you want to seek input from beyond your first-degree connections, you have to pay per response (US $0.75 + $1.00 for "seniority," i.e., management), with a minimum payment of $50.00. Your poll can only consist of a single question with up to five answer choices.
While your poll will be given a URL for sharing it, you can't easily embed it in other sites, such as your company Web site or blog. If LinkedIn polls receive greater participation from target audiences and if more questions and more sophisticated polling features become available, I can see LinkedIn polls being worth the cost. At this time, however, I'm not seeing the value.
Disagree? Let me know in the comments.
All the time, LinkedIn, Facebook, using Iphone apps
Paul,
I think another question would be how PMs are using Social Networks for Project Management or as part of their Project Communication?
I'm with you Gregory, I probably use Facebook/LinkedIn on my iPhone more than on my computer.
I think we'll see "Web 2.0" social-networking tools become increasingly integrated with project management. I've certainly have seen this for years with Wiki-style functionality added to project management platforms to bring knowledge management to project management. I'm starting to see status fees (à la Twitter, Facebook, etc.) added to project work-space platforms. For example, see Zoho Projects.
The next step in this evolution is the development of standard protocols to allow content to be shared across platforms.
I have certainly have seen this for years with Wiki-style functionality added to project management platforms to bring knowledge management to project management.