Disruptive Technology has been the game changer from education to business. A quick look at the past four decades shows this change:
1970's - Mainframe Computing
1980's - Desktop Personal Computer
1990's - Internet / WWW
2000's - Online Social Networking
In this Fora video, Clara Shih (creator of Faceconnector, the first business application on Facebook) presents The Facebook Era at the Association for Computing Machinery in August 2009.
The Facebook Era is a newly released book about how social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter are ushering in a new era of business, relationships, and culture. Additionally, it discusses what companies need to do strategically and tactically to adapt and thrive in this new environment....
Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are changing everything we thought we knew about sales, marketing, and product development -- and empowering companies with new tools, insights, and ability to transform customers into true partners and your most effective sales force yet.
Clara Shih provides a look into how business utilize Online Social Networking to enhance business practices. The question is how can educators utilize Online Social Networking to enhance education!
