Great Social Media Primer, but missing one key thing…

Glenn Fannick a product manager at Factiva, has a great find for those that are not initiated in what is social media. This PDF (which I printed out) from Spannerworks gives examples of the different types of social media tools are out there, and how they work. If you don’t know what Social Media is, read this PDF.

Unfortunatly, this document does a horrible job of defining WHAT is social media. Some say that Social Media is: The online tools and messages that are shared between people.

Wikipedia says it a bit different: “Social media describes the online tools and platforms that people use to share opinions, insights, experiences, and perspectives with each other. ”

Update: Dennis left a comment on this very post linking to a presentation he created which answers one of the “hows”. When I talk about Social media to people, there are several different converastions that happen, often along an evolutionary path. First is “What”, second is “Why”, often third (if we get that far) is “How”. Dennis is an IT consultant, we went on a journey earlier this year to answer how social media impacts IT departments (heh, again notice my corporate focus).  Also see the About page on the Social Media Primer

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