Building Momentum

It's amazing to me how there can be so much technology out there, but in reality, it's a mass overload to the average user--high school and college kids included.  Unless God figures out how to increase the number of hours in a day, it still boils down to TIME being the most limited resource.  Therefore, for us to become the on-line harbor of choice, we need to remember that we will need to provide our members VALUE every day and earn their time.  Share of mind is everything and it's a precious, fickle commodity.

Anyway, Networlding is a cool concept that provides true mutual gain to two or more users.  Here's the paradox.  With limited time to get everything done in a day, the Internet is a tremendous tool to improve productivity.  Professionals can communicate, conduct research, pay bills, shop, and promote on-line with ease.  Yet, most professionals don't understand yet that there is a "Matrix" like world out there in social networks where the connections to almost anyone already exists--it just takes a little digging to find the right pathway to contact almost anyone.  The six degrees of separation are fast morphing down to two degrees of separation.

My prediction--the millenium generation will GET this, whereas the baby boomers are fairly locked into what has worked for them for 20+ years.  Therefore, in the next 10 years, there will be nearly 100 million people on business networking sites, perhaps LinkedIn.  Everyone will explore connections for either business, volunteer activities, charities, sports clubs etc.  In fact, this era will become the Networld without a doubt, as the Internet unites almost everyone in the world.  Therefore, Networlding techniques and training to cover the basics and all the new emerging technologies such as OPEN SOCIAL will be a must.

STAY TUNED!
Craig Wilson, Guest Author for Networlding
President, American Recruiters