Recently I’ve begun to host biweekly lunch-and-learns on Social Media Websites like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Digg, and more! I got the idea from a customer, NuUnion Credit Union who was doing the same thing as a way to help everyone better understand the impacts of these sites on their families at home and also at work. I thought it was a tremendous idea so I introduced it to Passageways as well!

So far, the turnout has been a bit sparse as most people think they know everything there is to know about these sites, however we had several customers call in as well as they heard about them and we all learned quite a bit about new ways of using these sites! I learned quite a bit about the groups features in Facebook and their Ad mechanisms which have some interesting twists to them that could be adapted to businesses at some point. During our first lunch and learn on MySpace, a 14 year old teenager actually led most of the discussion and taught many of us exciting new ways of using that site we hadn’t thought of before. While I’m personal not a user of the site, it is fascinating to see how different software behaves and how it empowers young people to collaborate in ways never before seen by their parents. I will have to write more about these as they progress through the year!