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I am a contract specialist and I recently added one of my contractors as a facebook friend. He is the contract administrator for a contract that I administer. He requested the friendship, and I obviously considered the implications before I let him into my virtual space, but I decided to do it anyways. I'll be in touch if anything changes, but thus far I haven't received any bribes, requests for additional consideration, not even so much as a message or wall-post (in Facebook-speak, that's a public message). I assume some old-school (not necessarily old) contracting officers will cringe when they hear this, but the virtual connection seems to be a casual connection that strengthens the business relationship.
Posted by jswhetsell on July 30, 2008 - 10:05 PM
Jason, what an interesting comment, and an interesting issue you bring up! I'm with you, but I'm curious whether any readers agree with Jason or have a different view? Steve Kelman
Posted by jsmeditor on July 31, 2008 - 01:26 PM
Great post, Steve. Like Ross Mayfield says: "All things 2.0 are made of people." And the really great news is that the magic of social media has a science behind it. If you haven't already seen the ksg complexity and social networks blog, I think you'll enjoy it .
http://www.iq.harvard.edu/blog/netgov/
BTW - Can you still get a double lobster roll at Charlie's Kitchen for $8.50 ?
Posted by rico on August 1, 2008 - 08:26 AM
I had a similar experience in a college class that actually had a facebook page. I found it really helpful in facilitating collaboration in the class. I have posted a link to my blog if you are interested in reading about my experience. http://www.fcw.com/blogs/thelectern/153333-1.html
Posted by Julia2389 on August 1, 2008 - 12:25 PM
I sorry I added the wrong link in my comment the correct link is http://www.akgroup.com/news/blog/200807/virtual-work-and-social-psychology
Posted by Julia2389 on August 2, 2008 - 08:04 AM
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