JMP Community Business Networks

Social Networks are bigger news than pirates on the open seas, according to Hugh Hewitt.  There are 200 million Facebook users and that is expected to grow to 300 million later this year.  Twitter has 10 million users and grew at 1,000% this last year.  The reason for this growth is that social networking in social media is successful.  Be aware and use business networking to your personal and company advantage.

Seven Keys to Business and Personal Success

Remember, technologies emerge and evolve and you can “ride the wave” to your advantage.  Be aware and prepared to use modern tools and tried and true methodologies to your company and personally professional advantage.  Emulate others finding success, such as SAS Institute Dave Thomas and IBM VP for business networking, Sandy Carter.    Research other top companies as your interest and time allows.

Examples of Social and Business Networks

In this presentation we focus mainly on LinkedIn, Twitter, SAS and JMP sites, since they are used personally by professionals.  At the same time, we will talk about other important venues, including our personal favorite, Google Blogspots.  Both the JMP blog and sasComunity are very important players in business social networks. 

From the Literature . . .

In the literature of corporations and universities, the defining element of social networks can be called, “FoFoF”, or connecting friends of friends of friends to you.  The theory included more than what meets the eye.  ED:  For example, data-mining into bank fraud using JMP and John Brocklebank analysis.

Social Networks for SAS Global Forum '09

Since social network tools are emerging, evolving, and competing, leaders of SAS Global Forums are discovering the best. 

 

Here were the tools and sites for SGF 2009.

sasCommunity and Twitter at SAS Global Forum

This year began the move at SAS Global Forum to incorporate SNs into SGF. Talented people at SAS Institute allowed CrowdVine. It was great but had limited usage; and it was unpopular with key individuals on sasCommunity Advisory Board. They would like communication to go through their wiki.

Lauren Haworth, Lainie Hoverstad, #SGF10

Leaders of SAS Global Forums are discovering the best.  Here are the tools and sites for SGF 2010.  Lainie Hoverstad programs for sasCommunity.org, the hub of SAS/JMP user networking, and adds the interfaces to LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.  The blog for JMP is not listed;  let’s see if attendees notice and can get it added.

SGF'10 will have Twitter and LinkedIn

LinkedIn and Twitter are the two we like the best.  They are populated by professionals and fulfill the needs of professionals to connect with professionals.  Even more than these, we like and use the potential of Google “blogspots”, which are free, as is a free gMail account to go with them.  I have about twenty and need a list to keep them all in mind.

JMP and SAS Community Networking

Personal and SAS Community Networking

Here is an example of connecting, with SAS Community in the center.  

 

For some, JMP is the center of their professional network.

Support JMP blogs and sasCommunity

SAS-L led the way for SAS workers to connect with other SAS workers, mainly for best SAS programming solutions.  It also includes discussions on anything of interest:  from professional SAS programmers /consultants collaborating to the state of SAS software and SASware ballots.

 

Now, there are other special interest online groups that are connecting for mutual benefit. SAS Institute fosters and promotes the interchange. 

 

SAS Institute stays on the leading edge of not only technology but with methodologies, such as focus groups to develop sasCommunity.org in which you can participate.