Project management does not exist in a vacuum. We have embraced the various new methods of communication to encourage better collaboration and team-work. It is now practically inconceivable for a project not to be using email, tele-conferences, even video-conferencing to maintain contact with the participants. But are we embracing the new technologies available now? Are we making best use of the tools we now have? With project teams becoming even more spread out over the globe, are we making best use of our new communication methods?

1. THE SOCIAL MEDIA PROJECT MANAGER

2. Communication is key to Project Management

3. Social Media is communication

5. What is it for?

6. Group communication

7. Building a team

8. Repeated light touch contacts

9. Blogs

10. What is it for?

11. One to Many communication One provider Many consumers

12. Project documentation on blogs

13. Sharing information

14. Gathering comments

16. What is it for?

17. Central store of information

18. Pull in information from many sources

19. Information becomes: Searchable Commentable Organised - (roughly)

20. Liking content Pushes it to others Useful content rises

21. Wikis

22. What is it for?

23. Multiple author inputs Many to many

24. Document collaboration

25. Tracking of changes

26. Social networking

27. What is it for?

28. Business conversations

29. Use the right sites

30. Business oriented Project Management oriented

31. Blogging community

32. What is it for?

33. Be part of a community

34. Learning from others

35. Support from colleagues

36. Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break - Earl Wilson But while you're waiting...

37. Take advantage of these new tools

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39. More information at http://tinyurl.com/socialmediapm

40. Get project management information at www.projectmanagementguide.org