Learning with Social Networks

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Social networks such as Facebook, Twitter have become a vital part of life. We wander through these sites at least once a day. Some people say it’s a waste of time while others say it’s a very useful way to be in touch with their colleagues, families, and friends, and be up-to-date with the industry.

Blogs, Twitter, LinkedIn and other Q&A websites such as StackOverflow provides a vast knowledge on practical aspects as well as best practices of project management and other streams. If you are a PM enthusiast, here are some suggestions to get involve and be up-to-date with the industry.

Twitter
Since you can filter information through hashtags on Twitter it is easy to keep a track and monitor the conversations. Here are some useful hashtags to monitor project management,

#pm
#pmot
#projectmanagement
#pmi
#agile
#scrum
#kanban
#PMChat

LinkedIn
There are lots of professional groups in LinkedIn that you can join, have some conversations, and be in touch with the professionals. Here are some project management related groups that you might be interested to join,
Blogs
There are lots of project management related blogs that share industry experiences and best practices. You can read blog posts and if you have any questions or have different views you can comment and share your knowledge. You can add blogs to your Google Reader, organize your favorite blogs by category and be updated whenever a new blog post has been published. There are lots of favorite blogs of mine; I will mention some of them here for you to check out,
Q&A websites
There are some Q&A sites that can post any question you want to get answered as well as you can answer some questions that you might know the answer. This is very useful when you can’t find any answers or you are confused with some questions. Here are some Q&A websites that you might be interested,
Facebook
Project Management Institute has a very active page on Facebook with over 81,000 likes. You can also like the page and get updated with news, articles and comment on anything and share your thoughts.

Google Alerts
If you want to be up-to-date with the industry regularly or don’t want to miss any news in the industry, one of the best and easy ways to be updated is via Google Alert.

There are more online resources which you can be in touch with the industry. Whenever you read an article, tweet, or question; if you have any views or you know some better answers or you have a question, remember to leave a comment. So, you can socially interact with other professionals and gain more knowledge.

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