Social Business Bites - Curated by Des Walsh
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No extras this week - just your usual 3 crunchy bites & podcast show link
The Week's Best Bites
- Useful Social Media Glossary
- Why You Absolutely Must Do a Podcast
- Virtual Reality...Next Big Thing for Leadership Development?
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By Dara Fontein
A lot can change in a year, especially in the world of social media. It can be difficult
to keep up with all of the terms and slang used with the introduction of new technologies and platforms, so we decided it was time to update our Social Media Glossary. Like previous editions of the glossary, this is a living document that will continue to grow as we add more terms and expand our definitions.
As in all fields of knowledge and human activity, social media has its fair share of jargon - some might say more than its fair share. Some glossaries for social media are a waste of space, but this one from Hootsuite is worth bookmarking, maybe copying into Evernote or some such, where you can easily access it so you don't have to ask "What
do you mean by 'Twitter Canoe'?" or "F4F", or "Dark Social". Maybe not all the useful definitions are here, but 226 is a good start.
By James Altucher
James Altucher writes brilliantly and even if you have no intention of or desire to start a podcast I think you might enjoy the sheer verve of this post. It starts with some wise advice that is apparently at odds with the subject line.
There’s 400,000 podcasts. The world doesn’t need another interview
podcast. Don’t do a podcast if you have nothing to say.
I agree with all of that.
In fact, every day when I wake up I ask myself, “Should I continue to do my podcast?"
If you can’t create impact on yourself (which will lead to impact on others), then give up. NOW.
Dr Richard Carter
When Facebook buys a virtual reality headset company (Oculus) for $2 Billion and their famous COO Sheryl Sandberg (author of Lean In) has to hose down
speculation about how rapidly virtual reality will become a major income stream for them, you know virtual reality has arrived.
Everyone from NGOs like Amnesty
International, games designers and filmmakers are using virtual reality to build support for social causes. And the evidence suggests it's working because it generates empathy – the missing link to move people from cognitive ‘concern’ to emotional ‘action’.
This article is not new but I am as convinced as I can be that everyday professional uses of virtual
reality, for example as in this article for leadership development, are coming faster than most of us might think.
