How do you organize your time in discussion groups and social networks?

[Patricia Twitchell]

I find that discussion groups can be a great way to share ideas with other professionals and yet, sometimes they get a bit overwhelming with the amount of time spent in them.

What do you do to make your time very productive?

Patricia Twitchell

[Lorraine Ball]

I have started using Friendfeed.com It allows me to see what is being posted on a wide range of my networks without going to each site unless I see something specifically of interest.

[Lorraine Ball]

This graphic was created by my friend Kyle Lacy to create a framework for approaching social networks. Essentially, he divides networks into one of several buckets. His perspective, and I agree, is you should have one go-to site for each bucket.

To read how he and others categorize their social networking go to this discussion.

I am hoping the MyWomanOwnedBusiness.com becomes my go to business site at some point. But right now we don't seem to have enough dialogue going on.

[Lorraine Ball]

Have you seen FriendFeed.com? This program is a great aggregator. With it, I can see what my "friends" and resources have posted all in one place.

It aggregates, Twitter, linkedin, MyWomanOwnedbusines, Facebook, Plaxo and all my personal blogs, and my google reader. It has been a huge time saver.

[Gemini Greetings]

I have never heard of Friendfeed.com, but sounds like something I need in my life. I am active on numerous networks and enjoy it. I not only learn a great deal, I find those in need of information and keep them in mind as I come across something that might help them.

Organization used to be rule number one in my life...that was before I had twins plus one. I had the opportunity to stay home with my kids and within four months, I was ready to get back out in the working world. Somehow I manage organized chaos, is the best way to describe it.

Love this group & look forward to getting to know more members here.

angelice
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[Patricia Twitchell]

I recently recovered from major back surgery and used some of my down time to get even more organized.

I have found social networking great but it can be overwhelming at times. Does anyone know about ping.fm or twitter?

Patricia

[Lorraine Ball]

I use twitter a little. I typically follow a few people. If they talk too much about what they had for breakfast, i usually unsubscribe and add a few new people.

My twitter and friend feed id is roundpeg.