My Final Post....For now atleast

So its been a long 15 weeks and this semester has not been easy in any way...Taking 5 business classes might have been a bad decision but in the end i think it was worth i learned so much...This class six degrees of social networking has taught me so much...

The one thing that I really got out of this class was that the Internet was more then just a place for fun and joking around...There are so many sights out there that can help make a business more successful...Lets look back at some of the things that have taught me in this class..

The guest speakers also helped this class...Tom Kyte and his famous ASK TOM blog was amazing...it was such a honor to hear him and all the speakers speak...

The snow day..a day where no one wanted to walk to class cause it was cold and snowing so professor melander sent us an email saying we will have an online class..She should us technology where we can view her slides and hear her lectures while we were able to ask questions in real time...This helps for when we need to have meetings with people all over the world...

LinkedIN....A facebook for business people...ENOUGH SAID

The murder mystery...a way to use online tools to complete a task showing me that these online meetings might not be easy..trying to find for all people to meet and keeping attention when we do meet....

Lateral Thinking Puzzles...Every morning professor melander tired to get us starting to think with a puzzle...these puzzles gave us something to think about and get our minds ready while letting us have a little fun...

The in class discussions...thanks to the class and professor melander these discussions went really well...Through other kids in the class i was able to learn about technology and how its used on a personal level...Thank you everyone

The purpose of blogs...This class let us get an inside look on companies are using blogs putting ideas into our heads for when we go into the business world...

This class was amazing and i enjoyed every minute of it...So whats next?...This summer I plan to get an internship with NASCAR which should be fun...And next semester Ill be back learning about business at American..What's next for you?

I had enough of business networking already....JUST FOR THIS POST!!!!

So this class I'm taking is really focusing on social networks and how they relate to business but while watching ESPN I saw an ad for a new show..The show is called The Missing Link so i went to the shows website to see what its really about.(http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnShow?showID=CSML) This show is defined as how sport figures who could not be more different are actually very similar and linked through other places and people...This all connects to what I'm learning in class and the project we did(the small world project) were we are trying to link to some one we don't know through six degrees. This show starts on Wednesday at 10 on ESPN classic and will link Joe Pa the coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions and Anna Kournikova...Think you know how they connect go check it out then...

Its not what you know its who you know!!!!!

Many people in this world including me go with the saying its not what you know its who you know...Its the people that you know who help you get those business contacts and how through people making new contacts...Its keeping these contacts what makes it the difficult part of business....

When you say social networking sites people think of the two most famous mysapce and face book....But the truth is that new sites aimed at business employees are popping up every day...New website http://www.linkedin.com/ is one that is new to the social networking scenes...This site lets people search previous companies to find ex-coworkers and rekindle there friendship...It also allows people to search for jobs that companies have posted...But most important the ability to find ex-coworkers and see where they are no providing new insights and possible no possibilities....

Business networking sites are now being used to see how your contacts can be used to find others...When you want to do business with a new company you can now see which of your associates have contact or relationship with that company to give you a heads up...

Social networking sites have really helped business grow...Don't you think?

http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/3373520/1/c_3375606?f=111504MagazineMonthly
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Careers/story?id=1071049&page=1&Business=true