Future of Social Networking in the Workplace

As the years go by, we start to see social networking progress into the near future. By the year of 2020, most people in business will have started or already promoted their companies or businesses through social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. According to Michael Eggebrecht, "by [at] [least] 2014, 20 percent of buisness users will use social networking services rather than e-mail as their main tool for interpersonal communications" (Eggebrecht, par. 2). The following link is a website in which shows social networking sites that are popular among and can be incorporated into businesses.


http://online-social-networking.com/most-popular-social-networking-sites-for-business


In addition, as people become more busy in our present day and time and are constantly on the go, smartphones that are used today such as Blackberry's and I-phones will futher advance in their technological uses, and will be used by many businesses and companies in the near future as a main and central way to communicate with their business partners, and to do their business, period, having less reliance on actual computer desktops. As Eggebrecht puts it, "social network[ing] lets companies examine interaction patterns and information flows among the people and groups in an organization, as well as with external partners and customers" (Eggebrecht, par. 6). The link below is an article which discusses how social networking can be significant and beneficial in promoting businesses in the near future.


http://www.onlinesocialmedia.net/20100718/social-networking-business-future-access-to-real-time-data/

Written by Bertina Tan