{"id":1305,"date":"2009-04-21T08:13:27","date_gmt":"2009-04-21T13:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/susangibb.net\/blog2\/?p=1305"},"modified":"2009-04-21T08:15:14","modified_gmt":"2009-04-21T13:15:14","slug":"social-networking-facebook-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/susangibb.net\/blog2\/2009\/04\/social-networking-facebook-event\/","title":{"rendered":"SOCIAL NETWORKING: Facebook Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

I<\/span>’m not exactly sure how it was set up, but I was recently invited to an event by a dear friend on Facebook and after taking part, realized that it was a successful example of folks getting together momentarily in time and space.<\/p>\n

In this case, it was as a memorial on the one-year anniversary of her mother’s passing. I received e-mail notice and checked in to see the number of people invited, who would be attending, and the request to share a story or two about her mom with the others. It was noted that the event was scheduled for a particular date and time period, in this case, April 19th, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm (Tennessee time–that’s one of the glitches, that you have to specify time zone or else everyone’s thinking differently).<\/p>\n

This idea could easily work for conferencing or discussion that needs a rapid input of ideas from a group, i.e., brainstorming session. Despite its silence and lack of visuals–although Pat did put up some nice images of her mom and the family to add to the sense of closeness–there was a feeling of sharing and the imagination puts the attendees sitting ‘somewhere’ with their fingers on a keyboard. People drifted in and out, not all online at the same time (whereas this could and would likely be a requisite for a group discussion), and it seemed that some just left the application open and wandered back in to check new comments or add a thought.<\/p>\n

All in all, a lovely experience to share this particular span of time with a high school best friend in remembering her mother and offering support in the grieving process.\u00a0 But I can also see this as a viable means to hook up a group for anything from classroom discussions to topical groups to meeting points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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