DEFINITION: Six degrees of separation is the theory that anyone on the planet can be connected to any other person on the planet through a chain of acquaintances that has no more than five intermediaries. The theory was first proposed in 1929 by the Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy in a short story called "Chains."
WHITE PAPER: Posted: 20 May 2008 | Published: 20 May 2008
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In this document, HiveLive CEO John Kembel defines customer communities and explains why marketers??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? interest in them is more than justified.
WEBCAST: Posted: 20 May 2008 | When: Available On Demand
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What is hype and what is real, when web 2.0 technologies gets implemented in the enterprise? Industry experts from Forrester Research and Forum One Communications answer questions about how companies are successfully leveraging online communities.
WEBCAST: Posted: 20 May 2008 | When: Available On Demand
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Industry-leading companies are leveraging online communities to attract customers, support users, and build brands. In this Webcast, walk through successful initiatives and share discoveries from a successful enterprise-class user community.
WHITE PAPER: Posted: 10 May 2008 | Published: 01 May 2008
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From laptops to smartphones, VPNs to SMS, every midmarket business must manage a growing number of mobile technologies, many of them creeping over from the consumer sphere.
WHITE PAPER: Posted: 09 May 2008 | Published: 01 May 2008
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Learn how Enterprise 2.0 will enable you to increase communication, collaboration and ROI. Explore the results of a survey that details Enterprise 2.0 deployment, adoption rates and funding models.
WHITE PAPER: Posted: 04 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Oct 2007
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This white paper examines the development of the social networking market, provides an overview of the benefits to be derived from using social networking technologies and explores the role of social networking vendors in this critical market.
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Learn how one company created an online community that improved customer collaboration and responsiveness, improved customer loyalty and gained deeper insight into customers.
WHITE PAPER: Posted: 07 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2006
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This white paper provides an overview of the dramatic shift in communication brought about by social networking and discusses how some companies are already capitalizing on this revolution.
SOCIAL NETWORKING DEFINITION (continued): … the 1950's, Ithiel de Sola Pool (MIT) and Manfred Kochen (IBM) set out to prove the theory mathematically. Although they were able to phrase the question (given a set N of people, what is the probability that each member of N is connected to another member via k_1, k_2, k_3...k_n links?), after twenty years they were still unable to solve the problem to their own satisfaction. In 1967, American sociologist Stanley Milgram devised a new way to test the theory, which he called "the small-world problem." … Social Networking definition sponsored by WhatIs.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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