Social Media PM

Elizabeth Harrin - April 7, 2010

Elizabeth is a freelance writer and project manager living and working in London. She runs The Otobos Group, a project communications consultancy specializing in project management.

Communications Management ProjectsAtWork

How (and how much) is the project management community using social media tools to do their jobs and advance their careers? A recent survey explored these questions.

You’ve heard the hype — social media is revolutionizing the way we do projects. We’re tweeting and vodcasting, friending and following. But just how prevalent are social media tools in today’s project environment? And are they making us any better at managing projects? Projects@Work editorial board member and noted blogger Elizabeth Harrin recently conducted a survey on her site, A Girl’s Guide to Project Management, to find out. Here, she shares some findings and analysis of the survey results, which included 246 participants.

For starters, the most widely used tool is LinkedIn — 90 percent of survey respondents use the professional networking tool. LinkedIn might help us stay in touch with people better, but it’s not the first social media thing you’d think of when you are looking at improving project management practice through technology. But maybe it should be. Project managers are primarily focused on creating participation in projects, and because of this it is important to know how to engage people. If all your contacts are on LinkedIn, it makes sense for you to be too.

In fact, the most common use of social …

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