Social Media for Knowledge Workers

Last week I had a presentation around using Social Media and Web 2.0 tools to improve your performance as a knowledge worker.  One of the questions that always comes up is:

How do I find more information to help me get started?

The answer is that this information is a bit hard to come by.  There’s a lot out there, but it’s often hard to find information that helps you get start.  This was a major reason that I started down the path with Work Literacy.  That said, I thought it would be worthwhile for me to collect a few of the resources that provide good starting points that can help Knowledge Workers improve their performance using Social Media.

Overview of Knowledge Work and Social Media

• Tool Set 2009
• Work Skills Keeping Up
• Top-Down Strategy
• Knowledge Work Framework
• Sense-making with PKM

Keeping Track of Information

• Better Memory
• Keep track of information

Handling the Flow of New Information

• Information Radar

Networks, Communities and Collaboration

• LinkedIn Guide for Knowledge Workers
• Networks and Learning Communities
• Collaborate
• Manage what matters – collaboration

Twitter

• Twitter as Personal Work and Learning Tool
• Twitter for Learning – 55 Great Articles

Personal Learning Environments

• My Personal Learning Environment
• The Psychology and Skills of Personal Learning Environments
• Personal Learning Environment

Some More Specific Tactics

• Processing Pages with Links
• Search
• Browser Short Cuts

I will try to come back and update this post as I find good introductory resources on this topic.