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Research by McKinsey and Company shows that more than half of all firms use some form of social media to enable employees to collaborate and exchange information. According to Wharton operations and information management professor Lynn Wu, the adoption of enterprise social media can improve a firms bottom line, but it also has a surprising effect: The more individuals use social terms such as coffee, lunch or baseball while engaging with colleagues on social networks, the less likely they are to be laid off.

Wu wrote about that finding in a paper titled, Social Network Effects on Productivity and Job Security: Evidence from the Adoption of a Social Networking Tool. In an interview with Knowledge@Wharton, Wu discussed her research and its implications for workers and managers who use social networking tools.

An edited transcript of the conversation follows.

About the research:

I study how enterprise social media affects various types of work outcomes. There has been an uptick in [enterprise social media adoption] in recent years. In 2009, a McKinsey Report showed that only 28% of firms used some type of social networking tool. But by 2012, that had gone up to 53%.

We are familiar with consumer facing social media, such as Twitter and Facebook. There are lots of studies, start-ups or industry activities around consumer facing social media. But how enterprise social media affects performance, affects firms, affects employees and affects collaboration hasnt been examined. And thats what Im trying to do to understand how enterprise social media enables network formation and information acquisition, and how these benefits ultimately affect various outcomes, such as your billable revenue or you probability of being laid off in the next cycle.

Social communication has bigger power than objective performance [measures] in predicting whether individuals were laid off during the recession.

How social media affects the bottom line and more:

Information diversity and social communication are two factors I looked at in this research. I found that both have an impact on work outcomes, but affect them differently. For example, information diversity measures how much information [you have] or how diverse your information is. We found that [an individual's] information diversity is strongly correlated with billable revenue. The more information you have, the more youre able to bill. It makes sense the more information you have, the better a worker you are and the better able you are to solve your clients problem.

Interestingly, we found that social communication [itself] does not have a direct impact on billable revenue, but it had a tremendous impact on whether individuals were laid off in the 2009 recession. And, the more social words you include in your communication such as coffee, lunch, dinner, football and baseball the less likely you are to be laid off. TwitterIn fact, thats the most significant predictor, above and beyond objective performance measures, in predicting whether youre laid off.

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Facebook is taking social networking to a new level disaster management. Disasters like tsunami, tornado, earthquakes and hurricanes are not new to our lives; mankind has been at constant war with such natural elements since the beginning of time. The first and perhaps the worst to be affected in these situations is our communication system. Phone lines are down and transportation is out of reach, and in such situations, we frantically try to reach out to our to loved ones.

Facebook (FB) the worlds largest social media and networking company, is on its way with its way to help people communicate through the social networking platform in such times of dire need.

Checking Out Safety Check

In times of disaster or crisis, people can now turn to Facebook to check on loved ones and get updates. It is in these moments that communication is most critical both for people in the affected areas and for their friends and families anxious for news.

Facebook was quoted as saying We want to provide a helpful tool that people can use when major disasters strike, so weve created Safety Check a simple and easy way to say youre safe and check on others.

During a major disaster, Safety Check will help in the following ways:

Only your friends will see your safety status and the comments you share.

The 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan were devastating. According to the Japanese Red Cross society, more than 12.5 million people were affected nationwide, and more than 400,000 people were evacuated. During that crisis, people used technology and social media in particular to stay connected with those they cared about.

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Social Networking During Natural Disasters

TEMPE, Ariz. (PRWEB) October 21, 2014

swop, a new geosocial networking app that allows two people to exchange all of their personal social-networking information in one instantaneous swop, will celebrate its beta-launch by hosting a nighttime party at Arizona State University on Thursday, October 23, 2014.

Members of swops launch team will join ASU students for a night of live music and food at Macayos Depot Cantina Restaurant adjacent to campus. swops launch team will give away swag and encourage attendees to exchange social-networking information with new friends via swop.

I think the networking potential of swop is the most appealing aspect of it, said ASU student Shaun OBrien, who is helping to organize the swop ASU launch party. As a young professional, I could envision myself sharing my contact information and LinkedIn account with individuals I meet during networking events. People who have this app can quickly exchange information with only a few quick steps.

The brainchild of three college friends, swop is designed to streamline the process by which friends, family, co-workers and acquaintances share their phone numbers, email addresses, Facebook accounts and Twitter and Instragram handles with one another. Instead of clumsily exchanging one piece of information at a time, swop lets users quickly and effortlessly connect with one other on the most popular social-networking platforms.

swop is providing a 21st-century way for people to connect with one other across all of their social-media platforms, instantly, with just a few swipes of their phone, said Mitch Fultz, co-founder and CEO of swop. If Im adding a new friend on Facebook, then I probably want to follow her on Twitter and Instagram, too. Why would I want to manually type in all of her user information separately on each platform?

swops launch team is leading a weeks-long campaign that began in early October to bring its revolutionary new app to colleges and other youth-oriented events across the United States. Through strategic partnerships with nationally recognized musicians, as well as campus parties and social media outreach, swops launch team is working to start a viral movement among college-aged adults that will eventually stretch around the globe.

We fully believe swop will go viral among smartphone users because its so easy, safe and convenient to use, said Sean ORourke, swop co-founder and chief marketing officer.

The ASU launch party on October 23 will extend a special invite to sororities, fraternities and other student groups to attend a complimentary dinner at Macayos that will be followed by a live DJ, dancing and giveaways.

swops proprietary system allows users to upload all of their personal social-networking information to a secure server. Then, using swops geospatial technology, the user can request to swop networking information with another swop user nearby. The second user must approve the request on his phone before any information can be exchanged.

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New Geosocial Networking App swop to Celebrate Beta-launch at Arizona State University on Thursday, October 23, 2014

Referrals are the heart of new business for most salespeople, providing personal connections to otherwise cold prospects. Skilled salespeople know the critical role that referrals can play in sealing a deal and do everything possible to nurture and grow their referral networks.

Its no surprise that social-networking sites have made the taskof seeking referral seeking easier and more prevalent, providing people multiple ways to ask for introductions to prospective clients. Yet with such an delugeof people asking for and making referrals on a regular basis, salespeople are faced with a new kind of problem: referral fatigue.

When salespeople ask for too many referrals, from close relationships and more distant connections, thiscan overburden their contacts. This also results when salespeople make too many referrals, thereby watering down the strength of their endorsements. To stave this off, beat referral fatigue in sales in these three ways:

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With so many social-networking sites available, it can betempting to sign up for a remotely relevant site for the chance of making new professional connections.

Butmore doesnt mean better in this case. Spreading yourself thin across multiple social-networking sites to make a connection with an old high school friend who knows someone who knows someone at a prospective client firm might not be the best use of of yourtime.

All referrals are not created equal. While sites like Facebook and LinkedIn make it easy to find people you know who have connections to those you want to know, the strength or quality of theirconnection is not always clear. Siteslike LinkedIn can give the wrong impression:It might appear thatsomeone you know has a relationship with a certain person, when in fact the two havent even met.

Without more specific knowledge, it's difficult to figure out which introductions might result in meaningful contacts. Determining the most relevant and important relationships in the social-networking web can make or break a sales referral.

Related:Why You're Thinking About Networking All Wrong

When it comes time to ask for a referral, be sure to ask the right person in the right way. The right person may very well be on one of your social-networking go-to sites orcould be sitting right next to you at work. Take the time to engage in a meaningful exchange to determine if this person can accomplish what you desire.

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Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) October 22, 2014

The Third Circuit in U.S. v. Katzin, 2014 U.S. Dist. WL 4851779 (3d Cir. Oct. 1, 2014), reversed its prior decision of the split three-judge panel and ruled that "...when the agents acted, they did so upon an objectively reasonable good-faith belief in the legality of their conduct, and that the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule therefore applies."

In the Katzin case, suspecting the defendants of committing various burglaries, police, without a warrant, installed a GPS onto their van, leading to their apprehension. Almost two years later, the Supreme Court in U.S. v. Jones, 463 U.S. 354 (2012) ruled that this exact conduct needed a warrant. A three judge panel of the Third Circuit then held that the Fourth Amendment requires a warrant to install a GPS device on a suspects car. U.S. v. Katzin,732 F. 3d 187 (3d Cir. 2013). Prior to Jones, the Supreme Court had ruled that installing surveillance devices was not necessarily a Fourth Amendment violation. See U.S. v. Karo, 468 U.S. 705 (1984) and U.S. v. Knotts, 460 U.S. 276 (1983). The question before the en banc panel, therefore, was whether the police in Katzin were reasonably relying on these precedents to justify the legality of attaching the GPS device. The en banc panel in Katzin relied upon the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Davis v. U.S., 131 S.Ct. 2419 (2011), which held that the good faith exception applies when the police were reasonably relying on binding precedent. Prior to Jones, the Supreme Court had ruled that installing surveillance devices was not necessarily a Fourth Amendment violation.

Ms. Lefeber explains that the Katzin decision effectively eviscerates any Fourth Amendment protection because it creates a good-faith exception to the suppression of ill-gotten evidence.

Judge D. Brooks Smith, similarly, wrote in his dissent:

"The majority's good-faith analysis is flawed because it finds that, where the law is unsettled, law enforcement may engage in constitutionally reckless conduct and still reap the benefits of the good-faith exception. Fourth Amendment jurisprudence dictates a different outcome. When the law is unsettled, law enforcement should not travel the road of speculation, but rather they should demonstrate respect for the constitutional mandateobtain a warrant. Anything less would require suppression." Katzin, Ibid.

About Hope Lefeber:

In practice since 1979, Lefeber is an experienced and aggressive criminal defense attorney in Philadelphia. As a former Enforcement Attorney for the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, Lefeber uses the knowledge she gained while working for the government to best defend her clients facing serious state and federal charges related to drug offenses and white collar crime, including business and corporate fraud, mail and wire fraud, money laundering, financial and securities fraud, and tax fraud. A member of the invitation-only National Trial Lawyers Top 100, Lefeber has been recognized by Thomson Reuters as a 2014 Super Lawyer. She has represented high-profile clients, published numerous articles, lectured on federal criminal law issues, taught Continuing Legal Education classes to other Philadelphia criminal defense attorneys and has been quoted by various media outlets, from TV news to print publications.

Learn more at http://www.hopelefeber.com/

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