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Though not specifically named in the study, Pangilinan exemplifies what the more than 1,700 CEOs from 64 countries and 18 industries who were subject of the survey revealed: bosses are opening up, and theres a shift in the top honchos management style.

The study reveals that CEOs are changing the nature of work by adding a powerful dose of openness, transparency and employee empowerment to the command-and-control ethos that has characterized the modern corporation for more than a century, a statement from IBM Philippines said.

The statement cited the study titled CEOs Embrace A More Connected Culture, which showed more companies embracing openness, which the statement defines as often characterized by a greater use of social media as a key enabler of collaboration and innovation.

Openness, it seems, has been adopted as a mantra by companies that, the study noted, outperformed their peers.

CEOs are embracing new models of working that tap into the collective intelligence of an organization and its networks to devise new ideas and solutions for increased profitability and growth, said the statement released on Tuesday to the press.

This shift is seen in the CEOs preference to using social networks more than electronic mail or telephones as primary communication vehicles.

Today only 16 percent of CEOs are using social-business platforms to connect with customers as individuals, but that number is poised to spike to 57 percent within the next three to five years.

The trend of dropping e-mail and the phone as communications tools is even more significant in Asean [Association of Southeast Asian Nations], where the use of social networks is expected to go up to 68 percent from the current 25 percent, as Asean CEOs plan a step-change from traditional to social media while continuing face-to-face engagement.

IBMs research finds that technology is viewed as a powerful tool to recast organizational structures. More than half of CEOs [global: 53 percent, Asean: 53 percent] are planning to use technology to facilitate greater partnering and collaboration with outside organizations.

Internally, too, digital communication tools are being eyed by more than half of CEOs (52 percent for global; 47 percent for Asean) to promote great internal collaboration.

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Thirteen. Thats how old kids are supposed to be when they officially allowed on Facebook. But most parents know its really just a number that doesnt mean anything.

Younger tweens are clamouring to get on the social networking site because their friends and everyone else, including parents already are. And many parents are caving in to the kids demands, even helping them fudge their ages on the site so they can use it.

I think on Facebook my son is nine months younger than me, says Charlie Charalambous, a training specialist who lives in Stouffville. I used his birthday and my year, I think. In terms of the age thing, most parents dont really think about it. A bunch of his friends were already on there, which made him want it, and really, it is how kids communicate now. Well, that and texting.

Charalambous son, Niko, recently turned 13, but has been on Facebook since he was 11. Charalambous is pretty tech savvy, and that has rubbed off on his son. So, for Christmas two years ago, he bought Niko a laptop and, as part of the gift, set up a Facebook account with friends and family, so once Niko got on the site, a community would be awaiting him.

Charalambous says it was also a way to let Niko know he would have access to the account and would be monitoring exactly what he was doing on there.

In June, The Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook is thinking of creating a tool to allow parents and younger children to get online together, perhaps with a co-account. Until something official comes along, most parents are finding their own ways to meet their kids desire to connect online with the need to keep them safe.

Sidney Eve Matrix, a media professor at Queens University who has done work on cyber bullying, says a formal option from Facebook would be good, but cautions parents to remember the companys motivation.

If it enables parents to better monitor (kids), that would probably be great, but Facebooks agenda is not really about fostering community spirit, its advertising. I guess Im a bit concerned about offering brands such easy pickings to that younger target market.

Matrix advises parents to keep the lines of communication open throughout the process of introducing kids to social media.

Thats what Charalambous and his wife did.

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Australia's financial institutions are taking advantage of Facebook and Twitter. Picture: Thinkstock Source: news.com.au

The Commonwealth Bank is set to introduce 24-hour round-the clock monitoring of social networking sites. Source: Herald Sun

HUNDREDS of thousands of Australians have turned to social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter to get immediate responses and information from their bank.

The Commonwealth Bank is among many of the nation's financial institutions using social media to their advantage, with more than 225,000 "likes'' on Facebook and thousands more followers on Twitter.

Digital and social marketing general manager Andrew Murrell said the bank would introduce 24-hour round-the clock monitoring of social networking sites within months to keep up with the rising number of customers using this avenue to communicate with their bank.

"As the scale of the followers are growing particularly on Facebook we have worked with our direct banking to have customer service available like you do from the telephone,'' he said.

"At the moment that's 7am to 10pm but we will be looking to go 24/7 before the year's out.''

"We have two Facebook pages, three Twitter channels, two YouTube channels and a blog as well, so it's continually growing,'' he said.

``A lot of people are searching out information on companies, we use social media channels to put out and talk about ourselves and the expertise of who we are as a company and what we do in the community.

"They are also playing a vital role these days with issues management, such as when NetBank goes down.''

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Yesterday I reviewed the leading social network for book readers, Goodreads. In the second post in my Social Books series, I'm checking out a brand new social network for book writers. Called Writer's Bloq, it was founded by a young wannabe writer from New York named Nayia Moysidis. In a phone interview, I discovered that Moysidis, a graduate of Columbia University's creative writing program, started Writer's Bloq because of the frustrations she encountered trying to get her first novel noticed by publishers. She'd sent 93 individualized letters to publishing houses, but only received a few generic rejection letters in response.

Like many entrepreneurs, Moysidis is a very determined person. After being largely ignored by publishers, her next step was to take an intern job at Simon & Schuster. There she was dismayed to find her very own novel - submitted under a pen name - in the slush pile! On the plus side, Moysidis saw first hand that it was impossible for a publishing house like Simon & Schuster to pick up every book sent to them. They simply receive too many manuscripts.

After seeing the writer submission process from the other side, Moysidis concluded that publishers are so overwhelmed that they aren't discovering enough new talent. She felt that writers needed a better way to try and get noticed, which ultimately would help publishers too. So she created Writer's Bloq, a wonderfully named social network where writers can post snippets of their work and network with others in the industry.

The first thing that struck me about Writer's Bloq when I signed up for a nosey, was its crisp and clean design. Goodreads could learn a thing or two from it there!

There are two main sections: a writing section and a reading section.As with any social network, it's advisable to have a look around first before posting your own content. There are many ways you can discover the writing of others on Writer's Bloq - by genre, format, status (published or unpublished), or tags.

You can choose to read a piece immediately, or save it for later. You can also send it to your Kindle. The staples of social networks are all there: comments, likes, sharing via Facebook and Twitter, the option to subscribe to the author.

Writer's Bloq is clearly very early in its evolution - there isn't a huge amount of activity on the site right now. That is of course the problem every new social network has. Goodreads is at the opposite end of the social network spectrum. It's a mature social network that reached its tipping point a few years ago and is now in the midst of mainstreaming (10 million users and counting!).

So the challenge for Writer's Bloq is to get its core user base - budding writers and people in the publishing industry - to sign up. I asked Nayia Moysidis why new writers should post their work on Writer's Bloq. Why not just self-publish, if they aren't able to land a traditional publisher? She replied that when writers submit a manuscript to a publisher, essentially they are after the following three things:

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Social Networking For Authors & Overcoming The Rejection Slip

'Don't use social networking e-mail id for online transctions' Symantec MD Shantanu Ghosh replied to a query on steps needed to be protected from cyber attacks Press Trust of India / Chandigarh Sep 13, 2012, 19:25 IST

Security software maker Symantec today advised internet users not to use e-mail ids being used for social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter for carrying out online banking or business transactions in order to prevent stealing of financial data.

"They (internet users) should be more cautious while on social networking sites. They should have separate e-mail id for social networking site and other e-mail id for carrying out transactions like banking," Symantec MD Shantanu Ghosh told reporters here while replying to a query steps needed to be protected from cyber attack on social networking sites.

"Cyber attackers then can try to get into your e-mail ids through malware on these sites and try to steal vital information like credit card information," he said.

He said not to click on any "untrusted" link in their e-mails or social networking site as it also poses threat of stealing important financial information of the user.

Ghosh also cited an example when a malware in the name of bollywood female actor Katrina Kaif video was received by internet users on their e-mail ids in India and later it was found that the malware was intended to steal credit card information of the user.

Acknowledging that the number of malwares in the cyber world has grown to millions in India in last few years, he also stressed on be cautious on framing a secure password for their e-mail ids to avert any cyber attack.

"Some users use e-mail password as wife's birth date or anniversary day or birth year and most of these details are available on their social networking site account and it can also be misused by cyber attackers," he said.

He added that small and medium business in cities like Chandigarh, Surat, Jaipur are facing the threat of cyber attack because of less spending by small entrepreneurs on security technology and growing use of internet.

"Small cities, including Chandigarh, are sharing good amount of malware activity...(because) these companies are not spending much on security technology which makes them vulnerable to cyber attack," Ghosh said.

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'Don't use social networking e-mail id for online transctions'