http://bridge-soft.com.dnnmax.comBridge-Soften-USCopyright 2012 by Bridge-Soft, LLC. All rights reserved.admin@bridge-soft.com&lt;p&gt;Social media is changing the world; this is not hyperbole. If you doubt this, just ask the Iranian government about Twitter or the Boston Globe about eBay and Craigslist. As the tools and technologies that facilitate communicating, sharing, and coordinating become increasingly boring and (by and large) free, they are empowering groups to organize themselves and challenging the value propositions of long standing institutions. And if you think this doesn’t or won’t affect you as a municipality, private operations company, equipment supplier, trade organization, engineering firm, software developer, or government regulator you are wrong.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Social Media by Dave Gray&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;120&quot; vspace=&quot;2&quot; hspace=&quot;8&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;/Portals/0/Images/blogs/SocialMediaDaveGray.png&quot; /&gt;What is Social Media?&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;One of the simplest, most concise definitions I’ve read is by &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.davegrayinfo.com/&quot;&gt;Dave Gray&lt;/a&gt; (founder and chairman of XPLANE and author of the “&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://communicationnation.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Communication Nation&lt;/a&gt;” blog), who offers that social media is “a group of media producers that is primarily its own audience.” Never in human history have the barriers to creating, delivering, and sharing content been lower. The tools for doing so are collectively known as “social media.” Examples include web sites like &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/&quot;&gt;Flickr&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/pages/BridgeSoft/43544483966&quot;&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.blogger.com/&quot;&gt;Blogger&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://twitter.com/bridgesoft&qu<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bridge-Soft/~4/RcJC8v7aEuA" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bridge-Soft/~3/RcJC8v7aEuA/Blog.aspxMon, 03 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://bridge-soft.com.dnnmax.com/Blog.aspx?PostID=1http://bridge-soft.com.dnnmax.com/Blog.aspx?PostID=1