CiscoWatch: John Chambers Is New To Facebook Suggest Some Friends
By Tom Foremski - November 10, 2009
The other day as I was tending to my Facebook duties, and in the "suggestions" for friends column on the far right, up popped John Chambers, CEO of Cisco.
I clicked "add" because I have met Mr Chambers on several occasions and I'm very impressed with his leadership. Facebook then asked me to suggest some friends for him because he is new to Facebook.
It's interesting to see CEOs dabble in social media. I wonder how they have the time because it can be very time consuming.
Sharon Barclay at the Blue Trumpet Group works with CEOs, advising them on how to improve their visibility. She helps them figure out Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Wikipedia, etc.
She says that the CEOs are interested in raising their social media profiles as an insurance measure that could help in future job offers.
I seriously doubt if Mr Chambers is looking for a change of jobs but you never know.
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Comments (2)
The research I did in June 2009 showed that John Chambers was one of few Fortune 100 CEOs using Facebook, LinkedIn and other social media. I'm glad he's being "suggested" as a friend - that tells me he might actually be using it properly. Perhaps he'd like to friend me too?
Posted: November 10, 2009 6:21 PM
Sharon, I would hope so. I certainly would, or did already. He should too. But it must be a bit scary for him to tiptoe out into the light. Best to just jump in like at the swimming pool. The water isn't that cold.
Posted: November 11, 2009 12:28 AM