Social media - Is e mail dead or dying?

O.K. we seem to be on a roll here, so who am I to stop it? First I wrote on social lending, social etiquette, and twitter social media, now let's introduce Dopplr yet another way to keep in touch for frequent travelers with cool applications for bloggers and anyone who just wants to keep track. I was skeptical when Facebook mania first took hold. Did I really want to know what everyone had for breakfast. Well, not everyone... but those special somebodies, yes! I also wanted to know what my colleagues and peers were up to. So, facebook, linked n, twitter, plurk, and before you knew it a whole quiver full of unpronounceable names where in there. Then I blogged live at a tech start-ups in Zurich and discovered Sandbox, Doodle, Wua la, Poken, Yes.com and so many other ways to keep up and transport your contacts wherever you need them. I will in the next few posts, give you the features of each of these. But what does the corporate world think of this?  Here's HP in action The big boys like IBM who need communication to flow between thousands of staff members on different continents. Is e mailing dead or dying? Do they use social media? Somesso The corporate social media conference seeks to answer this question, kicking off in Zurich on 31st October and with dates in London and Barcelona to follow. They hope to captivate the attention of corporate communications experts in this niche market and plan to ignite passion where others have failed in more generic Web2.0 conferences. Their website lists an impressive array of speakers. CEO's and top managers are being encouraged to adopt social media as the medium of choice in communicating internally with their teams. For those who would like to attend, tickets are available on the website up to the day and for those who can't, pod casts and tweets will have to suffice. Have something to say? send a comment. Yours tweetly Wisequeen Donna Jackson Social Communications Specialist