Wiki Page, Social Media: W4.2 Benefits of Being Public

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Benefits of Being Public

What are the potential benefits of being public?

Greater exposure to your ideas, services, or products.

Commitment to "being yourself" on the web.

Accountability to your declared goals.

Connect with people in a greater social network.

Fuel for social movements.

Jeff Jarvis gives this Authors@Google Talk on his book, Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live

Authors @Google: Jeff Jarvis

Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world

The transcript of Clay Shirky's talk is on the TED site here.

Jimmy Wales on the birth of Wikipedia

The transcript of Jimmy Wales's talk is on the TED site here.

Julian Assange: Why the world needs WikiLeaks

The transcript of Julian Assang'es talk is on the TED site here.

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Web Privacy: In Praise of Oversharing, by Steven Johnson, Time Magazine, May 20, 2010.

The Benefits of Publicness, by Jeff Jarvis, Buzz Machine, Sept 26, 2010.