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Why Take Your Network Online?

A Presentation to the RIBA Practice Stakeholders‟ Group

Online?

Network

Su Butcher

Barefoot & Gilles ArchitectsWhy take your

Su Butcher,Barefoot & Gilles Architectswww.barefootgilles.com

Who

is using „it‟?

Good afternoon, I‟d like to start with a question.

Who is Using It?

Over the last year we‟ve been monitoring the UK

Construction people and companies using themicro-blogging service Twitter.Here are just a few of the better known ones.

UK Construction

Hugh PearmanUrban SplashCapita SymondsConstructing ExcellenceElaine Knutt(CM Magazine)Peter Head (Arup)Construction SkillsHomes and GardensMiller HomesTestwayHousingNightingale ArchitectsHyde Housing AssociationTony Carroll (Provesta)MacePringle BrandonAmanda Baillieu(BD)Dixon Homes LtdEnergy Saving TrustGraham Watts (CIC CEO)Institution of Structural EngineersIan Fordham

(British Council for School Environments)

David Ireland (The Empty Homes Agency)Jim CcClelland(Sustain Magazine)Kieran LongGentooConstructionPhil Clark (UBM)Thames Gateway ForumEG PropertyLinkConstruction Skills UKKingSpanVantageHobson & PorterHCA

433

and counting...

Is part of your business strategy getting to knowthese people?Are any of these people your competitors?What are they doing using a social networking site?They are talking to each other.They are networking.Fortunately, everyone in this room today is aprofessional networker, so it should be possible forus to do this too.