W4.2 Benefits of Being Public

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 Links to an external site. Authors @Google: Jeff Jarvis Links to an external site.   Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world Links to an external site. The transcript of Clay Shirky's talk is on the TED site here. Links to an external site.   Jimmy Wales on the birth of Wikipedia Links to an external site.  The transcript of Jimmy Wales's talk is on the TED site here. Links to an external site.   Julian Assange: Why the world needs WikiLeaks Links to an external site.   The transcript of Julian Assang'es talk is on the TED site here. Links to an external site.
		Web Privacy: In Praise of Oversharing Links to an external site., by Steven Johnson, Time Magazine, May 20, 2010.   The Benefits of Publicness Links to an external site., by Jeff Jarvis, Buzz Machine, Sept 26, 2010.