My use of social media – who, what, and why?

This is the second of a pair of posts. The general topic of the value of social media and how I use it is covered in my IIA blog. This post lays out who I follow on Twitter, and why, and which groups I belong to on LinkedIn, and why.

Twitter

 I follow 105 people. This includes friends that tweet occasionally, as well as individuals and sources whose posts I find valuable. Here’s a sample of the latter (for a complete list, check out my Twitter profile):

• Dennis Howlett, a full time blogger and analyst on technology – including SAPs
• Deon Binnemann, who focuses on reputation risk
• Directorship, the magazine of the NACD, who tweets about corporate governance
• Douglas Park, who also focuses in on corporate governance
• Fay Feeney consults with corporate boards
• Forrester Research, because they are an analyst firm that watches the GRC space and SAP
• Mary Kurek (GRC Info), because she shares interesting information about GRC
• Michael Rasmussen, who is a major figure in GRC thought leadership
• OccHealthSafety; they provide information on the latest in environmental, health, and safety compliance
• Rebecca Herold, a specialist in data privacy
• Timo Elliott, who is an evangelist for business intelligence
• Todd Davies, formerly with IIA Australia, focuses on strategic risk management
• Alex Todd (TrustEnabler) tweets about governance from a trust perspective
• CCI_Compliance is an online resource center for GRC
• ComplianceWeek; Matt Kelly is an engaging commentator on the world of governance and compliance
• HarvardBiz, for the latest blogs from Harvard Business Review
• BreakingNews, so I get fast news of events around the world
• ReTheAuditors, Francine McKenna, for the latest on the accounting firms
• GoingConcern, a source of information on accounting matters
• Douglas Chia, who is a corporate counsel and shares his governance perspectives
• RiskContainment, on risk management
• ITGRC, for the IT GRC forum
• Tom Peters, who has sold more business books than everybody else – and whose Wow! concepts inspired much of my thinking
• TheIIA, the voice of the global IIA

LinkedIn

I have joined 37 groups, which may be too many. I manage one, for people interested in the IIA’s GAIT methodology (the GAIT group). Others include the following. I believe the relationship to internal audit, governance, risk, and compliance is clear.

• Bay Area Security, Risk, and Compliance Professionals
• Chief Audit Executives
• Chief Risk Officer and Board Solution Providers
• Continuous Control Monitoring
• Corporate Integrity (GRC)
• Enterprise Risk Management and Enterprise Risk Management Association
• Global Association of Risk Professionals
• 6 groups around Governance, Risk, and Compliance or GRC
• GVP, or Global Value Performance
• Internal Audit Professionals and Internal Audit Beyond Compliance
• IT-GRC and IT-Audit
• Open Compliance and Ethics Group (OCEG) GRC Professionals
• Risk and Insurance Management
• Risk and Reward
• 2 around SAP GRC
• Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE)
• The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)

I am interested in where you see value. Would you add to this list?