We’ve already looked at two of the key topics  from our social media in financial services round table event ( niche communities and customer driven markets ) and now it’s time to move on to a topic that comes up time and again in relation to the financial services industry – the issue of transparency. The current situation. Matt Colebrook, CEO of First Direct bank, defines transparency in 2 ways: People need to feel secure and know that their money is protected – part of this is knowing what banks and other financial services institutions are doing with it. Tweet This! MORE >>

drupal ed thompson FreshNetworks government open open data Open source social social media social media week transparencyYesterday I went to a Social Media Week event hosted by the Central Office of Information (COI) that focused on data.gov.uk. Data.gov.uk is a programme that was initiated under Gordon Brown’s tenure of Labour leadership and now continues on in a slightly slimmed down version under the coalition government. The basic idea is that different parts of government, at local and national level, share relevant data they produce with the public. MORE >>

Ty is one of the smartest people we know when it comes to Drupal. Websites Develop Socially Drupal featured [link] justin brackett justinthesouth Meet Our Friend Samantha Collier Samtaracollier topfloorstudio Ty HallockDevelop Socially was built with the goal in mind of bringing together people who not only knew the theory of Emerging Media and Digital Media, but also were active in the process of making it happen, and making it better. Over the next few weeks Develop Socially is going to introduce you to our friends who are doing just that. m an ideas person.  MORE >>

Drupal , Joomla , and LAMP - Linux, Apache, MySQL and Perl/PHP/Python are also mentioned as examples of donation social economies.  Technorati Tags: age of stupid , chip in , chipin , donations , drupal , fundable , joomla , LAMP , monetize , Money , Online Communities , open source , paypal donate , pledgie , pligg , revenue , Social Media Business , social networks , sourceforge , whedonesque , wordpress. Episode 2 of monetizing online communities looks at donations – an overlooked revenue stream and the social media tools that enable donations online. Pledgie ).  MORE >>

Why Drupal is a great social media platform (in layman’s terms). Five reasons why the content management system Drupal is a great social media platform. Drupal is a popular CMS and social media platform used by large brands and governments. Tags: Matt Rhodes Online communities Social Media Social networks Top posts drupal facebook FreshNetworks FreshNetworks Blog marketing online communities online community social media Social network Social network service Twitter Virtual community YouTube Image by Hilarywho via Flickr. The Economist on Social Networking. MORE >>