Measuring Influence Globally

I wrote about this in a more general way over at KnowProSE.com, but I think it would be a good localized experiment for people of Trinidad and Tobago to see how much influence they have globally. Where Facebook seems to be the uniform social network of the day, it often astounds me how often good things posted by Trinidadians and Tobagonians aren't actually shared on Facebook as much as they are liked.

And for a nation so proud of its own, that seems a bit peculiar. We celebrated a World Cup team whose only goal in the last World Cup was on itself with rampant festivity and yet people don't dare click the 'Share' button on Facebook.

So here's what is going on. Fast Company, the magazine, has an Influence Project underway. Bloggers, users of social networks and anyone can take part - and the results are to be published in the November issue of Fast Company. And influence is almost always about who shares what one says.

Thus the challenge: Media houses, individuals and anyone else from Trinidad and Tobago should get on and check their influence - like this. And the interesting part of influence is that it requires people to work together in spreading a message.

So spread it. See how influential you are and by extension how influential your fellow citizens are.

Or don't for fear of finding out how socially significant you are. The gauntlet, tossed. :-)