Whether it is with co-workers, friends, clients, potential clients, media, or a combination of all of the above – these are some new ways of sharing information that are rapidly becoming more common… (or at least I plan on using them more!) I think these different sites and methods of conent sharing – as they become more mainstream – are going to change the way that communication (both social and professional) is developing for future generations. So if you haven’t experimented with these yet… get on board!

Sharing workspace sites — Google documents, Amazon Docs, Zoho, and Huddle.net are all good examples of sites  that give you a solid secure online shared space along with collaboration tools.  With Huddle.net and similar sites you can manage projects, store files online, create and edit documents, have discussions online, and invite an unlimited amount of users. This brings working from home, or working internationally etc. into a whole new efficient realm. Has anyone seen the Cisco commercial for video conferencing? New Ways. Yeah…kinda like that.

With shared workspace services, documents can be shared while they are being composed. Two or three writers can work on parts of the same document concurrently.  Which brings team work to another level of productivity. The proliferation of co-authored books on business and the internet, for example, offer even more proof that collaboration is now the norm in the workplace.

 Social Networking Sites:
Sites like Twitter and Facebook mean that we can’t simply check our e-mail anymore, we’ve got to go to all outlets now. You can share images and video via facebook wall, or share a link to an interesting article or survey with hundreds of followers at once by sending a tweet. Times are changing, and it’s now so much easier to share information.

Twitter — The thing abou twitter is that many don’t realize that twitter is so much more than a “status update” similar to the status updates on Facebook but can also be used for passing along links and information, and is a very effective sharing tool. It’s more of a micro-blogging tool and can be used to post value – not just tell the world your eating mint-chip ice cream.  (Many people meaning those that don’t really get the social web, don’t freak out frequent tweeters – I know this is old news to you guys.)

 StumbleUpon – Discovers web sites based on your interests, learns what you like and brings you more. It’s described as a secret journey across the funniest, weirdest, most interesting and most useful websites on the net, and then it allows you a way to share these sites with others. StumbleUpon is different than a regular search engine because i t uses collaborative opinions on website quality. When you stumble, you see sites and pages that friends and like-minded StumbleUpon users have recommended, so you are able to find content that you probably wouldn’t have found simply googleing something.

From Discover Social Media, here is a list of what they said were the best tools to share files, music, etc!

• Delicious: Share bookmarks and tags describing any Web page or document
• Diigo: Collect and share bookmarks, tags and document collections
• FileRide: A social desktop for sharing workspaces
• Google Reader: Share bookmarks as an RSS feed
• GrooveShark: Share music as playlists accessible anywhere on the Web
• LibraryThing: Share your favorite books, including tags and ratings
• StumbleUpon: Share bookmarks and tags
• Vimeo: Share and tag your videos

Pick your favorites, learn them… and join in the content sharing!