You might think that the world has enough “social networks” to keep it going. After all, Science|Business seems to have many “contacts” on LinkedIn. Some of us even hang out on Plaxo, although not being of that generation we can’t confirm rumours of sightings on MySpace or Facebook.
Do we really need another network? When it concentrates on “innovation and business development” the answer is “probably”. That’s why people are signing up for the Global Innovation Network.
GINNN, we don’t know what the extra Ns stand for, if anything, describes itself as an “Online platform for Innovation Networking”. It has links with, but goes beyond, the folks in the Institute of Knowledge Transfer, where you can reed the Science|Business newsfeed, and AURIL, Association for University Research and Industry Links.
GINNN is still “work in progress”. It lacks some of the bells and whistles of the social networks that have wheeled shed loads of loot out of the pockets of venture capitalists, but as the “strapline” says “The more you put into this community the more you will get out”.
At last count, 2346 people had signed up for GINNN. One reason for signing up is that it has a stream of job openings in the sector. Members of the network can also feed in news of their own activities and events.
