Leadership and IT

This blog grew out of a number of presentations that were made at the ACM SIGUCCS Management Symposium in Spring 2009 , the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference in Winter of l 2010, and SunGard Summit 2011. It is based on the book "Lincoln on Leadership" by Donald T. Phillips. Please add comments on how you feel these principles can be applied to Information Technology.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Lincoln on Facebook

I stumbled upon this graphic (Lincoln on Facebook) in the newspaper: http://www.indyweek.com/pdf/020409/LincolnFacebook.jpg I thought it was an interesting spin on how we can view history, relate to the past and apply to modern day life.

If Facebook existed in the time of Lincoln's presidency, would he have used it in his political campaign or to communicate with his generals? Would you have been his "friends?" Would we be just as interested in what he looked like before he had a beard...just as much as the media is interested in the presidential pup in modern day?

What are your thoughts?
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  1. TimApril 21, 2009 at 7:15 PM

    You can find this page on Facebook by searching for Lincoln.it currently has over 24,000 supporters

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