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Nicholas Christakis: The hidden influence of social networks

slomurray » 2011-10-18 10:45:10

http://www.ted.com We're all embedded in vast social networks of friends, family, co-workers and more. Nicholas Christakis tracks how a wide variety of traits -- from happiness to obesity -- can spread from person to person, showing how your location in the network might impact your life in ways you don't even know. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

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#6 RE: Nicholas Christakis: The hidden influence of social networks — Amy Jacob 2011-12-22 15:14
Hi everyone - I thought the video was an important illustration of how powerful social networks really are, whether we're aware of our place within them or not.

We know that adolescents are automatically part of networks when they enter various social institutions, especially school. The insight regarding how ideas, feelings, behaviors spread through these networks really underscores exactly WHY Sources of Strength works with this population, and what its potential impact can be.

I think a snippet of this video might be really useful in recruiting new schools/organizations or in training adult advisors. The discussion of the power of social networks would be good to help them see the potential impact of the program in their sites.

Thanks for sharing this.
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#5 RE: Nicholas Christakis: The hidden influence of social networks — adam lesser 2011-11-17 09:21
Very interesting. I'm curious about taking it a step further and understanding what causes someone to be way on the outside with few connections if any and what it takes to create connections in those individuals.
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#4 RE: Nicholas Christakis: The hidden influence of social networks — Chris Espedal 2011-11-16 13:42
Great video. Key words and phrases that struck me include, "changes ideas about what is acceptable"; "connections are elaborate and complex". As we work to change the climate or our high school campus I'm reminded that the social network "connecting" students on campus are far reaching. Our SoS teams can indeed, "change ideas about what is acceptable" and direct their connections to seek out a source of strength when they are struggling. Thanks for the post!
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#3 RE: Nicholas Christakis: The hidden influence of social networks — Patty Henke 2011-11-16 11:19
Thank you for posting this video from TED. Many times when you hear "social networks" you automatically think of Facebook and Twitter. I appreciated this view of what social networks mean and how human connection can greatly influence things without realizing the impact. I will be sharing this video with some of my colleagues..
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#2 Director — Mark LoMurray 2011-10-20 07:02
Greetings Trainers. I wanted to start our monthly series of comments and discussions with this somewhat theoretical video by Christakis talking about networks. I felt it was important for all of the Sources of Strength trainers to begin to see the world through a lense of social networks and that the essential mission of Sources of Strength is to use peer social networks to change norms, climate, behaviors, and even moods throughout the communities, groups, and schools that we're attempting to impact. The vast majority of suicide prevention to date have been modeled on programs that look at risk in individuals - warning signs, how do you identify, talk to and refer for individual mental health services. We certainly want to get help for individuals at risk, but the core mission of Sources of Strength is to attempt to work with relational networks to spread change throughout even larger networks.
We would like all the trainers to comment
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#1 Scott LoMurray 2011-10-19 10:29
Trainers, please share your thoughts and comments with us regarding the above video.
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