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By Social Entrepreneurs, For Social Entrepreneurs® Welcome to SkollWorldForum.org former Social Edge users!

By Social Entrepreneurs, For Social Entrepreneurs®

Social Edge was an online community created by the Skoll Foundation from 2003 - 2013. The site has since closed as we have focused efforts on the new Skoll World Forum platform. However, if you were a Social Edge user, you will be pleased to know that all of your articles and comments have been saved and can be browsed below.

In addition, if there is a specific piece of content or a particular author you are looking for, please use the search bar at the top of the screen. We have moved over 2000 posts from SocialEdge.org to SkollWorldForum.org, and are constantly adding new, relevant content. Feel free to browse through our contributors and original content, or visit our homepage and customize your experience by filtering our content for exactly what you're looking for. We hope you enjoy your time on the site! Sincerely, The Skoll World Forum Online Team. Become a contributor to Go Legal and help bring the law to life.

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Target age groups for lawyers and law firms are reading blogs and using social networks : Pew Survey

About 35% of Generation X (age 34 to 45) read blogsAbout 28% of Younger Boomers (age 46 to 55) read blogsAbout 25% of Older Boomers (age 56 to 64) read blogsAbout 75% of Generation X (age 35 to 45) use social network sitesAbout 65% of Younger Boomers(age 34 to 45) use social network sitesAbout 48% of Older Boomers (age 35 to 45) use social network sites Here’s the chart from the Pew Internet & American Life Project from which I pulled the above figures. Better yet for lawyers and law firms is that the influencers and amplifiers you are trying to build relationships with are reading blogs and using social network sites at a much higher rate.

Hat tip to Kansas City Ad Agency CEO, Shelly Kramer, who blogged yesterday about the survey. Facebook Is Using You.