[alexpotato]

A relative was recounting a story about the training program for people who have recently been promoted to Managing Director at a bank:

"One of the first classes was about how to leverage our social networks.

The instructor gets up and says 'What is something that you are interested in that you have no idea how to make happen?'

Someone raises their hand and says 'My wife really loves Shakira and it would be amazing if she could perform at my wife's birthday.'

Instructor: 'Anyone able to help with this?'

Hand shoots up: 'My old college roommate works for Shakira's manager. I can put you in touch with him' "

I also remember how some of the older social networks (Friendster and A Small World come to mine) would actually show you the "Kevin Bacon hops" between you and any other member. I always thought it was a cool feature although I can also see how it could be abused for Social Engineering.

[mongol]

So what happened? Did Shakira perform at the birthday party?