All About LinkedIn
What this presentation will cover?
- What is LinkedIn?
- Who started it?
- What it was meant for?
- How it is being used?
- Who's using it?
What about LinkedIn?
- LinkedIn is a business-tailored social networking platform
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A LinkedIn profile is much like a resume
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Equivalent to business oriented facebook
History
- Founded in December 2002
- Launched in May 2003
- By 2006, LinkedIn had more than 20 millions users
- By 2013, LinkedIn had more than 259 million users in more than 200 countries
Sample Profile
A LinkedIn member’s profile page, which emphasizes employment history and education, has professional network news feeds and a limited number of customizable modules. Basic membership for LinkedIn is free. Network members are called “connections.” Unlike other free social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter, LinkedIn requires connections to have a pre-existing relationship.
Founders
Reid Garret Hoffman is a cofounder of LinkedIn. He's a Stanford alum and also part of the development and founding of Paypal
Jeffrey Weiner is a CEO of LinkedIn who is a previous Yahoo! Inc executive
"Networking"
"Networking" or building your professional social group is a crucial skill when leaving college, job searching, or looking to find professionals that have the same interest. LinkedIn makes this much easier and affordable with available apps and wide connectivity capabilities. LinkedIn allows anyone to cultivate one's personal learning network and build social capital
Personal Learning Network
A PLN is a Personal Learning Network. A PLN is a reciprocal network that you create to learn from, connect with, gather information or resources, create with and finally share what you have learned. A PLN can occur in your school, face-to-face, online, at conferences or through reading, reflecting and sharing.
Social Capital
Social capital refers to the institutions, relationships, and norms that shape the quality and quantity of a society's social interactions. Increasing evidence shows that social cohesion is critical for societies to prosper economically and for development to be sustainable.