Welcome to Presentation on LinkedIn

Topic of Discussion

What is LinkedIn?

What are benefits for Practical Action’s staff?

What are organizational benefits from LinkedIn?

How develop and operate?

How to open an account? Practice session:

Opening account

Personal experience

What is LinkedIn?

The world’s largest Professional Social network LinkedIn allows users to create profiles and "connections"

to each other in an online social network which may represent real-world professional relationships.

Users can invite anyone to become a connection. If invitee accept then they connected to each other. If the invitee selects "I don't know" or "Spam", this counts against the inviter. If the inviter gets too many of such responses, the account may be restricted or closed.

What is LinkedIn? Continue…. LinkedIn added two-factor authentication, an important

security enhancement for preventing hackers from gaining access to accounts

Second and third degree connections Created by Reid Hoffman in 2002.Officially launch in

May 2003. Head office at Mountain View, California. 259 million professionals in 200 countries connected

with LinkedIn. Membership grows by approximately two new members every second.

The site is available in 20 languages.

What are personal benefits for Practical Action’s staff?

Users can find jobs, people and business opportunities recommended by someone in one's contact network.

Users can post their own photos and view photos of others to aid in identification.

Users can "like" and "congratulate" each other's updates and new employments.

Groups support a limited form of discussion area, moderated by the group owners and managers.

Groups also keep their members informed through emails with updates to the group.

Group discussions are scope of learning and sharing Users can see who has visited their profile page.

What are organizational benefit from LinkedIn?

According to the survey, 32.9% of nonprofits use this site. LinkedIn has resources for hiring employees, and even has a category dedicated to nonprofits. Organizations can list jobs and search for potential candidates.

Organization can view profiles, photos of professionals to aid in identification for future opportunities.

Learning from group discussion benefits both staffs and organization

How to develop and operate?: Tips

Think about your goal: to find employees, funding info, connections, partners, Job etc.

Post a picture: you should have professional looking Use LinkedIn to remember names Make the most of your headlines: keep it concise. But

make sure it communicates what you do and what your skills are

Post your status: update of your status give you visibility

How to develop and operate?: Tips

Write a rich but concise summery Connect with cores: why you want to connect? Join and participate groups Don’t be afraid to show your personality You can bring your professional story to life Share your career aspiration Showcase your unique character and what you bring to

the culture of Practical Action

Example : Develop and operate

Example : Develop and operate

Example : Develop and operate

Example : Develop and operate

Practice session: How to open an account?

Step1: Go to LinkedIn• Go to LinkedIn at

www.linkedin.com. • First Name, Last Name,

email and create password (6 or more characters)

• Click on join now

Step2: Confirm your account through your email address• Go to email and open• Click on confirm your

email address

Step3: let's start creating your professional profile• Country, postcode, I am

currently (Employed, Job seeker, Student)

• Job title, company, industry

• Click on create my profile

Step 4 Continue and accept• Click on continue• LinkedIn like to view

your email and manage your contract: Click on accept

Step 5: Connect with people• Connect with people

(selecting a few) you know on LinkedIn.

• Click connection

Step 6: Get the APP• Enter your mobile

number• Click on Get the App• You will get a message

with a link to down load App

How to open an account?Continue….

Step 7: Choose Your Plan Level• You could choose

premium or basic• Basic is free so we

usually choose it. Click on basic

Step 8: Experience• Your current position?

(Choose month, type year and click save)

• Where? (title, co., click next)

• When work “X” from, to (If Practical Action –work here, click save)

• “Y” position at Practical Action? ( click yes); skip

Step 9: Skills & Expertise• What are your areas of

expertise? ( choose all expertise)

• Click on save• Language: Do you

know any other language? (click yes and choose English, save)

How to open an account?Continue….

Step 10: Photo• Click on choose file, choose from computer, click on upload• Your photo will displayed, a request to adjust your profile picture• To add the photo to profile-Click on add to profile ; click on done.

How to open an account?Continue….

My Personal Experience

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