3. LinkedIN Facts
LinkedIn has over 43 million members in over
200 countries and territories around the world.
A new member joins LinkedIn approximately
every second
Half of the members are outside the U.S.
Executives from all Fortune 500 companies are
LinkedIn members.
4. What’s LinkedIN ?
Professional Networking
Older demographic (late 30s, early 40s)
True “Small World” Network
Job Seekers
Let’s take a look ...
8. “Social Network”
A social anthropologist named JA Barnes
coined “social network” 1958
small world experiment by social
psychologist Stanley Milgram which
suggested that two random US citizens were
connected on average by a chain of six
acquaintances.
Stanley Milgram
six degrees of separation (1967)
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17. Takeaways
Email support@linkedin.com and request that high
schools (or at least prep schools) be treated like
Colleges and Universities. Shouldn’t be under “other”
19. connection kəˈnek sh ən
noun
1: a relationship in which a person is linked or associated
with another person. A connection joins two peoples
social networks together.
aka. “Friend” on Facebook
35. Takeaways
Join Linked In Yourself
Create a Linked In Group for your Alumni
If one exists, approach ‘group admin’
Promote the group on your website
Post “Join Group” hyperlink (URL) on your website
36. Takeaways
Email support@linkedin.com and request that high
schools (or at least prep schools) be treated like
Colleges and Universities. Shouldn’t be under “other”