Oct 30 2008
“Taking the Social Networking Plunge”
Networking online for both professioal and social reasons has huge potential and will only increase in popularity as a way of linking ‘like minded’ people. As individuals, as teaching professionals and as part of a great Institute team we need to be exploring the advantages of these sites for ourselves and our students. This is a recent article I found related to just this issue:
“If you’ve been joining social networking sites and never taking the time to complete your profile — or if you’ve been hitting the delete button when friends and colleagues invite you to connect on a new online platform, now is a good time to start paying more attention. Here are a few things to think about as you take the plunge or take your social networking to the next level.
LinkedIn has taken hold as the standard for most professionals, but also consider spending time on sites catering to your own industry or profession. Keep up with the trade press in your field to figure out where your peers are congregating online. Specialized communities exist for just about any industry or interest group . . . . “
For more go to: Shifting Careers Blog for the New York Times
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Hi Julie,
Thanks for this, it made go and sign up for a LinkedIn account (http://www.linkedin.com/home). When I did, I found quite a few friends, professionally listed on the site.
I only made a start on my profile as there’s quite a bit you can add if you want to, it’s like a professional portfolio type site isn’t it?
Excellent! Has anyone else signed up?
Alex