3 Ways to Showcase Your Work on LinkedIn

LinkedIn is becoming one of my favorite social networking sites. It’s a great way to keep up with your professional networks — with the launch of LinkedIn Today, the site is also becoming an efficient way of finding great content.

Given that LinkedIn is geared towards professionals, it makes sense to use the site to show off your previous work. By this, I mean any published articles you wrote, journal articles you worked on, interviews where you were featured, etc.

Recently, a Facebook friend asked me for some advice on how to best show off his work on LinkedIn. Here are three ideas I came up with:

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April 11, 2011

3 Lessons about Social Media and Multiculturalism from #NetCulture

Net Culture: Stories of Culture and Diversity in Social Media is an event that featured inspiring and culturally diverse speakers. The night’s topic: how social media has helped various individuals and organizations strengthen their identities, roots and friendships. Last Tuesday, I had the opportunity to attend this sold out, two hour event at the Vancouver Public Library.

The night featured 10 speakers, each highlighting rich stories from their culture. Here are three key takeaways about social media and multiculturalism that the speakers talked about:

1. It’s not about your age.

Ashok Puri, retiree and father of one of the event organizers, talked about how social media has helped him travel all over the globe without going broke. Ashok charmingly told the story of how CouchSurfing helped him explore the world and meet new friends in the process. A good story teller, Ashok also talked about the friendships he made and the adventures (and misadventures) that came with his travels.

RT @thenetworkhub: Ashok Puri summarized it well - friends, family, new friends, experience - that is the power of social media #NETCulture

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My favourite part of his speech was when he made the point that social media is not about how fast you can type. At its core, social media is about connecting with others, and it’s not just for the young ones anymore. Ashok demonstrated the power of great story-telling – he really had the crowd enchanted from the start.

Social media is not about how fast you can type - i.e. You're not too old for it. #netculture

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March 28, 2011

Vancouver Twestival Raises Over $8K for Beauty Night Society

Note: I originally wrote this blog post for SFU Volunteer Services, where I’m currently employed as a Social Media Specialist. To view the original post, visit the ENGAGE blog.

Last Thursday, March 24, social media enthusiasts in Vancouver headed to the Vancouver Lookout to socialize and to support a good cause. Twestival is a fundraising event that brings together Twitter users to support a local cause.Now on its fourth year, Vancouver Twestival selected Beauty Night Society as the recipient of this year’s proceeds.

The event raised over $8000, all of which will go towards supporting Beauty Night’s life makeover programs. Beauty Night, a non-profit that we’ve featured in the ENGAGE blog before, provides programs for marginalized women and youth in the downtown eastside. Recently, the organization celebrated its 10^th year anniversary.

As a first time attendee, I was really impressed by this event. We were treated to a stunning view, superb food & drinks, and a super fun photobooth. Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson also addressed the crowd and praised the organizers for a great event.

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March 27, 2011

Why LinkedIn Today rocks

Earlier this month, LinkedIn announced LinkedIn Today, a new functionality on the site that “delivers the day’s top news, tailored to you based on what your connections and industry peers are reading and sharing”. I first dismissed this as just another way of keeping up with your networks (i.e. another “stream”), but I quickly discovered that it’s more than that.

So how does it work? Basically, it aggregates the most shared links on your network in one page. To quote the official announcement, LinkedIn Today “can help you cut through all the clutter, so you can discover the top headlines you need to read to be better informed everyday”. The links are not curated by editors; they are automatically generated by what your professional networks share.

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