The document discusses building a strong professional network on LinkedIn and having meaningful conversations online. It provides tips for completing your LinkedIn profile to attract connections, focusing on how you can help others and what you are looking for professionally. It recommends connecting with others on LinkedIn daily, participating in groups, and taking conversations offline for deeper engagement that can lead to professional opportunities and results. The key is providing value to others through thoughtful interactions.

1. to Connect to Success with LinkedIn

2. Overview The Art of Meaningful Conversations The continuum of engagement and meaning Building a Net Worth Network Understanding network science Building a Life Team Online Meaningful Conversations Selection of Prize Winners

3. Assignment Debrief Quantity + Quality (Benefit, Meaning and Value Generated) Winners

4. Meaningful Conversations What are meaningful conversations?

5. Yearning and Depth How meaningful do you want your life to be? Yearning “ Love me” Your inner extrovert Engaging is the secret.. leads to happiness

6. Engaging and Happiness Our research has indicated that engaging leads to … More aliveness Richer life Finding more opportunities Greater satisfaction and fulfillment Deeper intimacy Better learning

7. Other Research: Engaging Leads To… More novel experiences and true satisfaction (Gregory Berne) Deep engagement at work leads to enhanced productivity and satisfaction (David Rock) More developed brain, fulfilling potential, learning/growing (Michael Mezernich) Success (Angela Duckworth)

8. Mis-Engaging Engaging Consciousness; Tied to Yearning, Emotions Engagement Continuum v3 Disengaged *Terms from Click: The Magic of Instant Connections by Ori & Rom Brafman Phatic: social niceties Factual : objective data Evaluative : opinion & judgment Gut Level: emotions, heartfelt Peak: * What do you care about?

9. Your Reaction What are your thoughts and reactions to the movie? What are the implications for you?

10. Mis-Engaging Engaging Consciousness; Tied to Yearning, Emotions Engagement Continuum v3 Disengaged *Terms from Click: The Magic of Instant Connections by Ori & Rom Brafman Phatic: social niceties Factual : objective data Evaluative : opinion & judgment Gut Level: emotions, heartfelt Peak: * What do you care about?

11. Social Intelligence Communicating higher vision Stay tuned for emotional intelligence Make deeper contact Get more meaning out of your socializing Holding the other as whole and complete Warm Up Exercises to Reach out Keep people in mind

12. Emotional Intelligence What is it?

13. Building a High Net-Worth Network—Your Life Team Understand the untapped wealth in your address book Understanding Network Science Strategize mining your network wealth

14. Node: Individual Link: Connection between two nodes Cluster: Several linked nodes Hub: Large cluster, several clusters

15. Network Science

16. Recognizing New Rules How have the rules changed with the e-revolution?

17. Recognizing New Rules Immediacy Frequency Longevity Give to Get Genuine interest, in-depth knowledge Enjoyment and fun Instant information access

18. Network map Me

19. Your Personal Network Map Homework: Develop your own

20. Strategize Mining Your Network Gold What does the best person in your network look like? What does the worst person in your network look like?

21. Your Questions What questions do you have for Dr. Bob and Dean about Building a High Net-Worth Network?

22. The Art of Meaningful ONLINE Conversations

23. Social Networks – Where do you Stand? YOU ARE HERE

24. The Issue with Social Networks People add connections They make postings They link to content and articles They make updates They even link to their websites THEY DON’T PRODUCE ANY RESULTS!

25. Blogs Articles Postings Status Updates Emails Video\Photo Links Current Use of Social Network Communication?

26. Interactive People Respond Better Builds Trust Builds Community Viral Activity Sharing Why Online Social Networks?

27. Ourselves The Wright Institute City\Country Clubs Chambers Industry Clubs Organizations Charities Religious\Health Network Groups LinkedIn Groups Social Networks We Already Know

28. Trusted Colleagues Like-minded People hanging out Similar Friends and Associations You have more “Things” in common Similar “Beliefs” Recommended “IN” Social Networks We Already Know

29. That Know YOU? That Trust YOU? That have done Business with YOU? That would recommend YOU? Networking at One-to-One How Many Contacts Do You Have That You Cannot See? Dean Sue Pat Mark

31. 5 Steps to Results on LinkedIn

32. Step 1 – Look Good Complete Profile Be Clear What will you do for others? Why & How? What do you want\need? Paired Share\Discussion – 1 Min Please tell us: What will you do for others?

33. Build the Story of WHO YOU ARE and WHAT YOU WILL DO FOR PEOPLE THAT FIND YOU! A current position Two past positions Education Profile summary A profile photo Specialties At least three recommendations

34. Create Relevancy! Introduce Yourself Create your personal tagline Appear focused Put your elevator pitch to work Point out your “RELEVANT” skills Explain your experience Distinguish yourself from the crowd How will you help them?

35. Step 2 – What do you want? Employment Career Move – Up or Out Sales\Appointments\Direct Partnerships Paired Share\Discussion – 1 Min Please tell us: What do you want\need?

36. Step 3 – How much time do you have? How much time does it take? 20 Minutes a Day!

37. Your Social Results Plan

38. Step 4 – Connect - Ask Are you on LinkedIn? Is it ok if we connect?

39. Growing Numbers LinkedIn Has Over 100 Million Members Average User has 240 Connections One Degree From Over 35,000 Trusted Connections Two Degrees From Over 3,200,000 Trusted Connections OVER 1,000 to 1

40. Step 5 – Interaction

41. Step 5 – Interaction - Home

43. Step 5 – Interaction - Groups

44. Step 5 – Interaction - Groups

45. Step 5 – Interaction - Groups The Secret Sauce?

46. Assignment Fix Your Profiles – Look good! Be Complete – Be Relevant What will you do for others? What do you want\need? Build Your Network Daily Even if only 1 @ Day Be Social Have Meaningful Conversations Provide Value Be Present!

47. A Gift for Everyone One Complimentary LinkedIn Online Class These Slides (and another cool Social Network Site) eBook – The 9 Things Your Need Before You Log In RAFFLE TIME!

48. Online guests: post on the discussion “Are you interested in the weekend event?”

49. Step 5 + Secret Sauce The Secret Sauce? Take them OFFLINE for a deeper conversation and then get your results!

50. What if I only had 1 min? Provide Value Have Meaningful Conversations Connect Up Be Present

51. Homework 5 times in the coming week, greet someone you would have otherwise avoided. Use your host mentality to see how they are doing and to create value in the conversation. Participate in the Meaningful Conversations on the Wright Personal Transformation LinkedIn Group