This is a presentation by Joe Sabado (@joesabado) on digital reputation and branding as part of Building a Digital Reputation and Finding a Job Workshop with Torrey Trust (@torreytrust) on May 10, 2012 at UC Santa Barbara.
Boosting Your Career With LinkedIn is a presentation that was delivered to the International MBA, Global MBA and Executive MBA students at Hult International Business School.
With over 175 million global LinkedIn users, the social network has become a key place for professionals to connect, develop their skills and grow their careers.
This session shows you how to use LinkedIn to market yourself, to boost your visibility and to increase your reputation in any career avenue you wish to pursue.
This presentation will enable you to:
- Understand why LinkedIn is a valuable career tool
- Setup your profile to tell your story
- Connect with professionals, industry leaders and recruiters
- Develop a strong and relevant network
- Leverage your connections for new opportunities
- Use LinkedIn as a job search tool
- Demonstrate your expertise to the world
A presentation on building digital reputation by Joe Sabado to students in UCSB Summer Workshop Program (July 2014). This program consists of students from across the United States preparing them for research opportunities and preparation for graduate school.
Utilizing Social Media to Attract Talent & Build the Right Relationships ...Holly Solomon
Expand Socially presents to HRACO.
Part 1 of our 3-part series will focus on the basics:
• What Are the Current Trends in Social Media Today?
• What is Linkedin and Why Should You Use It?
• Linkedin: Your Network
o Setting up your settings appropriately
o Knowing Your Advocates
o Be a Trusted Advisor
o Staying in Touch with your Network
o Searches: Saved and New Searches
This workshop will be offered to all active members of the Human Resources Association of Central Ohio (HRACO). This event has been approved for HRCI credit.
This is a presentation by Joe Sabado (@joesabado) on digital reputation and branding as part of Building a Digital Reputation and Finding a Job Workshop with Torrey Trust (@torreytrust) on May 10, 2012 at UC Santa Barbara.
Boosting Your Career With LinkedIn is a presentation that was delivered to the International MBA, Global MBA and Executive MBA students at Hult International Business School.
With over 175 million global LinkedIn users, the social network has become a key place for professionals to connect, develop their skills and grow their careers.
This session shows you how to use LinkedIn to market yourself, to boost your visibility and to increase your reputation in any career avenue you wish to pursue.
This presentation will enable you to:
- Understand why LinkedIn is a valuable career tool
- Setup your profile to tell your story
- Connect with professionals, industry leaders and recruiters
- Develop a strong and relevant network
- Leverage your connections for new opportunities
- Use LinkedIn as a job search tool
- Demonstrate your expertise to the world
A presentation on building digital reputation by Joe Sabado to students in UCSB Summer Workshop Program (July 2014). This program consists of students from across the United States preparing them for research opportunities and preparation for graduate school.
Utilizing Social Media to Attract Talent & Build the Right Relationships ...Holly Solomon
Expand Socially presents to HRACO.
Part 1 of our 3-part series will focus on the basics:
• What Are the Current Trends in Social Media Today?
• What is Linkedin and Why Should You Use It?
• Linkedin: Your Network
o Setting up your settings appropriately
o Knowing Your Advocates
o Be a Trusted Advisor
o Staying in Touch with your Network
o Searches: Saved and New Searches
This workshop will be offered to all active members of the Human Resources Association of Central Ohio (HRACO). This event has been approved for HRCI credit.
Presentation conducted at SNEC PMI's Career Fairs in Hartford and Stamford CT by George Nikanorov, Head of Marketing for DATA Inc. on how to "brand" yourself and communicate with recruiters through Social Media.
Training delivered for Jewish Family Service\'s SUCCESS program aimed to help people in their job search use the social media tools like LinkedIn to land their next job!
Improve your employability through social mediaGill Whiteman
A presentation put together by TARGETjobs' Online Marketing Executive, Jackie Balchin, sharing her expertise on how to improve your employability through social media, through five simple steps.
The presentation I delivered at the Social Recruiting Conference (#SRCONF) in Paris on 1st December 2011.
I was asked to show why you should be using social media for recruiting, and the ever important 'how to get started' with social recruiting.
This webinar on 10 April 2013 (12:30-1:30pm EDT) provides information for speakers presenting at the 2013 STC Technical Communication Summit in Atlanta, GA. The Summit is 5-8 May 2013, and more information is available at http://summit.stc.org.
Using Linkedin Effectively Presentation At Pinkcow May17Arun Vemuri
A presentation I have done using my experience, observations and profiling of people who have signed up to attend the talk on using linkedin effectively and leveraging it to build their professional brand.
Matrix on Recommendations, connections; 3 steps to get started and get going were the key take outs.
Presentation conducted at SNEC PMI's Career Fairs in Hartford and Stamford CT by George Nikanorov, Head of Marketing for DATA Inc. on how to "brand" yourself and communicate with recruiters through Social Media.
Training delivered for Jewish Family Service\'s SUCCESS program aimed to help people in their job search use the social media tools like LinkedIn to land their next job!
Improve your employability through social mediaGill Whiteman
A presentation put together by TARGETjobs' Online Marketing Executive, Jackie Balchin, sharing her expertise on how to improve your employability through social media, through five simple steps.
The presentation I delivered at the Social Recruiting Conference (#SRCONF) in Paris on 1st December 2011.
I was asked to show why you should be using social media for recruiting, and the ever important 'how to get started' with social recruiting.
This webinar on 10 April 2013 (12:30-1:30pm EDT) provides information for speakers presenting at the 2013 STC Technical Communication Summit in Atlanta, GA. The Summit is 5-8 May 2013, and more information is available at http://summit.stc.org.
Using Linkedin Effectively Presentation At Pinkcow May17Arun Vemuri
A presentation I have done using my experience, observations and profiling of people who have signed up to attend the talk on using linkedin effectively and leveraging it to build their professional brand.
Matrix on Recommendations, connections; 3 steps to get started and get going were the key take outs.
Green Hectares Rural Tech Workshop – Search Engine OptimizationGreen Hectares
A workshop covering the basics of search engine optimization. Green Hectares offers this content as part of an initiative to enable rural communities with technology.
MPI Meeting: Mastering LinkedIn as a strategic business asset, to improve br...Philip Calvert
Slide deck from presentation to Meeting Professionals International. How to master LinkedIn as a strategic business asset, to improve brand awareness and increase sales
Using LinkedIn Like a Pro to Grow your BusinessCourtney Hood
This presentation is about how to best utilize LinkedIn and how it relates to growing your business. The topics covered include:
1. LinkedIn for business - an overview
2. Effectively building out your profile
3. Tools to increase your credibility
4. Optimizing your profile
5. Growing your network
Presented by :Courtney Pemberton, Business Development Associate at Schipul - The Web Marketing Company
Everything you need to know about LinkedIn to create powerfully persuasive pr...Nathan Rosen
Everything you need to know about LinkedIn to create powerfully persuasive profiles & utilize it as an effective research tool by Nathan Rosen for Law Library Association of Greater New York webinar March 11 2015
Green hectares rural tech workshop – visual indentityGreen Hectares
A workshop covering the basics of visual identity. Green Hectares offers this content as part of an initiative to enable rural communities with technology.
This is a dual keynote presentation by Steven Groves (Author: ROI of Social Media) and Lori Ruff, The LinkedIn Diva (Author: Rock The World with your Online Presence and #Privacy Tweet, et al.) delivered at the Think Digital Business Social Media Summit, May 2012 to big brands and businesses headquartered in Monterrey Mexico.
Presentation to Chicago Law Librarians webinar in Jan 2015 by Nathan RosenNathan Rosen
Have you ever felt that you could be getting more out of LinkedIn, but wasn’t sure how to do so? Are you intimidated by LinkedIn and wish you could consult someone for advice? Well, wish no more! The CALL Continuing Education Committee cordially invites you to a dynamic program on harnessing the power of LinkedIn for your professional benefit. Come learn about developing positive, persuasive LinkedIn profiles that will allow you to raise your visibility and connect with others. Even seasoned LinkedIn users will come away with news ideas for refreshing their profiles. At the end of this program you will leave with a detailed, practical to-do list of steps to raise your online footprint and maximize your visibility and profitability.
Green Hectares Presents to Association of Canadian Custom Harvesters 2013 AGMGreen Hectares
Green Hectares presented at the annual general meeting of the Association of Canadian Custom Harvesters. This presentation was a brief overview of all of the current Green Hectares programs.
Green Hectares Rural Tech Workshop – Website PlanningGreen Hectares
A workshop covering the basics of Website Planning. Green Hectares offers this content as part of an initiative to enable rural communities with technology.
Green Hectares Rural Tech Factsheet – Website DesignGreen Hectares
The factsheet designed to accompany the Website Design presentation. Green Hectares offers this content as part of an initiative to enable rural communities with technology.
Green Hectares Rural Tech Workshop – Website DesignGreen Hectares
A workshop covering the basics of website design. Green Hectares offers this content as part of an initiative to enable rural communities with technology.
Green Hectares Rural Tech Factsheet – WebinarsGreen Hectares
The factsheet designed to accompany the webinars presentation. Green Hectares offers this content as part of an initiative to enable rural communities with technology.
Green Hectares Rural Tech Workshop – WebinarsGreen Hectares
A workshop covering the basics of learning with webinars. Green Hectares offers this content as part of an initiative to enable rural communities with technology.
Green Hectares Rural Tech Factsheet – Visual IdentityGreen Hectares
The factsheet designed to accompany the visual identity presentation. Green Hectares offers this content as part of an initiative to enable rural communities with technology.
Green Hectares Rural Tech Factsheet – Social NetworkingGreen Hectares
The factsheet designed to accompany the Social Networking presentation. Green Hectares offers this content as part of an initiative to enable rural communities with technology.
Green Hectares Rural Tech Factsheet – Photoshop ElementsGreen Hectares
The factsheet designed to accompany the Adding content presentation. Green Hectares offers this content as part of an initiative to enable rural communities with technology.
Green Hectares Rural Tech Workshop – Photoshop ElementsGreen Hectares
A workshop covering the basics of Photoshop Elements. Green Hectares offers this content as part of an initiative to enable rural communities with technology.
Green Hectares Rural Tech Factsheet – Learning SkypeGreen Hectares
The factsheet designed to accompany the Learning Skype presentation. Green Hectares offers this content as part of an initiative to enable rural communities with technology.
Green Hectares Rural Tech Factsheet – Internet SellingGreen Hectares
The factsheet designed to accompany the Internet Selling presentation. Green Hectares offers this content as part of an initiative to enable rural communities with technology.
Green Hectares Rural Tech Worksheet – Internet SellingGreen Hectares
A workshop covering the basics of internet selling. Green Hectares offers this content as part of an initiative to enable rural communities with technology.
Green Hectares Rural Tech Factsheet – Internet SearchingGreen Hectares
The factsheet designed to accompany the Internet Searching presentation. Green Hectares offers this content as part of an initiative to enable rural communities with technology.
Green Hectares Rural Tech Factsheet – GmailGreen Hectares
The factsheet designed to accompany the Gmail presentation. Green Hectares offers this content as part of an initiative to enable rural communities with technology.
Green Hectares Rural Tech Factsheet – FacebookGreen Hectares
The factsheet designed to accompany the Facebook presentation. Green Hectares offers this content as part of an initiative to enable rural communities with technology.
Green hectares rural tech factsheet computer basicsGreen Hectares
The factsheet designed to accompany the Computer Basics presentation. Green Hectares offers this content as part of an initiative to enable rural communities with technology.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
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3. Why Social Networking?
• Increase your Network
• Build relationships
• Improve online reputation
• Low marketing cost
4. Business Operation
• Social networking for business operation
• For professionals - LinkedIn
• Puts small and big businesses on an equal
playing field
• Help sole proprietors
5. How LinkedIn Works
• Establish a personal profile
• Stay in touch with colleagues and friends
• Find experts and ideas
• Explore opportunities
6. Getting Started
• What you need?
– Photo
– An executive summary and skillset
– Education history
– Experience history
– Recommendation or references
7. Create Your LinkedIn Profile
• www.linkedin.com
• Click on Join Today
• Fill out Information
8. Edit profile information
• Edit your profile
– Profile > Edit Profile
• Fill out Current Experience
• Fill out Past Experience
10. Connections
• Use search to find Connections
• Import Contacts
– Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo, and AOL Address Books
11. Recommendations
• Recommendations from contacts
– Ask contacts for recommendations
– Only ask for recommendations from people who
know you well enough to do so.
20. Twitter Tips
• Complete your profile
• Search for users
• Share links and retweet other links
21. How to Tweet?
• Don’t answer “What are you doing” Rather
“What has your attention”
• Create multiple Twitter accounts per company
• Ask a question
• Be modest
22. Tweeting Exercise
• Search for a known user and follow
• Search for a hashtag
• Tweet a message
• Retweet a message
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Increase your Network The wider the Network the higher the likelihood of interacting with a potential client. Social Networking can help reach a circle of people that would otherwise not know about your product or service. Social Networks can almost act as a pyramid. For every customer or potential customer they may know two or three others that may be interested. in your products or service. Social Networks also allow connection to others that are in the same field. These individuals can help answer questions that are specific to your industry. Build Relationships Use Social Networks to build relationships. This will make your business more personable and trustworthy. Many Social Networking sites allow customers to interact with the business. Answering customer questions legitimizes your business by establishing your knowledge as being an expert in the field. Online Reputation It is extremely important to build an online reputation. By establishing an online reputation, additional online business ventures such as selling online or e-commerce will be significantly less difficult since the trust with your customer has already been established. Minimal Marketing Cost Social Networking is not a replacement for other forms of marketing, however is quickly becoming a vital component of a successful marketing campaign. Example: Ten to fifteen years ago, very few small and medium sized businesses had websites. In the last ten years, as the Internet and high speed Internet have become more accessible to individuals, many potential customers will look at a business’ website prior to dealing with the business. As potential customers connect to Social Networking sites, it becomes increasingly important for businesses to be on these Social Networking websites promoting themselves.
Social networking for business operation & for professionals LinkedIn is Social Networking for professionals that allows individuals to connect to potential employers and for employers to screen and view potential employees. In most cases, there are industry specific sections on LinkedIn. If there is not a industry specific section pertaining to your industry, LinkedIn allows for the creation of sections called Groups. More on Groups will be covered later. Puts small and big businesses on an equal playing field As more and more graduates are looking for work. Many companies that would otherwise be overlooked as potential employers are now able to advertise their company via LinkedIn. Social Networking websites are also a great help to companies that are located outside of major urban centres. Perhaps your company is near a town and a recent graduate is looking for a position that is near their hometown . Sole Proprietors In some cases a business maybe a sole proprietorship. Connecting with other individuals or small companies may help your own business grow, but also helps grow the entire industry.
Establish a personal profile Create an account and fill in information needed for creating a full profile. A full profile will help individuals find you and potentially your company. Stay in touch with colleagues and friends Find old classmates and colleagues in order to increase your Network. Ask them for recommendations in order to build a positive image online. Find experts and ideas Have a question? LinkedIn has various means for asking industry and topic specific questions such as joining Groups, asking questions in discussions and sending private messages. Connect with other people in your industry. Explore opportunities Find jobs, post employment, or general networking with other individuals.
What you need? LinkedIn is a website for individuals. In order to have a 100% complete profile on the website you will need the following: Photo A professional headshot would be ideal, however a photo that shows your entire face that is bright conveys professionalism. Executive Summary Typically a summary of your qualifications and skill set. Remember to sell yourself in the summary as many contacts will read this before viewing the rest of your profile. A well written summary is the difference between you and a competitor. Write personally about your career accomplishments, professional goals and try to use keywords relating to your field. Education History Include university or college experience as well as list any previous programs that you have participated in. This will help previous classmates and professors find you when they search LinkedIn. Experience or Employment history Provide a complete picture of your work history by adding the companies that you’ve worked for titles, and descriptions of your roles and responsibilities. Try to include at least three companies in your experience and employment history. Recommendations You can ask your contacts for recommendations. Think of these as testimonials for your profile.
*Walk students through sign up process. Be sure that all participants have appropriate information. Make note of any individuals that may not have all the appropriate information. *If there are any students without the appropriate information, while other participants are working on filling out information, have them create the information. *Once everyone has successfully created a LinkedIn account, have the participants sign into their accounts and wait at the main profile landing page.
Go to the top of the menu and find the Profile > Edit Profile link. *Allow students time to fill out information regarding Current and Past Experience.
*Have participants fill out formal education and relating company websites.
Connections are people that are in your specific field that you wish to connect to. You can use the search function to find the person you wish to become connected to. Another method to adding people you may know to you connections is by importing your contacts from your email address book. LinkedIn supports Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo, and AOL address books. To import your contacts go to the menu under Contacts > Import Contacts . Input your login information and LinkedIn will scan your contacts for those that are already on the LinkedIn Network and list them at the top of the window. Those that are not already on LinkedIn will show below. An option is to send your contacts invitations to join LinkedIn as well. Note – It is safe to import your contacts from your email. LinkedIn will not store your email login information.
Recommendations are endorsements that your contacts will make on your behalf. Very similar to providing references on a resume. To view or ask for recommendations use the menu item Profile > Recommendations. You will see a list of your current and previous positions that you may ask others for recommendations for. Choose Ask to be endorsed for whichever position you wish to request a recommendation for. Have participants choose a position that correlates to a contact that they have in their network. If none exist, have participants choose any position and walk through the steps of filling out the connection they wish to send a request to.
Your recommendation is also your reputation. By paying close attention to your language in your recommendation, you will reduce the likelihood of having your reputation tarnished if you give a recommendation that is incorrect. Be honest, do not make statements that are overly generous. One way of receiving recommendations from others is by giving them out first. Do not hesitate to recommend contacts in your Network.
Groups are a great way of networking with individuals from within your industry. You may access the group directory by going to the menu under Groups > Groups Directory. Use the keywords field to fill in a keyword relating to your industry. Browse through the results and request to join the group that is listed. When requesting to join a group, you may or may not wish to set the group logo on your own profile. Check the box if you wish to display the Group logo in your profile. Whenever an administrator wishes to contact you, you may choose which email you wish to be contacted through. You may choose to receive digests or summaries of Group activity. You may choose to receive Group announcements and allow other members to send you messages.
Once you have been accepted into the Group, improve your exposure by creating discussions. Creating discussions include asking a question or posting a link that could be of interest to group members. If you find a discussion of particular interest you can follow that discussion to make it easier to find later. Keep track of all your discussions by clicking on your own photo on the Groups Page. This will create a list of Discussions you have started, joined, and are following. You can also help a topic gain popularity by interacting with other users on the discussion. You can click on the ‘Like’ button or the ‘Comment’ button in order to make a topic more interesting and relevant to the Group.
Ask question : Create discussions or use the answers section under the More… menu and Answers. The more active you are within discussion groups, the more likely you are to make new connections. Explore opportunities : Look for job postings or post job postings. Use LinkedIn to scope out potential employees or potential employers. Use other Social Networks : Use other websites like Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter to develop a larger network.
Twitter is a blogging platform that allows users to send out mini posts to the Internet. Who has access to these posts? Anyone that is willing to look. However, once you gain followers your posts will be seen by anyone who follows you.
Full Name Use your full name to make it easier for people you know to find you. Username The username will be known as your Handle. Choose something unique and short since followers will have to remember what your Handle is to use in a Tweet. If a follower wishes to mention your username, having a username that is too long may be hard to remember. Try and pick a username that will stick in follower’s minds. Avoid using hyphens and underscores because the locations of these special characters may be hard to remember. Password Fill out password - use a good password to avoid your Twitter account being hacked. Fill out Email This email address will be used to retrieve account information in the case it is forgotten. Allowing others to find your account using the email address is entirely dependent on how you will use the Twitter account. If you are using your account to ask questions and follow other Twitter users, rather than promote your company, you may want to remove this choice.
Tweet A post that is created is called a Tweet. This is a message that has a 140 character limit and therefore users sometimes need to be creative when creating coherent messages. Handle A handle is your Twitter account name. It is used not only to login to your account, but for followers or people of interest to mention you in their Tweets. Follow The act of following on Twitter simply means that you will receive the Tweets of the users that you follow on your Home Page. When you Tweet, the users that follow you will see your Tweets on their home Pages. Reply Any Twitter user can mention your Handle in their Tweet using @your user name. You can reply to their Tweet by using the Reply button.
Retweet Retweeting is the simple act of sending a message that another user has created to your own followers. * Choose two participants and explain that both participant 1 and participant 2 are part of the same company. Participant 1 Tweets about a new product being launched to their Followers. Participant 2 who is following Participant 1 wants to publish the same message to their own followers, thus using the Retweet function to republish the message to their Followers. Also great for forwarding important links. Direct Messages (DM) Direct Messages are messages that are not viewable by the public. Great way to have a conversation with another user rather than bombarding Followers with messages that are only meant for just one person. Hashtag Hashtags are tags that help categorize your Tweet. Think of it as a subject line in an E-mail. When a user is looking for a particular e-mail, they will search their inbox based on the subject line. A Hashtag serves the exact same purpose. Use as many or as few Hashtags in Tweets to help new users find your Tweets.
Complete your profile There are plenty of spam accounts on Twitter that will automatically follow users hoping to receive follows in return. One indication of a spam account is the use of the default theme and default profile photo for your account. Find a photo that you can update as quickly as possible. Visit the Settings menu in the top right hand corner. You can set all of your information from the settings menu. Feel free to change the timezone as well as turn on the location of your Tweets and whether to protect your Tweets. Tweet locations could be dangerous for example if you have plenty of expensive equipment. Example: If you have expensive equipment at your worksite and you use your location and then Tweet that you are away from the office you may put yourself at risk for theft. Click on Settings > Profile This is where you can set up your photo. Fill out additional information that you wish to display to your followers such as the city that you are living in as well as a website. Click on Settings > Design Create a wallpaper or customize the colours of your Twitter layout. Search for users Click the Home button and along the sidebar you can choose to search for specific users, or search for topics. Begin following users that you already know of and then search by topic. Retweet Increase your activity by Retweeting messages from those that you follow. Staying active is what helps encourage others to follow your Tweets. At first it may be discouraging to Tweet to one or two Followers, but as you develop a solid Followers base, Tweeting will become easier and you will begin to see dialog occur between you and other users.
Rather than answering the question of ‘What are you doing?’ Try and answer ‘What has your attention.’ This will create more interesting Tweets rather than generic tasks that you are completing. Create multiple Twitter accounts per company Having a different voice for the same company personalizes the company. People also go on vacation, or leave companies. Create a diverse voice for your Twitter followers. Ask a Question Promote dialog by asking a question or asking opinions. Be modest Do not rant and rave about yourself too much, and if you do, rant and rave about others as well. Thank your Followers. If your Followers Retweet your message, thank them. Gratitude will get you everywhere. Also thank them for following you as well with a simple mention.
Search for a known user and follow From the Twitter home Page, search for a User by clicking on Find People . If you are searching for a celebrity there are many fake accounts. A legitimate Twitter account for a celebrity will usually read ‘Verified account.’ Search for a Hashtag Find topics by typing #subject matter. Example: #agriculture Tweet a message *Allow participants to send a message. Something along the lines of ‘Happy to be on Twitter, excited to see what’s out there.’ Or a brief introduction with a link to a website ‘Happy to be on Twitter, visit our website www.zephyrtraining.ca #training #yeg.’ Using the airport code of #yeg shows location as well as reduces number of characters used. Important since Tweets are limited to 140 characters. Retweet a message Retweet a message from someone you are following. Hover over the Tweet and in the bottom right corner you will see Reply and Retweet.