Many individuals and organizations are testing and exploring new ways to collaborate on projects and connect work virtually.  LinkedIn, an online network of more than 30 million experienced professionals from around the world, serves as a networking space for business professionals and the job posting service is seeing more and more activity.  Today is the launch of LinkedIn Applications and

We've been getting lots of requests lately from people wanting to know how to join the NetSquared LinkedIn group.

You'll find the directions you need on this March 13th post, "Join the NetSquared LinkedIn Group."

Hi Net2, You have probably heard of Facebook's new Causes application and LinkedIn's digital bumper sticker program.  If you haven't, please check out this blog entry I just wrote up:

Facebook, LinkedIn Transforming the Practice of Person-to-Person Fundraising 

Here's an excerpt: 

With the launch of Causes on Facebook and ‘digital bumper stickers’ on LinkedIn, non-profits can now benefit from the rocket success of the two social networking web sites.

I’m thrilled to contribute at N2Y2 as the business mentor and project champion for Stop Family Violence, one of the featured projects.

In addition to my passion for participating in the NetSquared community, I am:

Just a reminder that we've set up a NetSquared group on LinkedIn that you can join by clicking here.

Once you've sent in your request, be patient. I check the membership request queue every day or so to approve new requests.

By being a member of the NetSquared LinkedIn group you can:

CENTRALVIBE IS UNIQUE BECAUSE:

As originally reported by Kerri Karvetski on her kk blog, LinkedIn has soft launched an initiative to put its powerful network to use to effect social change.

In this post I explore how not-for-profits might engage LinkedIn members in a relationship that goes beyond giving, by which I mean the other things donors can give, as Jeff Brooks has written about elsewhere.

We've set up a NetSquared group on LinkedIn that you can join by clicking here.

Once you've sent in your request, be patient. I check the membership request queue a couple times a day to approve new requests.

By being a member of the NetSquared LinkedIn group you can:

• See a list of all your fellow group members
• Search within your group for new contacts
• Use special contact settings to communicate directly with fellow members.

Our hope is that it will be a good networking tool for members of the NetSquared community.  Enjoy!

 

I'm honored and excited to be presenting at tomorrow's Net Tuesday event at Citizen Space.  I'll be sharing some best practices for nonprofit organizations to take advantage of LinkedIn, and filling you in on our current philanthropic initiatives. 

In addition, I'm hoping that all of you will have some outstanding feedback and ideas about other things we can be doing to support nonprofit causes. 

I'll check back here tomorrow before the presentation to see if there are any specific things you'd like me to address in the talk, but more importantly, bring your ideas and suggestions for a great conversation tomorrow evening!

This month at Net Tuesday in San Francisco, our two presenters will be Dave Sanford of LinkedIn and Oz Basarir of WiserEarth.

LinkedIn is a social networking site built upon trusted connections and relationships, and a powerful business network with over nine million professional members.  Dave, the Assistant to the CEO of LinkedIn, will be talking about how nonprofits can use LinkedIn for their work.