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The recent theft of passwords from LinkedIn prompted me to post these spams masquerading as messages from that firm. The first one made no attempt beyond the Sender name to look like it came from LinkedIn. The others made a minimal attempt to look like a LinkedIn message and all look like they came from the same source. Sender: messages-noreply@bounce.linkedin.com on behalf of LinkedIn (welcome@linkedin.com). Text: LinkedIn. Thank you for using LinkedIn! --The MORE
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But with regard to LinkedIn–specifically, LinkedIn groups–I’ve been chronicling them being stripped of features and utility for years now and it seems like their eventual demise that I and others have been predicting may actually be about to happen.
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LinkedIn , the professional social networking site that boasts more than 100 million members, just added a new profile feature : Volunteer Experiences and Causes. Just like adding a current or past job, LinkedIn members can now add a current or past volunteer experience.
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LinkedIn will soon be retiring the ability to search years of experience, function, seniority level, interested in, company size and when a user joined. Also receiving the axe is the ability for Premium users to search within LinkedIn Groups. Just came across t his interesting post.
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” From Eve Mayer Orsburn, aka @LinkedInQueen , that’s my favorite quote for why LinkedIn matters. Want to know what else awesome about LinkedIn besides the fantastically large, affluent audience? For example, back in June, I suggested four things you could do to your LinkedIn company page right then and there. Here’s five things you can do to your organization’s LinkedIn page fairly quickly. Author: Cheryl Black.
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The New Professional Norm: 10+ Million Professionals on LinkedIn Make Social Impact Part of Their Identity [INFOGRAPHIC] | Official LinkedIn Blog : "A new professional norm And our data reflects this. Just over three years ago, we added the “Volunteer and Causes” section to the LinkedIn profile. We know that volunteer experience is tightly entwined with one’s professional identity – in fact, this had been one of the most requested product features from LinkedIn members.
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So, when Geri offered up this second post about nonprofits and LinkedIn, I couldn’t resist. Need Answers: LinkedIn Has Them – guest post by Geri Stengel. Or, as posed on the Chronicle of Philanthropy LinkedIn Group: Can philanthropy ever be evil? Tips linkedin
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In 2012, LinkedIn launched Board Connect , a tool for finding board members for nonprofits through current board member’s networks. We also recommend some great ways to integrate LinkedIn with workflow technology tools! Image courtesy of YEC.
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Then, on the very next page, is this article: “ Not all CEOs are all in–or even on–the LinkedIn network.” This one talks about how many association CEOs feel that the risks and the hassle of having an active LinkedIn presence outweighs the benefits.
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Sigmund VanDamme | LinkedIn : 'via Blog this Is your Association Software a Dead Horse? Stop Riding it!
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Ah, LinkedIn…where would my blogging be without your Groups feature? Remember back when you could use your LinkedIn group to advertise your association’s job postings and feature your products and services for free ?
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LinkedIn Changes Could Impact Nonprofit Groups - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly :LinkedIn has implemented some new changes into their social network, which may affect how nonprofits use the website, and specifically how groups will function. Nonprofit Tech for Good has highlighted five changes that may have an impact on how nonprofits use LinkedIn.
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You probably have a LinkedIn icon up there. Let’s compare: NTEN group on LinkedIn. LinkedIn Groups enable people to join, discuss topics that are important to them, and interact with other group members. NTEN company page on LinkedIn. Quick Tips LinkedIn
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LinkedIn is Great.But Not as Your Community Platform — Mizz Information : I know this topic has been discussed to death, particularly in the association community, but I just can''t help weighing in again after seeing it come up yet again in the ASAE LinkedIn group. Killing a private community in favor of using public social media platforms--in this particular case, LinkedIn groups
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TechSoup has partnered with LinkedIn to provide the TechSoup community with free postings on LinkedIn's new Volunteer Marketplace. volunteers humanresources linkedin Get the technical support that your organization needs!
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Launched today, LinkedIn Board Connect for Nonprofit Organizations is a new board member recruiting program that enables nonprofits to easily tap into LinkedIn’s 175+ million strong network of professionals. Claim and set up your nonprofit’s LinkedIn Company Page.
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Here''s an overview of some of the recent updates to LinkedIn that might impact non-profits and membership organizations. LinkedIn
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They look reasonably line LinkedIn messages, though I don't recall ever getting something quite like this from LinkedIn. The subject has been "LinkedIn new messages" but the senders aren't LinkedIn addresses. They've been: Lewis Shannon LinkedIn [cameoingo37@ggtco.com]. Young Burton LinkedIn [crossways@anfscd.com]. Colby Langford LinkedIn [considerings5@themillstonecompany.com]. Tyler Gregory LinkedIn [pockmarking9@tkth.net].
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AUGUST 24, 2013
With the launch of new a LinkedIn Groups design , the company resolved one of its most pressing problems – LinkedIn Group spam. Related Webinar: LinkedIn Groups and Company Pages for Nonprofits. LinkedIn Social Media
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Are You Effectively Using LinkedIn at Your Non-Profit? While most non-profits realize the benefits of Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, far fewer organizations fully realize the inherent power of LinkedIn
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JUNE 16, 2014
PRESS RELEASE VolunteerMatch Partners with LinkedIn To Help 100,000 Nonprofits Recruit Skilled Volunteers | Justmeans : - VolunteerMatch, the web''s largest volunteer engagement network, and LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network on the Internet, announced today a partnership that will leverage LinkedIn''s 300 million members to make it dramatically easier for nonprofits to successfully recruit skilled volunteers and board members.
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A few weeks ago, LinkedIn announced that they were going to be rolling out some pretty big changes to their Groups feature. Not the biggest deal in the world, but yet another reminder that LinkedIn owns Groups and makes the rules. members): LinkedIn Groups iOS Mobile App.
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The recent theft of passwords from LinkedIn prompted me to post these spams masquerading as messages from that firm. The first one made no attempt beyond the Sender name to look like it came from LinkedIn. The others made a minimal attempt to look like a LinkedIn message and all look like they came from the same source. Sender: messages-noreply@bounce.linkedin.com on behalf of LinkedIn (welcome@linkedin.com). Text: LinkedIn. Thank you for using LinkedIn! --The
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
AUGUST 7, 2007
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology A goodbye to Facebook and LinkedIn? August 7, 2007 I’ve been experimenting with the non-content centered social networking sites LinkedIn and Facebook for a while now. I’ve been playing with LinkedIn for probably a year, Facebook only for a couple of months. Facebook (and LinkedIn) are what people are calling “walled gardens&#.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 7, 2016
I want to start a new habit of being better organized on LinkedIn this year, but perhaps what I need to do first is “Kondo” my LinkedIn network. To get started, here’s what you need to think about: Review your LinkedIn connections and ask: Do I know this person?
SocialFish
MARCH 6, 2008
LinkedIn go mobile. And check this out - You can set up a LinkedIn Outlook toolbar which makes it easy to "grab" contacts out of your email inbox. LinkedIn technology social media cool tools PITV or just dabblers like me. Awesome! Review on SMT here.
SocialFish
AUGUST 29, 2008
Check out the sweet discussion on yapstar.org about the value of LinkedIn for associations. I got a comment recently, here on an earlier post: "Have you heard of companies requiring employees to have LinkedIn profiles, and to use them to generate leads for the company's sales. It was recently "suggested" to me that I should start posting questions on the Q&A on LinkedIn, connect to the people who responded, and then turn them over to our sales team.
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Nothing kills an online community faster than spam (think Myspace ) and LinkedIn Groups have plenty of it. That said, a 40,000 strong spam-free LinkedIn Group is a powerful thing for both the group admin and those members who take the time to post and participate on a regular basis.
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