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Crystal Renfro's curator insight,
January 11, 2015 4:15 PM
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Curated by Beth Kanter Networked Nonprofit professionals now how to leverage their personal professional networks for their organizations. LinkedIn is a great for this but it requires smart networking. Here's some tips. Make smart, right connections. Only the serious apply here. This is where the professional community engages, interacts, connects and refers. Start your process on LinkedIn if you want to get a company or person to notice you. Develop your profile, put up a professional head shot, link your blog, and post good content as often as you can and respond to other people’s posts.
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Imagine you receive a digital camera with a built-in memory card for your birthday. You bring it on a six-month trip to Africa where you won’t have access to a computer—so all the photos
Beth Kanter's insight:
The point that resonated: why 2nd and 3rd degree connections matter. Here’s where the caveat to the Six Degrees of Separation theory comes in. Academically, the theory is correct, but when it comes to meeting people who can help you professionally, three degrees of separation is what matters. Three degrees is the magic number because when you’re introduced to a second- or third-degree connection, at least one person in an introduction chain personally knows the origin or target person. In this example: You—> Karen—> Jane—> Sarah. Karen and Jane are in the middle, and both of them know either You or Sarah—the two people who are trying to connect. That’s how trust is preserved. If one additional degree of separation is added, a person in the middle of the chain will know neither You nor Sarah, and thus have no stake in making sure the introduction goes smoothly. After all, why would a person bother to introduce a total stranger (even if that stranger is a friend of a friend of a friend) to another total stranger?
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What separates super connectors is not the amount of time they spend. It’s how they build their network. Learn their #1 strategy.
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Curated by Beth Kanter Being a networked professional means cultivating your network, but how do you measure your success? Is social media and technology creating some productivity sappin bad habits? Measuring can lead to knowledge. This article summarizes some apps and other tools from a site/movement called Quantified Self Time Use, Networks/Relationships, Sleep, Diet, and Mood. Those last three are important to professional productivity and we so often ignore this ...
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Social media is great for networking, but it can also feel totally overwhelming. Here are a few ways to sift through the noise and find the people and conversations that you should be engaged with.
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A video summary of four articles related to experiences, and strategies for creating professional learning networks in an organization. With a nod to Vi Hart... Via Paulo Simões, Beth Kanter
David Bramley's curator insight,
November 20, 2013 5:01 PM
Changing your behaviour to develop a personal/professional learning network will be essential to thrive in an era of perpetual change. The old focus on Continuing Professional Development is no longer fit for purpose and this video delivers advice on creating a network based on research 
CedricBorzee's curator insight,
January 22, 2014 5:01 PM
The author points 3 criteria for Learning Networks to emerge : - user ownership - user independence - user self-determination
Then 3 "values" - that could also be defined as "Attitudes" - Openness - Integrity
Last part is on how to "nurture" the right climate for Learning Networks to thrive.
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Michelle Martin who writes and teaches career development strategies has shared an excellent curated list of resources for building your network effectively.