LinkedIn: Double Breakthroughfor Executives

• Individual Effectiveness

• Enterprise Process Innovation

•• Individual EffectivenessIndividual Effectiveness

•• Enterprise Process InnovationEnterprise Process Innovation

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Vision: “Social” Networks, What’s theBig Deal?

Vision: “Social” Networks, What’s theBig Deal?

• Untethered from

geography

• Find specific people on

demand

• Communicate

asynchronously

• Reduce transaction costs

• LinkedIn: your window

– Understand networks

– Unlock potential

The door is unlocked:

Learn to turn the knob

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Vision: LinkedIn’s Double ValueProposition for Executives

Vision: LinkedIn’s Double ValueProposition for Executives

• Individual executives

– CxO tenures less than 2 years

– The closest thing to security

– Your personal network helps

to hit the ground running

– Your LinkedIn network is

yours

• Corporate leaders

– Understand social networks

– Apply them to sales, recruiting,

PR, service, R&D…

2003: 10,000

2004: 500,000

2005: 1,000,000

2006: 4,000,000

2007: 9,000,000

2008: 19,000,000

(estimated)

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Vision: Chris Rollyson, 20 Years ofExperience with Strategic Change

Vision: Chris Rollyson, 20 Years ofExperience with Strategic Change

• Global firms,

startups, boutiques

• Management

consultant

• Marketing

executive

• Executive coach

• Disruptive change

• Cross-cultural

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Rosetta Stone: Network ReviewRosetta Stone: Network Review

• Networks, connections

and levels

– Your network

– The LinkedIn network

– Intros and InMails

• Accounts

– Free

– Business and Plus

– Enterprise

• Privacy & controls

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Rosetta Stone: LinkedIn, What Is It andWhy Should You Care?

Rosetta Stone: LinkedIn, What Is It andWhy Should You Care?

• Reduces transaction costs

– Finding people

– Helping people

– Connecting with people

– Getting things done

• Makes your network for actionable

– For you

– For others in your network

= More business

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Rosetta Stone: Key Processes OverviewRosetta Stone: Key Processes Overview

• One: write Profile

• Two: add Connections

• Three: respond to Invitations

• Four: search

• Five: forward Introductions

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Rosetta Stone: Envisioning YourCommunity

Rosetta Stone: Envisioning YourCommunity

• The two poles

– Tight ties

– Loose ties: let the LIONS roar

• Manage expectations

– Know yourself… what suits you?

– Know your people… what suits

them?

• Your role as host

• Managing connections on the

grid.. and off

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Advanced Technique: Action Templates,the Key to Proactivity and ROI

Advanced Technique: Action Templates,the Key to Proactivity and ROI

Network Building

• Searching

• Add connections

Professional Presence

• Profile management

Network Living

• Searching

• Forwarding Introductions

Network Management

• Add connections

• Respond to invitations

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Advanced Technique:Recommendations Overview

Advanced Technique:Recommendations Overview

• Writing

– Reward your strongest

connections

– Be specific, sincere and short

– How the person made impact

• Requesting

– Specify what you want

– Ask diverse people

LinkedIn: recommended people contacted 3x others

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Advanced Technique: Answers… andQuestions

Advanced Technique: Answers… andQuestions

• Professional

crowdsourcing!

• Build your expertise by

answering questions

• Ask for advice by asking

questions

– The entire LinkedIn

community

– Only your trusted (1st Level)

connections

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Advanced Technique: GroupsAdvanced Technique: Groups

• Controlled exposure: contacts with

Groups members

• Private groups invisible except to

members

• Create your own affinity group

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Executive’s Guide to LinkedIn: Seminarsto Drive Your Technique

Executive’s Guide to LinkedIn: Seminarsto Drive Your Technique

Key Goals

• Applies LinkedIn and other Web2.0 and social networkresources to your firm s majorprocesses

• Business development

• Client relationship management

• Recruiting and retention

• Public relations

Deliverables

• In-house training and mentoring

• Strategy and programdevelopment

• Client impact studies

• Innovative collaboration andbusiness development models

Key Goals

• Assumes understanding of mostLinkedIn features

• Focuses on orchestratingLinkedIn's features to runcoordinates initiatives

• Integrates use of select externalresources with LinkedInactivities

Deliverables

• Written strategic plan for yourinitiative, with specific tacticsand follow-ups

• Join the Executive's Guide toLinkedIn Group on LinkedIn

• Continue collaborating in EGLIwiki

Key Goals

• Apply Action Templates to buildyour strategy

• Understand and use LinkedIn'sadvanced features

• Create a network buildingstrategy

• Optimize your network betweentight and loose ties

Deliverables

• Written plan, with specifictactics and follow-ups

• Join the Executive's Guide toLinkedIn Group on LinkedIn

• Access to Executive's Guide toLinkedIn intranet (wiki)

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Contact InformationContact Information

Christopher S. Rollyson, Founder EGLI

• chris@rollyson.net

• +1.312.925.1549

• http://executivesguide-linkedin.com

• http://executivesguide-linkedin.com/blog/

The Global Human Capital Journal

• Reports on Web 2.0, social networks

• CEOs, CMOs and CIOs

• http://globalhumancapital.org

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