There are several different online social networks, but for our purposes, we’ll focus on the three that tend to be used the most by learning professionals–Facebook, LinkedIn and Ning. LinkedIn is primarily a professional network, designed to facilitate linkages between people who are wanting to connect for work-related purposes. MORE >>

Even if you are a member of LinkedIn, you may not have links to people in the right fields. try to get people into my networks when I meet them (for example connect on LinkedIn). If you've never approached a few people for a conversation on a topic via LinkedIn, then you should make that happen within the next month. MORE >>

The basic premise of Mixtent is to adjudicate your  LinkedIn  social network through a comparison vote. Afterwards, I would be able to see where I rank by the entire LinkedIn network through percentile, as well as against my own network, in addition to my coworkers. LinkedIn, for me, is the new business card rolodex service. MORE >>

For example, the largest stated benefit of organizations using social media is increasing speed of access to knowledge ( McKinsey 2010 ). Social networks like Twitter or LinkedIn let you find the right people faster. SMB Knowledge Workers spend an estimated 36 percent of their time trying to. Contact customers, partners or colleagues. MORE >>

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