Are You LinkedIn? (Why You Should Be Connecting with other Toastmasters)(Project #7)

Darryl Heron

Toastmasters- Division F Contest Karlsruhe Germany

28 April, 2012

About the Presentation

Speech given about LinkedIn @ Division F Contest Karlsruhe, Germany on Apirl 28, 2012…

This was Project #7 out of the Basic Manual

Do you know this guy?

Bringing Home the Bacon

Can Actor Kevin Bacon be connected to…

Reclusive Billionaire Hedgefund Manager Louis Bacon?

As Toastmasters, we‘re connected to 24,000+ Toastmasters around the world

Six Degrees of Separation

On average separate any two people in the world

You Know Some People…

Betty

Mary

Andrew

Ute

Tom

Bob

You

Who Know Some People…

Betty

Mary

Andrew

Ute

Tom

Bob

You

Betty

Mary

Andrew

Ute

Tom

Bob

You

Betty

Mary

Andrew

Ute

Tom

Bob

You

Who Know Some People…

Betty

Mary

Andrew

Ute

Tom

Bob

You

Betty

Mary

Andrew

Ute

Tom

Bob

You

Betty

Mary

Andrew

Ute

Tom

Bob

You

Betty

Mary

Andrew

Ute

Tom

Bob

You

Betty

Mary

Andrew

Ute

Tom

Bob

You

Betty

Mary

Andrew

Ute

Tom

Bob

You

Betty

Mary

Andrew

Ute

Tom

Bob

You

Betty

Mary

Andrew

Ute

Tom

Bob

You

Now You‘re Connected…

Think of the power in your network!

LinkedIn..

Wikipedia says that LinkedIn is a business-related social networking site...mainly used for professional networking..

2nd most popular social network in the U.S.

Like Facebook, but professional

LinkedIn Continued...

135 million registered users

From Feb 24 to March 24, 2012…

• 48 million plus U.S. visitors• 117 million plus global visitors

LinkedIn Groups

One of the best things about LinkedIn

Toastmasters International

24,000+

TM International LInkedIn Group

I asked if anyone had ever done a Reverse Meeting…

Within a few weeks I had over 70 responses

There were several good tips that could be used

Toastmasters District 59

TM UK & Ireland Group

Three Groups You Should Join!

24,000+

You Can…

Imagine

You Might Have Heard…

It's not what you know

but who you know that makes the difference.

Anonymous

I hope you‘ll…

Check out this presentation @SlideShare.net

Go to Linkedin.com

Join the conversations @ the Toastmaster groups (Global, District 59, and UK & Ireland

Be Sure to Check Out

LinkedInhttp://www.linkedin.com/

Darryl Heron‘s presentations on SlideSharehttp://www.slideshare.net/darrylheron

Find out more About.mehttp://about.me/darrylheron

Toastmasters International Members Grouphttp://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=98449&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr

Toastmasters International, District 59http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3814472&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr

Toastmasters International - UK & Irelandhttp://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=37698&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr

Credits

LinkedIn Iconhttp://www.hongkiat.com/blog/freebie-release-social-truck-icon-set/

Kevin Bacon Picturehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kevin_Bacon.jpg

LinkedIn‘s Wikipedia entryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkedIn

Quantcast Stats on LinkedInhttp://www.quantcast.com/linkedin.com

LinkedIn Passes Myspace to Become No. 2 U.S. Social Network

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-08/linkedin-tops-myspace-to-become-second-largest-u-s-social-networking-site.html

Credits Continued

6 Degrees Of Louis Bacon And Kevin Baconhttp://www.forbes.com/sites/calebmelby/2012/03/08/6-degrees-of-louis-bacon-and-kevin-bacon/

Toastmasters Then...And Now!http://www.toastmasters.org/MainMenuCategories/WhyJoin/SuccessStories/ThenandNow.aspx

Six degrees of separationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation

Six Degrees of Seperation Picturehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Six_degrees_of_separation.svg

Network Quotehttp://www.finestquotes.com/select_quote-category-Networking-page-0.htm#ixzz1sDwZcKv4

Credits Continued

Treasure Chest (Real)http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1284036Beach Physicshttp://www.sxc.hu/photo/496315

Together

http://www.sxc.hu/photo/659006

Sunflower in the field

http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1273761

Bill Gates at the World Economic Forum 2007

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bill_Gates_in_WEF_,2007.jpg

Buffet & Obama

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buffett_%26_Obama.jpg

Resources

Toastmasters International Members Grouphttp://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=98449&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr

Toastmasters International, District 59 http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3814472&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr

Toastmasters International - UK & Ireland http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=37698&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr

SlideShare

http://www.slideshare.net/