Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Self Promotion Using LinkedIn Seminar

Dr. Mo Anderson, founder of the Austin, Texas based group ABNA(Austin's Black Newcomers Association) hosted a seminar on LinkedIn at the Carver Library whose featured speaker was Kai Dupe of Kai Dupe Media and Where are Blacks in Technology blogtalk radio show. The place was bursting at the seams with people eager to learn how to maximize their social media efforts to bring a better visibility to their networking profiles.
As we delve more and more into this Social Media phenomenon, it helps to know how to navigate and organize the useful features and components of this tool to better serve you. There also was a guest speaker Christie Dawson, a Recruiting Manager at Evolv, Inc. who spoke on tips and advantages of using the tool to bolster your career. She also is an avid user of LinkedIn for her professional daily life. This was a imperative crucial step on the right path to social and economical freedom and not being left out of the evolving Social Media Technology progressing in our society. Look forward to more engaging presentations from these two in the near future.